Lessons in procurement risk
Back in May the Office of the Auditor-General wrote to Queenstown Lakes District Council over concerns raised about its procurement of services from a consultancy...
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Consultation documents: Better but still room for improvement
The Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) has singled out four councils’ consultation documents as good examples for others to follow. In its recent report, Long-term...
Irrigation report finds room for improvement
A recent report by the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) makes four recommendations to help councils improve the quality of information recorded from water meters...
Best ways to co-govern natural resources
As debate continues to hot up around who “owns”, controls and manages New Zealand’s natural resources, the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) has released a...
What to expect in 2016: The OAG's view
There is no doubt that 2015 was a challenging year for the sector. Amendments to the Local Government Act 2002, introduced in 2014, required local authorities...
BRUCE ROBERTSON: On being a quiet voice for local government
Bruce Robertson has spent a career working with numbers. Now assistant auditor-general, local government, at the Office of the Auditor-General, he talks with Ruth Le...