Monitoring how water is used for irrigation
May 2018: This is our first of seven audits that will look at how public organisations manage water. For this audit, we looked at how freshwater used for irrigation is tracked and measured. This included looking at how well water meter installation was managed, the quality of data collected from water meters, how the data was used, and whether this was leading to positive changes in the way water is used. We focused on five regional councils and one unitary council from six different regions.
Response to the Report of the Havelock North Drinking Water Inquiry
7 December 2017: The Havelock North inquiry report could have implications for our work.
Getting the right information to effectively manage public assets: Lessons from local authorities
December 2017: Elected councillors need relevant and reliable information to make good decisions about managing the assets they govern. As communities and environments change, the challenges that local authorities face and decisions they make are becoming more complex. We looked at how five local authorities approached identifying and gathering the right information about their assets...
Hastings District Council
New strict dog control programme cuts the number of dog attacks by two-thirds.
Department of Conservation: Prioritising and partnering to manage biodiversity
December 2012: Findings of a performance audit that examined how well the Department of Conservation is prioritising work, and working in partnership with other agencies and groups to manage biodiversity.
