Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 2:24 pm
The Auditor-General’s new report,
Insights
into local government: 2020, presents the
main findings from the 2019/20 audits of New Zealand’s
local councils and other local government
work.
“Providing affordable and sustainable services
to communities has always been a challenge for councils, but
it is becoming even harder,” says John
Ryan.
“Well-planned, funded, and well-managed asset
renewal programmes are critical to sustainable service
delivery. Without this, communities can end up paying more
to renew their assets and suffering unexpected disruptions
to services because of asset failure.”
Previous
reports have noted concerns that councils have not been
adequately reinvesting in their assets. This trend continued