Quick links to proposed topics
Draft annual plan 2025/26.
Audit results
- Our observations from the audits of schools
- Our observations from the audits of tertiary education institutions
- Our observations from audits in local government
- Our observations from audits in central government
- Half-year Controller update
Economic development
- How effectively are public organisations working together to progress the Government’s tourism strategy?
- Commentary on the Treasury’s long-term fiscal statement
Environment, climate change and conservation
- Monitoring of New Zealand’s climate change investment in the Pacific
- Flood protection in Waikato and Tasman
- Planning and preparedness for droughts
How the government works with Māori
- Responding to the Public Service Act 2020
- Research on co-governance practices
- Management of records of significance to Māori
Social support and responsiveness to communities
- Addressing housing deprivation
- Long-term effectiveness and efficiency of government spending on aged care
- Councils’ engagement with the disability community to plan and implement city safety plans
- Diversion and early interventions with youth across the justice sector
Security and defence
Use and misuse of information
- Managing risks from misinformation and disinformation
- Monitoring and responding to bullying and harassment in schools
- What data and information do public organisations rely on for long-term planning?
Value for money
- Closing the value-for-money loop in National Land Transport Programme investments
- Value for money considerations in local government procurement
- Strategic finance – how well set up are public organisations to plan for and provide value for money?