Annual plan 2024/25
27 June 2024: Our annual plan outlines our programme of work for 2024/25, which includes performance audits, special studies, regular reports and updates, and good practice guidance. This work considers issues facing the public sector and how we can best use our role to influence positive change.
Tertiary education institutions: 2022 audit results and what we saw in 2023
27 June 2024: This letter summarises the main findings from our 2022 audits of tertiary education institutions. It also provides information about the work being done to improve student success and about the financial sustainability challenges in the TEI sector.
Responses to our recommendations about the co-ordination of the all-of-government response to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020
25 June 2024: We asked the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the National Emergency Management Agency, Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission, and the Ministry of Health (the four organisations) for an update on their response to recommendations we made in 2022 about the co-ordination of the all-of-government response to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 .
Value for money – a simply complex problem
21 June 2024: Value for money is an important measure of public sector performance that helps public organisations to strike the right balance between what is spent and what is achieved. In this article, the Auditor-General describes the public sector’s challenge with defining, assessing, and reporting on value for money.
Responses to our recommendations about improving Crown entity monitoring
20 June 2024: We asked public organisations for an update on their response to the recommendations in our 2022 report Improving value through better Crown entity monitoring.
Strategic suppliers: Understanding and managing the risks of service disruption - follow-up
19 June 2024: We have written to the Governance and Administration Committee setting out what we have learned about progress with the recommendations in our June 2021 report Strategic suppliers: Understanding and managing the risks of service disruption.
The Government’s preparedness to implement the sustainable development goals - follow-up
18 June 2024: We have written to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee setting out what we have learned about progress with the recommendations from our August 2021 report on the Government’s preparedness to implement the sustainable development goals.
Carbon targets and ambiguity: The scrutiny to expect from an auditor
18 June 2024: This article clarifies the Auditor-General’s expectations and the auditor’s approach to statements about greenhouse gas targets and emissions reduction progress reported by public organisations.
A guide to our resources to support better performance reporting
13 June 2024: Performance reporting is important but it can also be difficult. This guide is to help those in the public sector who are responsible for preparing performance reports to find and use the many resources we have made available.
Strengthening government procurement: Lessons from our recent work
28 May 2024: This report brings together the findings of our multi-year work programme looking at how well the public sector manages procurement and highlights the areas where we consider most improvement is needed.
