Progress against our 2021/22 work programme
As described in Appendix 3 of our Annual plan 2021/22
| Planned work | Published title or current state | Publication date |
|---|---|---|
| Understanding the all-of-government response to Covid-19 | Planned to be completed in 2022/23 | |
| Case studies on public sector business continuity planning in response to Covid-19 |
Cancelled We intended to do this work if there was capacity. The impact of Covid-19 meant we cancelled this work to divert our resources to other priorities |
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| Further work on the Government’s roll-out of the national Covid-19 vaccination programme | Planned to be completed in 2022/23 | |
| Wage Subsidy Scheme follow-up | Implementation of recommendations – Management of the Wage Subsidy Scheme | 21/12/21 |
| Vaccine roll-out follow up | Implementation of recommendations – Preparations for the nationwide roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine | 10/03/22 |
| Understanding how well the public sector is delivering the outcomes that matter for Māori | Planned to be completed in 2022/23 | |
| Māori perspectives on public accountability | Commissioned report: Māori perspectives on public accountability | 21/07/22 |
| Whānau Ora: What has been achieved? | Planned to be completed in 2022/23 | |
| Family violence and sexual violence: How well are agencies working together and with the non-government sector to deliver services to address family violence and sexual violence? | Planned to be completed in 2022/23 | |
| Effectiveness of Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga Ministry of Housing and Urban Development’s leadership of the housing and urban development system | Planned to be completed in 2022/23 | |
| Planning of significant housing and urban development projects | Planned to be completed in 2023/24 | |
| How the Ministry of Education is using information to address educational disparities | Planned to be completed in 2022/23 | |
| Effectiveness of investment in mental health services | Planned to be completed in 2022/23 | |
| Health system leadership and sustainability | District health boards: Main findings from the 2019/20 audits | 20/07/21 |
| Making performance reporting more effective | The problems, progress, and potential of performance reporting | 28/10/21 |
| Landscape of the public accountability system: Second report | Building a stronger public accountability system for New Zealanders | 21/10/21 |
| Commentary on the Treasury's statement on the government's long-term fiscal position and insights briefing | Commentary on He Tirohanga Mokopuna 2021 | 15/03/22 |
| Progress towards implementing the United Nations' 17 sustainable development goals | The Government's preparedness to implement the sustainable development goals | 31/08/21 |
| Local government risk management: Stocktake of approach and reporting results | Our observations on local government risk management practices | 26/10/21 |
| Climate change and local government | Rescoped, now planned to be completed in 2023/24 | |
| Completion of integrity framework and guidance | Putting integrity at the core of how public organisations operate: An integrity framework for the public sector | 22/06/22 |
| Looking at integrity processes in central government | Planned to be completed in 2022/23 | |
| Monitoring progress: Operation Respect (New Zealand Defence Force) | Planned to be completed in 2022/23 | |
| Getting it right - Managing conflicts of interest involving council employees | Getting it right: Managing conflicts of interest involving council employees | 05/08/21 |
| Governance of the Auckland City Rail Link programme | Governance of the City Rail Link project | 28/06/22 |
| Provincial Growth Fund: Reset of the Provincial Growth Fund and reprioritisation of investments | Planned to be completed in 2022/23 | |
| Systems and processes underpinning government decisions on major infrastructure investment | Planned to be completed in 2022/23 | |
| Public sector accountability to communities | Planned to be completed in 2022/23 | |
| Central government: Results of the 2020/21 audits | Observations from our central government audits: 2020/21 | 14/12/21 |
| Auditor-General’s quarterly updates for chief executives and Audit and Risk Committee Chairs | Completed The quarter 4 update was published in July 2022 | N/A |
| Results of the 2020 school audits | Results of the 2020 school audits | 06/12/21 |
| Results of the 2020 audits of tertiary education institutions | Tertiary education institutions: Main findings from our 2020 audits | 15/12/21 |
| Results of the 2020 audits of tertiary education institutions | Tertiary education institutions: What we saw in 2021 | 14/04/22 |
| Results of the 2020/21 district health board audits | Completed Letter to the Chief Executive of Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand summarising the 2020/21 audits of District Health Boards | 19/07/22 |
| Local government: Results of the 2020/21 audits | Planned to be completed in 2022/23 | |
| Main matters arising from our audits of councils' 2021-31 long-term plan consultation documents | Consulting matters: Observations on the 2021-31 consultation documents | 08/12/21 |
| Main matters arising from our audits of councils' 2021-31 long-term plans | Matters arising from our audits of the 2021-31 long-term plans | 27/07/22 |
| Half-year Controller update | Controller update: July to December 2021 | 17/03/22 |
| Auckland landscape scan | Planned to be completed in 2022/23 | |
| Auckland Council review of service performance (topic to be confirmed) | Planned to be completed in 2023/24 | |
| Auckland Council review of service performance – disaster resilience and preparedness | Planned to be completed in 2022/23 | |
| Helping to support the effectiveness of audit and risk committees |
Completed We supported audit and risk committees by providing four central government forums, three local government forums, and one joint local government/central government forum |
N/A |
| Support material for new audit and risk committee chairpersons |
Completed We engaged more extensively with audit and risk committees during 2021/22, including 64 briefings to audit and risk committees with material outlining the Office’s key areas of interest and good practice guidance – for example, performance reporting. We intend to issue new audit and risk committee chairpersons with our updated audit and risk guidance material once it is finalised |
N/A |
| Review of good practice guidance: Audit and risk committees | Planned to be completed in 2022/23 | |
| Review of good practice guidance: Public sector purchases, grants and gifts: Managing funding arrangements with external parties | Review has been deferred. A high-level review of the guidance found the principles were still relevant. Therefore, carrying out this work was no longer considered a priority | N/A |
| Review of good practice guidance: Charging fees for public sector goods and services | Setting and administering fees and levies for cost recovery: Good practice guide | 26/08/21 |
| Sharing good practice: Performance reporting | Good practice in reporting about performance | 26/04/22 |
| Sharing good practice speaker series | Completed We hosted three good practice speaker events | N/A |
| Understanding performance and supporting the role of monitoring agencies | Improving value through better Crown entity monitoring | 29/06/22 |