Managing change
The second blog from the Local Government team.
2016
Managing change
The trust paradox
Reconciling security and privacy may be the issue of the decade, senior leaders of public agencies attending the fourth Transparency International Leaders Integrity Forum were told last month.
Water, water, everywhere...
We’re a bit water obsessed in our little corner of the Office because we’re preparing to launch the Auditor-General’s work programme theme for 2017/18 – Water.
Achieving impact through listening
Welcome to the first blog from the Local Government team.
How bizarre: Being open to learning and sharing
We’ve all had moments when a lesson is burnt into our memory.
Quick as a whistle insight to improve whistleblowing
New Zealand is served by a public sector that is considered worldwide to have high standards of integrity.
What if voting made you healthier?
My daughters live virtual lives online without the embarrassing presence of their mother trying too hard to be hip – except at elections.
I have worked for the Office of the Auditor-General for more than 11 years. In that time, I’ve audited a wide range of organisations, programmes, and services.
Before the end of this year, the Auditor-General will publish a performance audit report on collecting and using information about suicides.
The wealth of mediaeval English monarchs, the spoils from the age of exploration and conquest, the wealth creation of the new middle classes in the industrial revolution… What have these got to do with performance reporting in the New Zealand public sector? Quite a lot, as it turns out.
I’ll settle for second best. Yeah right.
A relative in Hawaii recently asked me what it was like to live in New Zealand. My reply? “I love it – can’t complain”. But should I?
Putting a human face on our work
When I became a performance auditor, I expected I would be working at a desk, reading and reviewing files, and assessing and auditing numbers on a page.
There’s a breadth of interesting information we look at when we’re carrying out fieldwork during a performance audit...