New Zealand Defence Force: Progress with the Defence Sustainability Initiative
September 2009: The Defence Sustainability Initiative was NZDF's 10-year programme to use more than $4 billion in extra funding, to improve the military and corporate capability of our defence forces. We looked at the progress NZDF made during the Initiative’s first three years...
How the Ministry of Education managed the 2008 national school bus transport tender process
October 2009: Overall, the Ministry’s procurement approach was sound. No process is perfect, and we found a number of areas for improvement that we expect the Ministry to address in any subsequent bus tender processes...
Annual Report 2008/09
September 2009, ISBN 978-0-478-32636-9
Ministry of Social Development: Changes to the case management of sickness and invalids' beneficiaries
October 2009: Two years ago, the Ministry made changes designed to help sickness and invalids' beneficiaries prepare for, make the transition to, and stay in work. We looked at how well the changes were operating and whether they were starting to have the intended effect...
Ministry of Education: Managing support for students with high special educational needs
October 2009: We carried out a performance audit to assess how well the Ministry of Education manages four initiatives set up to support school-age students that it assesses as having the highest level of intellectual, sensory, or physical disabilities, speech language diffi culties, or behavioural needs...
Auditor-General's decision on parliamentary and ministerial accommodation entitlements
October 2009: In September, the Auditor-General received some requests to inquire into the way parliamentary and ministerial accommodation entitlements are administered and how they have been applied in relation to Hon Bill English. We gathered extensive background information on the two systems for administering accommodation entitlements and analysed their application to individual circumstances, including those of Mr English...
What is the state of public sector reporting, and what is it saying about public sector management?
July 2009: Auditor-General Kevin Brady's address to the managing and measuring performance seminar on 20 July 2009.
How the Thames-Coromandel District Council managed leasing arrangements for Council land in Whitianga
November 2009: Although our findings are of greatest interest to people in the Thames-Coromandel district, we note that most local authorities have extensive land holdings. Our findings from this inquiry reinforce the importance for all local authorities to have in place effective systems and processes to manage their land well on behalf of their communities...
Ministry of Justice: Supporting the management of court workloads
December 2009: We audited the effectiveness and efficiency of the Ministry's work to help District Courts and the High Court deal with their increasing workloads. Although we are pleased with what our audit found, the courts are likely to remain under considerable pressure for the foreseeable future...
Effectiveness of arrangements to check the standard of services provided by rest homes
December 2009: The Ministry is actively trying to address shortcomings in the effectiveness of rest home auditing and certification arrangements. However, more work remains to be done and it is still too early to tell whether the efforts to make the current arrangements work as intended will make a difference or whether certification is fundamentally unable to do what the legislation envisaged...
Investigation into conflicts of interest of four councillors at Environment Canterbury
December 2009: We have concluded that the councillors have breached section 6(1) of the Local Authorities (Members’ Interests) Act 1968. However, we have decided that a prosecution would be unlikely to result in a conviction and that it would not be appropriate in these circumstances to seek to have the councillors prosecuted...
Auckland Regional Council: Management of the LA Galaxy event at Mount Smart Stadium
January 2010: We have concluded that, despite the efforts of the council officers involved, the loss occurred because the LA Galaxy/Oceania "All Stars" match was in essence the wrong event, at the wrong time, for the wrong price...
Auckland City Council: Management of footpaths contracts
February 2010: We have concluded that the Council’s processes and procedures for managing footpaths work – while still evolving – are reasonable and have been applied adequately. We are satisfied that the Council has protected the interests of ratepayers throughout its management of footpaths contracts...
Central government: Results of the 2008/09 audits
February 2010, ISBN 978-0-478-32647-5.
Local authorities: Planning to meet the forecast demand for drinking water
February 2010: We carried out a performance audit of eight local authorities to help us form a view about how well prepared the country is to meet the likely future demand for drinking water...
Auditor-General's inquiry into certain types of expenditure in Vote Ministerial Services – Part 1
March 2010: First part of the Auditor-General's inquiry into certain types of expenditure in Vote Ministerial Services – the audit of expenditure incurred by Mr Phil Heatley’s ministerial office…
Effectiveness of arrangements for co-ordinating civilian maritime patrols
April 2010: We carried out a performance audit to examine how effectively maritime patrols were co-ordinated to support New Zealand's maritime interests...
Performance audits from 2008: Follow-up report
April 2010: This report sets out the actions public entities have taken in response to the recommendations made in performance audit reports that we published during 2008...
Statement of Intent 2010-13
May 2010, ISSN 1179-7347 (print), ISSN 1179-7355 (online).
Local government: Results of the 2008/09 audits
June 2010, ISBN 978-0-478-32645-1 (print), ISBN 978-0-478-32654-3 (online).
Local government: Examples of better practice in setting local authorities' performance measures
June 2010: This paper discusses the examples of better practice that we saw in performance measures within local authorities' 2009-19 long-term council community plans (LTCCPs). It has been prepared to promote discussion about improvement rather than be a technical guide on performance measures for various activities...
Response of the New Zealand Police to the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct: Second monitoring report
June 2010: Our Office’s second report about how well the New Zealand Police are responding to the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into Police conduct...
Annual Plan 2010/11
June 2010, ISSN 1178-8488 (print), ISSN 1179-7339 (online).
The Civil Aviation Authority's progress with improving certification and surveillance
June 2010: Our latest audit of the CAA looked at whether the CAA had addressed the 10 recommendations in our last report. Overall, progress has been inadequate and weaknesses that we identified previously still remain...
