Appendix: Estimated timing for our proposed 2025/26 work programme
Draft annual plan 2025/26.
Some of the work we will complete in 2025/26 was listed in our annual plan for 2024/25. Those items are marked with an asterisk in the table below. Shaded quarters show when we expect to be working with public organisations.
Priority area: Regular reports
| Initiative | 2024/25 Q4 |
2025/26 Q1 |
2025/26 Q2 |
2025/26 Q3 |
2025/26 Q4 |
2026/27 Q1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our observations from audits in central government | ||||||
| Our observations from audits in local government | ||||||
| Our observations from the audits of schools | ||||||
| Our observations from the audits of tertiary education institutions | ||||||
| Half-year Controller update | ||||||
| Auckland Council review of service performance |
Priority area: Increasing the focus on value for money
| Initiative | 2024/25 Q4 |
2025/26 Q1 |
2025/26 Q2 |
2025/26 Q3 |
2025/26 Q4 |
2026/27 Q1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic finance – how well set up are public organisations to plan for and provide value for money?* | ||||||
| Value for money considerations in local government procurement | ||||||
| Monitoring of New Zealand’s climate change investment in the Pacific | ||||||
| Closing the value-for-money loop in National Land Transport Programme investments | ||||||
| Updated procurement good practice guidance |
Priority area: Promoting a long-term view
| Initiative | 2024/25 Q4 |
2025/26 Q1 |
2025/26 Q2 |
2025/26 Q3 |
2025/26 Q4 |
2026/27 Q1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commentary on the Treasury’s long-term fiscal statement | ||||||
| How effectively are public organisations working together to progress the Government’s tourism strategy? | ||||||
| Diversion and early interventions with youth across the justice sector* | ||||||
| Addressing housing deprivation* | ||||||
| Long-term effectiveness and efficiency of government spending on aged care | ||||||
| Flood protection in Waikato and Tasman* | ||||||
| Looking at planning and preparedness for droughts | ||||||
| What data and information do public organisations rely on for long-term planning? | ||||||
| Councils’ engagement with the disability community to plan and implement city safety plans |
Priority area: Supporting strong organisational integrity practices
| Initiative | 2024/25 Q4 |
2025/26 Q1 |
2025/26 Q2 |
2025/26 Q3 |
2025/26 Q4 |
2026/27 Q1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promoting integrity in the public service* | ||||||
| Monitoring and responding to bullying and harassment in schools | ||||||
| Operation Respect performance audit | ||||||
| Operation Respect monitoring report |
Priority area: Enhancing our impact in te ao Māori
| Initiative | 2024/25 Q4 |
2025/26 Q1 |
2025/26 Q2 |
2025/26 Q3 |
2025/26 Q4 |
2026/27 Q1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Responding to the Public Service Act 2020* | ||||||
| Research on co-governance practices | ||||||
| Management of records of significance to Māori |
Priority area: Building on our reputation as a source of trusted information
| Initiative | 2024/25 Q4 |
2025/26 Q1 |
2025/26 Q2 |
2025/26 Q3 |
2025/26 Q4 |
2026/27 Q1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providing information to elected officials after the 2025 local elections | ||||||
| Managing misinformation and disinformation | ||||||
| Follow-up: Making infrastructure investment decisions quickly | ||||||
| Follow-up: Monitoring importers of specified high-risk foods | ||||||
| Follow-up: Meeting the mental health needs of young New Zealanders | ||||||
| Follow-up: Understanding and addressing educational disparities | ||||||
| Follow-up: Immigration New Zealand: Managing how it makes decisions about skilled residence visas | ||||||
| Follow-up: How public organisations are fulfilling Treaty settlements |