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Project management: An audit and assurance lens
Wednesday 18 June, 9am
This session will explore the project management lifecycle through an audit and assurance lens. We’ll speak about governance, risk, planning, cost control, and the importance of probity, drawing on real-world examples from across the public sector.
One featured case study is the redevelopment of the Naenae Pool, offering lessons in managing complexity and delivering outcomes that matter to communities.
Our speakers are Peter Catterick, Associate Director, Specialist Audit and Assurance Services at Audit New Zealand, and Andrew Quinn, Project Manager at Hutt City Council. The session will be chaired by Stephen Walker, Audit New Zealand’s Executive Director.
Please register for this event using this MS Teams webinar registration link.
After you submit your registration, you will receive a confirmation email. We encourage you to forward this invitation to those you think may be interested in this event, all are welcome.
Need to catch up?
Integrity and accountability in corporate governance
On Monday, 5 May, our client event featured Ron Warmington, a renowned forensic accountant and co-founder of Second Sight in the UK, now in New Zealand. Ron played a crucial role in uncovering the truth behind the Horizon IT scandal.
The theme of the event was integrity and the significance of accountability.
Observations from our audits of councils’ 2024-34 long-term plans
Thank you to everyone who attended our client event where Andrew McConnell and Henry Broughton from the Office of the Auditor-General discussed their recent report examining 32 consultation documents and 58 long-term plans audited between June and October 2024.
They led an engaging discussion on the report's key findings, highlighted the role of audit in ensuring transparency and accountability, and explored what these insights mean for decision-makers.
Watch the video to find out more about the discussion.
Climate change reporting - The risks of greenwashing
On 6 August 2024, Audit New Zealand's Associate Director Technical, Amy Hamilton, discussed why greenwashing is a risk to trust and confidence and why interest in climate-related disclosures is on the rise.
Amy's previous blogs and the OAG's work on climate reporting is here: www.oag.parliament.nz/reports/climate-change.
Procurement: Lessons from our assurance work
On 3 September 2024, Audit New Zealand's Director, Specialist Audit and Assurance Services, Martin Richardson, discussed why procurement is important and highlights the areas where we consider most improvement is needed.
- Watch the recording
- Check out the procurement good practice section on the OAG website.
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