Draft annual plan 2025/26
Feedback is now open
We invite you to provide feedback on the Auditor-General’s Draft annual plan 2025/26.
The Auditor-General is an independent watchdog over the public sector. Our work supports Parliament and the public to hold the public sector to account for how it performs for New Zealanders.
The proposed work programme focuses on where we consider we can best influence improvements in public organisations’ performance and accountability. It seeks to deliver on the priorities in our strategic intentions to 2028.
Your input will help ensure that our 2025/26 work programme is relevant, responsive, and useful to New Zealanders.
When providing feedback, please include the title of the proposed work or the part of the plan you are commenting on. Please send your feedback to [email protected] by Wednesday 21 May 2025.
Increasing our impact with public organisations
Our priorities for increasing our impact in public organisations are influencing more meaningful and useful performance reporting; increasing the focus on value for money; promoting a long-term view; and supporting strong organisational integrity practices.
Enhancing our impact in te ao Māori
We want to continue to build awareness, trust, and confidence of Māori about our work and our role as an organisation that understands, acknowledges, and respects tikanga Māori and te Tiriti o Waitangi. We also want our work to have increased relevance to, and impact for, Māori.
Building on our reputation as a source of trusted information
In 2025/26, we intend to follow up on the work public organisations have done in response to recommendations in six of our published reports.
Estimated timing for our proposed 2025/26 work programme
The Appendix sets out when we expect to be working with public organisations on the projects proposed in this work programme.