Latest reports, articles, and letters

The Auditor-General publishes 40-50 reports, articles, and letters each year. Here are the 10 most recent.
Cover image - Nov 07, 2024 Assessing New Zealand’s climate change response with ClimateScanner

7 November 2024: Our office is one of more than 100 audit institutions participating in the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions’ ClimateScanner initiative. ClimateScanner requires supreme audit institutions to assess how governments are responding to climate change. This report summarises the results of our rapid assessment. It provides a broad overview of government actions to respond to climate change and highlights areas for improvement.

Cover image - Nov 05, 2024 How well four councils are responding to a changing climate

5 November 2024: We looked at the actions of Environment Canterbury, Christchurch City Council, Nelson City Council, and Whanganui District Council in responding to the local impacts of climate change. All four councils are making progress with their responses to climate change and doing so in an uncertain and evolving national policy environment.

Cover image - Nov 01, 2024 Ministry of Health: Management of personal protective equipment in response to Covid-19 follow-up

1 November 2024: In June 2020, we independently reviewed the Ministry of Health’s management of national reserve supplies during the early stages of New Zealand’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, with a particular focus on personal protective equipment. This letter summarises what we have been told by the Ministry about its progress in implementing our 10 recommendations and sets out our comments.

Cover image - Oct 18, 2024 Controller update: October 2024

18 October 2024: This update explains recent events in Parliament’s authorising of public expenditure and our work in monitoring government spending.

Cover image - Oct 16, 2024 Annual report 2023/24

16 October 2024: This 2023/24 annual report describes the work we have carried out to demonstrate how we will achieve our ultimate outcome – that Parliament and the public have trust and confidence in New Zealand’s public sector.

Cover image - Oct 09, 2024 Funding for Gumboot Friday/I Am Hope

9 October 2024: We wrote to the Ministry of Health about the procurement of services from Gumboot Friday/I am Hope without an open, transparent, and competitive procurement process.