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The biggest challenges for Auckland's City Rail Link are likely yet to come, according to the watchdog on government spending.

A report into the multibillion dollar project by the Auditor General's… Video, Audio

Stephen Charles is a former judge of appeal in the Victorian Supreme Court, QC, member of the Accountable Round Table and the Centre for Public Integrity making the case for a Federal anti-corruption… Audio

Tourism operators say covid-related grants have helped keep them afloat through the pandemic.

The Auditor-General John Ryan found ministers used unclear criteria when dishing out nearly $70 million… Audio

The Government is being criticised for distributing money from a lucrative tourism fund without a proper process and to some firms that didn't need it.

Funding came from a $290 million Strategic… Audio

The National Party says the Government should consider re-claiming and redistributing some of the money it's paid out from the $290 million Strategic Tourism Asset Protection Programme.

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The co-owner of a major tourist business says the Government has no understanding of tourism and appears to have given money to its mates without due process.

The comment by Aaron Russ of Heritage… Audio

A top public watchdog has criticised the lack of clarity and transparency around a government tourism funding scheme that paid hundreds of millions of dollars to operators across New Zealand.

The… Video, Audio

Fiordland Jet co-owner Chris Adams got half way through applying for a loan under the Strategic Tourism Asset Protection Plan and gave up..

He's been reading the report, and talks to Lisa Owen.

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Big questions are being raised over whether hospitals are accurately reporting their massive spending on often highly paid contractors.

There's a warning the health reforms could make the public… Audio

The Minister of Social Development has launched an internal review after she missed several red flags around multimillion dollar spending on private rentals for the homeless.

The Auditor-General this… Video, Audio

It's a multimillion-dollar ministerial blind spot that is being called into question. Opposition parties are demanding accountability after revelations millions of dollars was shelled out by the… Audio

The government paid inflated rents for private emergency housing in Auckland over three years, removing long-term rentals from the already tight housing market.

A scathing review by the Auditor… Audio

National Party leader Christopher Luxon says people have to be held accountable for what he says was unacceptable practices paying inflated rents to private landlords.

A scathing review by the… Audio

The Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni believes her department won't repeat the mistakes which saw money pumped into private rentals at inflated rates for sometimes sub-standard emergency… Audio

A service helping children recover from sexual violence says there is little sign of extra help coming under a new national strategy.

The Government yesterday launched a 25-year strategy to combat… Audio

New Zealand has dodged fears it would have to slow down its vaccination campaign with the government close to securing a deal boosting its supply of Pfizer doses.

After a slow start, the immunisation… Video, Audio

This week at Parliament: Covid-19 orders, extending time for audits, and a debate on the Zero Suicide Aotearoa report.  Audio

Marama Davidson is defending a joint venture set up to combat the high rates of violence in Kiwi homes.

The venture was set up in 2018 to bring government and community agencies together to tackle… Audio

Public money has been poured in, but there has been zero progress in efforts to combat family and sexual abuse, according to the Auditor General.

It has issued a report telling government ministers… Video, Audio

The boss of a global health information company is calling out the government over its slow delivery of essential IT to scale up the Covid-19 vaccination rollout, saying it should have been finished… Video, Audio

Covid-19 Minister Chris Hipkins is still optimistic all New Zealand adults will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of the year, despite a major report suggesting otherwise.

A review by the… Audio

A report into the Covid-19 vaccine rollout raises serious concerns about whether the government can reach its targets and if there's even enough vaccine in the country.

It calls on health authorities… Video, Audio

An Auckland property company which took millions in taxpayer funds to house the homeless has left the IRD and landlords out of pocket after going into liquidation.

Silverfern property services… Audio

The Auditor-General's Office wants the criteria for the wage subsidy scheme tightened up, amid concerns the Ministry of Social Development hasn't done enough to claw back money from businesses that… Audio

The Auditor-General wants the Ministry for Social Development to crack down on businesses that got the wage subsidy and didn't need it.

The multibillion-dollar wage subsidy scheme was designed to… Audio

Former Wellington mayors are throwing their two cents worth in over the shambolic goings on at the council.

There are also questions being raised about whether Mayor Andy Foster even has the… Audio

Wellingtonians are urging their elected councillors to quit the infighting, and get on with the job.

On Sunday, one councillor reported the capital's Mayor to the Auditor General, requesting an… Audio

The Auditor-General is demanding more accountability from the government over how its spending billions of dollars tackling the pandemic.

The public watchdog says Treasury figures don't give enough… Audio

Tourism Industry Aotearoa is welcoming an inquiry by the Auditor-General into a controversial tourism fund.

The Strategic Tourism Assets Protection Programme was part of the government's $400-million… Audio

An investigation by New Zealand's highest watchdog has slammed the University of Auckland over its purchase of a $5 million house in one of the city's priciest suburbs for its vice chancellor to rent… Video, Audio