We have published a report and two media
announcements on our website.
Results of the
2017 school audits
We have published the results of the 2017 school audits.
This includes the types of audit opinions we issued and the
matters we identified from our audits. We have provided this
information to the Secretary for Education.
Submission to the Taskforce for the Review of
Tomorrow's Schools
We have decided to
publish our submission to the Independent Taskforce carrying
out a review of Tomorrow's Schools. Our letter to the Chair
of the Independent Taskforce and full submission can be read on our website.
Kāpiti District Council's proposal to invest
funds
We wrote to Kāpiti District Council,
setting out our expectations about due diligence and sound
management, given the Council's intention to borrow money in
order to set up investment funds. Our letter is available on our
website.
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