We have a wide range of topics available, from accountability through defence, education, and health to transport and water management... 

See what we've said about the performance of public organisations in your city, town, or region...

We have fully accessible HTML versions of our publications from 2023 back to 2004. You can also search by financial year.

Earlier reports are only in PDF format. And if you need a publication from before 1998, you'll need to contact us.

Effective accountability means New Zealanders can see what governments are seeking to achieve, what is being spent, and what progress is being made...

A key part of our role is helping to ensure that all government spending is properly authorised and within the law. We do this through the Controller function.

Here's a list of the reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters we've written about the public sector response to Covid-19...

Our published work covers all sorts of educational institutions - the Ministry of Education, schools, Te Pūkenga, polytechnics, universities, and wānanga...

This collection is all the environmental work we've done - there's a separate list specifically about water management below...

This collection covers everything from reports on ACC to the former district health boards and mental health services...

We've written about a wide range of kaupapa Māori, from housing on Māori land to how well Whānau Ora is being managed...

Our transport work covers maritime, rail, road, and air transport, from taxi driver licensing and school bus tenders to maintaining the state highway network and Civil Aviation Authority safety systems...

Water management is a hot topic now, but our reports on it go back to at least 1987...