In the future, environmental disasters and resource constraints will continue to impact the public sector audit environment. Governments will be held responsible for their responses and the corresponding financial impacts, particularly rising levels of public debt. Supreme Audit Institutions...

Achieving the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at country and local levels – and ensuring ‘no one is left behind’ - requires that nation states commit to solving complex social and societal challenges through collaborative, democratic means. Technocratic and...

This chapter provides an overview of local government auditing in New Zealand by outlining the nature of local government, particularly the legislative requirements in respect to financial and service performance reporting and those for external audit. It also summarises the role and powers of...