Appendix 2: List of external interviewees
Auditor-General’s mid-term review.
| Names | Position held at date of interview |
|---|---|
| Duncan Webb | Chairperson, Finance and Expenditure Committee |
| Caralee McLiesh | Chief Executive and Secretary to the Treasury |
| Struan Little | Deputy Chief Executive and Deputy Secretary, Budget and Public Investment, The Treasury |
| Peter Hughes | Public Service Commissioner and Head of Service, Te Kawa Mataaho |
| Helene Quilter | Deputy Public Service Commissioner, Te Kawa Mataaho |
| Tony Lynch | Acting Chief Executive, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
| Paul James | Chief Executive, Department of Internal Affairs |
| Steven Sutton | Deputy Secretary, Critical Projects and Governance, Te Puni Kōkiri |
| Bruce Robertson | Chairperson and member of several local authority audit and risk committees |
| Warren Allen | Chairperson of the Office's audit and risk committee |
| Karen Thomas | Chief Executive, Taituarā – Local Government Professionals Aotearoa |
| Susan Freeman-Greene | Chief Executive, Local Government New Zealand |
| Jim Palmer | Chairperson, Review into the Future for Local Government |
| Richard Harman | Journalist |
| Nikitin Sallee | Journalist |
| Ian Ball | Professor of Practice – Public Financial Management, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington |
| Norman Gemmell | Chair in Public Finance, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington |
| April Mackenzie | Chief Executive, External Reporting Board |
| Peter Vial | Group Executive New Zealand and the Pacific, Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand |
| Gordon Hansen | Partner, PKF Goldsmith Fox (the Auditor-General's external auditor) |
| Julie Haggie | Chief Executive Officer, Transparency International New Zealand |
| Anne Tolley | Chairperson, Transparency International New Zealand and Commission Chair, Tauranga City Council |
| James Jong | Chief Internal Auditor, Ministry of Education and Head of Profession, Internal Audit and Risk Assurance |
| Matthew Tukaki | Chairperson, National Māori Authority |
| Haami Piripiri | Chairperson, Te Rūnanga o Te Rarawa |
| Arihia Bennett | Chief Executive Officer, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu |
The Office contracts an external provider to survey select committee chairpersons every two years. They included questions relevant to the mid-term review in the 2022 survey. The survey incorporated interviews with eight select committee chairpersons, and this review has taken those results into consideration.