Queenstown Lakes District Council - regulatory and resource management services
September 2007: Letter advising of the outcome of our inquiry into decisions made by the Queenstown Lakes District Council and the council-controlled organisation that it established to provide regulatory and resource management services for the district...
Inquiry into Dunedin City Council and Otago Regional Council's funding of the proposed stadium
September 2007: Letter advising of the outcome of our inquiry into the funding arrangements of the Dunedin City Council and Otago Regional Council for a new multi-purpose stadium proposed by the trustees of the Carisbrook Stadium Charitable Trust...
Annual report 2006/07
September 2007, ISBN 978-0-478-18190-6.
Management of conflicts of interest in the three Auckland District Health Boards
November 2007: We looked at how conflicts of interest are dealt with in each of the three Auckland District Health Boards (the Auckland DHB, the Counties Manukau DHB, and the Waitemata DHB)...
Implementing the Māori Language Strategy
November 2007: We conducted a performance audit to see whether the lead agencies responsible for implementing the Strategy were carrying out their roles effectively. This is the English-language version...
Whakamahinga i Te Rautaki Reo Māori
November 2007: We conducted a performance audit to see whether the lead agencies responsible for implementing the Māori Language Strategy were carrying out their roles effectively. This is the Māori-language version...
Liquor licensing by territorial authorities
November 2007: Results of the performance audit we carried out to examine how DLAs were giving effect to the provisions of the Sale of Liquor Act 1989 - controlling the sale and supply of liquor to reduce alcohol-related harm...
Effectiveness of controls over the taxi industry: Follow-up report
November 2007: Update on the action taken by Land Transport New Zealand to implement the 61 recommendations made in our 2005 report on the effectiveness of controls over the taxi industry...
New Zealand Agency for International Development: Management of overseas aid programmes
January 2008: We examined the effectiveness of the New Zealand Agency for International Development's management of overseas aid programmes...
Forecasting and reporting performance: The search for the Holy Grail?
February 2008: Speech made by Kevin Brady, Auditor-General, at the After the Reforms Conference in Wellington.
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise: Administration of grant programmes - follow-up audit
March 2008: We assessed the extent to which New Zealand Trade and Enterprise had addressed the areas of concern identified when we last examined its administration of grant programmes...
Inland Revenue Department: Effectiveness of the Industry Partnership programme
April 2008: We looked at an IRD programme that sought to reduce the incidence of undeclared income from cash transactions...
2008 Peer Review of our Office
Report on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Office of the Auditor-General of New Zealand by an International Peer Review Team, published in March 2008...
Annual plan 2008/09
May 2008, ISSN 1178-8488.
Responses to the Coroner's recommendations on the June 2003 Air Adventures crash
May 2008: At the Minister of Transport’s request, we looked at how the Civil Aviation Authority and the Ministry of Transport considered, responded to, and reported on each of the Coroner’s recommendations...
Central government: Results of the 2006/07 audits
May 2008, ISBN 978-0-478-32602-4.
Ministry of Social Development: Preventing, detecting, and investigating benefit fraud
June 2008: Overall, the Ministry has good systems, policies, and procedures for preventing, detecting, and investigating benefit fraud. We have made eight recommendations...
The Accident Compensation Corporation's leadership in the implementation of the national falls prevention strategy
June 2008: The Accident Compensation Corporation has carried out useful work leading the strategy, but progress has been uneven. We identified two matters for ACC's immediate attention - its leadership mandate and the evaluation framework...
Public sector purchases, grants, and gifts: Managing funding arrangements with external parties
June 2008: The aim of this guide is to help public entities make informed decisions and manage risks when funding an external party...
Procurement guidance for public entities
June 2008: This guide outlines our view of the good practice that public entities should use to procure goods or services...
Managing funding to non-government organisations – from principles to practice
June 2008: We looked at how an entity put the principles and risk-based approach we expect into practice in its funding arrangements with NGOs...
The Auditor-General's observations on the quality of performance reporting
June 2008: Overall, the poor quality of non-financial performance reporting by public entities is disappointing. It needs to improve significantly to allow Parliament and the public to hold public entities accountable for their use of taxes and rates...
Charging fees for public sector goods and services
June 2008: This good practice guide has been updated. Please see our 2021 edition: Setting and administering fees and levies for cost recovery: Good practice guide.
Reporting the progress of defence acquisition projects
June 2008: An interim report setting out a high-level summary of cost and time frame changes for 10 defence projects...
Ministry of Education: Monitoring and supporting school boards of trustees
June 2008: Overall, the Ministry provides some useful training and general support for all boards. It also has good systems for supporting boards that are clearly at risk of poor performance. We have made nine recommendations.
Local government: Results of the 2006/07 audits
June 2008, ISBN 978-0-478-32610-9.
