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Tuesday, 3 December 2024

2.00pm

Room 1, Level 26
Te Wharau o Tāmaki - Auckland House
135 Albert Street
Auckland

 

Komiti mō te Tātari me te Mātai Tūraru /

Audit and Risk Committee

 

OPEN ATTACHMENTS

 

 

ITEM   TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                                         PAGE

 

8          Forward Work Programme 2024-2025

A.      Audit and Risk Committee’s Forward Work Programme for December 2024 – December 2025                                                                                                      3

11        Health, Safety and Wellbeing Q1 FY25 Update

A.      HSW Enterprise Risk Controls Q1 FY25                                                               7

B.      HSW Performance Dashboard Q1 FY25                                                             15

12        Enterprise Risk Update - December 2024

A.      Strategic Risks Update - October 2024                                                               19

15        Final Office of the Auditor- General report to the Council for the year ended 30 June 2024

A.      Final Office of the Auditor-General report to the Council for the year ended 30 June 2024                                                                                                                      27

16        Endorsement of the draft Office of the Auditor-General Interim Review Engagement Letter for the 6 months ended 31 December 2024

A.      Draft review engagement letter 2024                                                                   59

18        Review of the draft Auditor-General limited assurance engagement letter on consolidated greenhouse gas emissions disclosures for the year ended 30 June 2025

A.      Early draft Letter of Engagement for limited assurance on GHG disclosures for the year ended 30 June 2025                                                                                    81


 



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Komiti Tātari me te Mātai Raru Tūpono / Audit and Risk Committee
Forward Work Programme 2024-2025

This committee assists and advises the Governing Body in discharging its responsibility and ownership of governance, risk management and internal control across Auckland Council group. 

Responsibilities include reviewing the effectiveness of enterprise risk management, internal and external audit assurance, health safety and wellbeing, business continuity and resilience, integrity and investigations.  The Committee monitors compliance, risk management in significant projects and programmes of work and procurements and has oversight of risk management and assurance of CCOs, the preparation of the LTP, Annual Report and other statutory financial reports.
The full Terms of Reference is available
here

 

 

Area of work and lead

2024

2025

3 December

18 February

13 May

26 August

16 September

9 December

 

Forward work programme

Chief Risk and Assurance Officer

Work programme.

Committee’s Annual performance report

Summary of Audit and Risk Committee information memoranda, workshops, and briefings

Work programme.

Summary of Audit and Risk Committee information memoranda, workshops, and briefings

Work programme.

Summary of Audit and Risk Committee information memoranda, workshops, and briefings

Work programme.

Summary of Audit and Risk Committee information memoranda, workshops, and briefings

Work programme.

Summary of Audit and Risk Committee information memoranda, workshops, and briefings

Work programme.

Committee’s Annual performance report

Summary of Audit and Risk Committee information memoranda, workshops, and briefings

 

Assurance

Chief Risk and Assurance Officer

Internal Audit activities update.

Internal Audit activities update.

Fraud and integrity update.

Internal Audit update

·      Internal Audit activities update.

·      Internal Audit strategy and audit plan (July 2025 – June 2026)

·      Internal Audit Charter

Internal Audit activities update.

Fraud and integrity update

 

Internal Audit activities update.

 

Houkura - He Waka Kōtuia - Te Tiriti o Waitangi Audit

Chief Risk and Assurance Officer

 

Treaty Audit Monitoring update.

 

Treaty Audit Monitoring update.

 

 

 

Enterprise Risk

Chief Risk and Assurance Officer

*Chief Sustainability Officer

Enterprise Risk Update

 

Enterprise Risk Update.

 

 

Enterprise Risk Update.

