Realising benefits from six public sector technology projects Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2012 During the past 25 years, information and communication technology (ICT) has become integral to how we work, enjoy leisure activities, and receive services. Partly because of advances…
Reviewing financial management in central government Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2012 Significant fiscal challenges are forcing change in the way central government works. The Better Public Services Advisory Group Report of November 2011 recognises these changes and…
Fraud awareness, prevention, and detection in the public sector Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2012 Until recently, most surveys on fraud in New Zealand focused on the private sector. In 2011, I commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to carry out a survey on…
Local government: Results of the 2010/11 audits Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 I am publishing this report in a context of potential change in the local government sector. The nature and amount of change has yet to be…
Health sector: Results of the 2010/11 audits Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2012 The performance of district health boards is important for our health, and our health is vital to the economic well-being of New Zealand. The health sector…
Central government: Results of the 2010/11 audits (Volume 2) Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2012 This is my fourth and final report on the central government audits for 2010/11. In December 2011, I published Central Government: Results of the 2010/11 audits…
Central government: Results of the 2010/11 audits (Volume 1) Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2011 In this report, I present the aggregate results of the central government sector audits for 2010/11. I also present in more depth the results and our…
Education sector: Results of the 2010/11 audits Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2011 Education is important to every New Zealander. Most of us have a view about how education should or shouldn't be delivered. We all have a stake…
Managing the implications of public private partnerships Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2011 This paper builds on our 2006 report, discussing PPPs as part of a partnering spectrum that is being used to respond to the future costs and…
Inquiry Report: Government planning and support for housing on Māori land. Ngā whakatakotoranga kaupapa me te tautoko a te Kāwanatanga ki te hanga whare i runga i te whenua Māori Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2011 Multiply-owned Māori land accounts for between 4% and 6% of land in New Zealand. Not all of this land is in remote rural locations – it…