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Answering your questions
Keeping the accountability fires burning
The person standing guard has changed, but the job of watching stays the same…
A tale of two cities: Auditing the Canterbury recovery
Sometimes it feels as if Christchurch is separated by two time periods; before the earthquakes and after the earthquakes.
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.
How bizarre: Being open to learning and sharing
We’ve all had moments when a lesson is burnt into our memory.
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.
Super Audit Hero!
Many times when people contact us with their problems and concerns, they seem to be hoping that our "mighty powers of auditing" will fix it all...
We will remember them.
I have a curious fondness for Robert Harry Martin. I’ve never met him and he died, aged 81, when I was six years old.
Hearing things people don’t say
I often hear things people don’t say. No, I’m not the Office’s new secret weapon for getting to the truth...
A Lamborghini for everyone on the West Coast?
One hundred billion dollars would buy everyone on the West Coast a shiny new car. It’s a colossal amount of money – and it’s the value of the assets that our councils are managing.
Inheritance, institutions, and the Office
Usually, when we talk about institutions we mean places we don’t like to go – police stations, hospitals, or courts...