 

CCO Risk management

Chief Risk and Assurance Officer

CCO quarterly risk report

Attendance by Watercare

CCO and GSS quarterly risk report

Attendance by Auckland Transport

CCO and GSS quarterly risk report

Attendance by Eke Panuku
Attendance by GSS

CCO and GSS quarterly risk report

Attendance by Tātaki Auckland Unlimited

 

CCOa and GSS quarterly risk report

Attendance by Watercare

 

Port of Auckland Limited (POAL) Risk management

Governance & Risk Manager (POAL)

 

POAL risk update

Attendance by POAL

 

 

 

 

 

Key Strategic Project updates

Director Resilience and Infrastructure

Deputy Director Resilience and Infrastructure

Director Policy, Planning and Governance

Group Recovery Manager

Local Water Done Well

City Rail Link update

Recovery Project update

 

Local Water Done Well

City Rail Link update

Recovery Project Update

 

 

City Rail Link update

Recovery Project update

 

Health, Safety and Wellbeing

Head of Health, Safety and Wellbeing

Health, safety, and wellbeing update

Health, safety, and wellbeing update

Health, safety, and wellbeing update

Health, safety, and wellbeing update

 

Health, safety and wellbeing update

 

Legal Risk

General Counsel

Legal risk report

 

Legal risk report

 

 

Legal risk report

 

Insurance

Resilience and Insurance Manager

 

Update on insurance activities.

 

Update on insurance activities.

 

 

 

Data and privacy

Director of GSS

 

 

Data and privacy update

 

 

Data and privacy update

 

Cyber security

GM Technology Services

Cyber security update

Cyber security update

Cyber security update

Cyber security update

 

Cyber security update

 

Interim Report

Group Financial Controller

 

Review arrangements 31 December 2024

31 December 2024 Interim Financial Statements & NZX Announcement Update

Proforma interim financial statements and accounting policies 31 December 2024

31 December 2024 half year results announcement for the NZX and Interim Report clearance

Audit New Zealand Review Engagement management report for the six months ended 31 December 2024

 

 

Review arrangements 31 December 2025

31 December 2025 Interim Financial Statements & NZX Announcement Update

Proforma interim financial statements and accounting policies 31 December 2025

 

Annual Report

Group Financial Controller

Audit New Zealand final audit management report 30 June 2024

Limited assurance engagement on consolidated greenhouse gas emissions for the year ended 30 June 2025

30 June 2025 Arrangements (Audit New Zealand audit plan)

NZX Announcement 30 June 2025 / Annual Report 30 June 2025 update for committee

Proforma Annual Report 30 June 2025 (financial statements and accounting policies)

Proforma Volume 4 - Climate Change Risk 30 June 2025

NZX Announcement 2025/ Annual Report 30 June 2025 update for committee

Audit New Zealand Interim audit management report 30 June 2025

30 June 2025 Annual Report and Volume 4 - Climate Related Disclosure 30 June 2025

CCO annual reports on risk (matters raised through annual audit process and summary of any significant findings raised by auditors)

Attendance by Auckland Transport, Tātaki Auckland Unlimited, Eke Panuku and Watercare

POAL annual reports on risk (matters raised through annual audit process and summary of any significant findings raised by auditors)

Attendance by POAL

Audit New Zealand final audit management report 30 June 2025

 

 

Climate Change Reporting and Sustainable Finance

Group CFO

Auckland Council’s Sustainable Finance update

Climate disclosure work programme - progress update

 

Climate disclosure work programme - progress update

 

 

Auckland Council’s Sustainable Finance update

Climate disclosure work programme - progress update

 

Annual Plan 2024/2025

Annual Plan 2025/2026

GM Financial Strategy

Risk management approach for the Annual Plan 2025/2026

 

Risk management update for the Annual Plan 2025/2026

 

 

Risk management approach for the Annual Plan 2026/2027

 

Annual Green Bond report

Head of Group Treasury

 

 

Process for Annual Green Bond Report 30 June 2025

 

Annual Green Bond Report 30 June 2025

 

 

External Audit

Office of Auditor-General (OAG)

Briefing paper provided

Briefing paper provided

Briefing paper provided

Briefing paper provided

Briefing paper provided

Briefing paper provided

 

Workshop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                        



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