Annual plan 2024/25
"The public sector operates in a challenging and dynamic environment. Our annual plan reflects these challenges and where we believe we can best use our role to influence positive change."
Our work programme sets out the discretionary work that the Auditor-General intends to carry out during 2024/25. This summary outlines the estimated timing for the completion of the work programme.
What's in our annual plan?
We describe the role and functions of the Controller and Auditor-General and how through our work we aim to improve trust in, and the performance of, public organisations.
We seek advice from those working in, or with, the public sector. Central and local government advisory groups and a rōpū Māori help us to better understand current themes and challenges. Our discussions with select committees and members of Parliament also provide us with important information.
We have a range of work planned and under way to continue strengthening the public audit system. In 2024/25 we will audit about 3300 public organisations.
As the auditor of every public organisation, we are in a unique position to influence improvements in performance and accountability practices across the public sector, including raising issues that we observe from our work and promoting examples of good practice in matters we have particular interest and expertise in.
Data regularly demonstrates that Māori experience poorer social and economic outcomes and generally have lower levels of trust in government compared to some other population groups. In 2024/25, we want to continue building the relevance and impact of our work for Māori.
We aim to be balanced and fair while fulfilling our independent mandate and carrying out our statutory functions to help Parliament and the public hold public organisations to account.
We will continue to use our influence and reputation to support PASAI by closely collaborating with SAIs and the Secretariat team to advocate for SAI independence and effective public administration systems in the Pacific.