Answering your questions
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...
Have you got it all boxed off?
The movement of goods and people is the glue that holds the modern world together, so we ignore it at our peril.
I’m a brain surgeon, me
I love what I do – but I don’t enjoy trying to explain it at parties…
My only friend, the end
The End – described as a spiraling 12-minute Freudian saga – is one of my favourite Doors' tracks.
Increasing the impact of audit
What do performance audits have in common with throwing stones?
The Kiwi guide to audit reports
Sometimes auditors seem to speak another language. Here's an attempt to translate some auditor-speak into Kiwi-speak...
Finding the men who served
For the commemoration of World War One next year, we want to publish the stories of staff who served in the armed forces. Can you help us?
The seven deadly sins
Common pitfalls or traps that auditors need to avoid slipping into
Reflections of an auditor
How does the OAG follow up on its audits, and do they make a difference?