Speeches and presentations

Speeches and presentations by the staff of the Office of the Auditor-General.
Making good use of resources

October 2006: Article published in the Chartered Accountants Journal and reproduced here by kind permission of the Editor of the Journal.

Public Audit – Achieving Better Public Accountability

September 2001: Paper presented by Robert Buchanan, Assistant Auditor-General . The aim of this paper, therefore, is to explain what the Auditor-General does and show how the Act fits into the system of public sector accountability.

A New Age for Public Auditing

July 2001: Robert Buchanan and Kevin Simpkins introduce the Public Audit Act 2001 (PDF, 4 pages, 62kB). Originally published in the Chartered Accountants Journal and reproduced here by kind permission of the Editor of the Journal.

Budgeting and accounting issues - New Zealand

April 1998: Budgeting and Accounting Issues - New Zealand. Presentation to the International Federation of Accountants Public Sector Committee Executive Forum, Washington DC, Thursday April 30, 1998.