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4 entries in the record match “council audits”, closest first.

  1. Candidate cause

    Under-funded renewal of long-lived public assets

    Open 1 of 4 support, 0 against; partly supported needs one more.

    Hospitals, schools, water networks and roads are renewed more slowly than they wear out, whether they are funded by central Budgets or by council rates. The shortfall builds up as a hidden deficit in asset condition and surfaces years later as degraded service. Weak asset management and low investment efficiency reduce what each dollar renews.

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  2. Symptom of hollowing · Public goods

    Council drinking-water supplies with a protozoal barrier

    90% (2025) Below level

    90% of council supplies had a protozoal treatment barrier in 2025.

    At level when: Watch on any fall below 90%; at level on a fall below the 2024 level of 84%.

    measured · data to · Taumata Arowai, Drinking Water Regulation Report 2025 (Sep 2026)

  3. Capture warning · Accountability

    Executive response to adverse independent findings

    3 of 3 instances within 3 years Tripped

    Three instances in the last three years: Acts in 2024, 2025 and 2026 each ended a live Tribunal, Authority or commission matter before it was decided. The same search of earlier terms found one in 2008–11 and one in 2014–17.

    Trips when: Three in three years of declining to act on a court, Tribunal or Auditor-General finding, or of legislation ending jurisdiction over a live matter. Recommendations and negotiated settlements excluded.

    measured · data to · Environment Canterbury (Temporary Commissioners and Improved Water Management) Act 2010, Sch 2 cl 7

  4. Capture warning · Law and policy

    Donations from beneficiaries of legislation

    1 of 3 instances Watch

    Entities linked to fast-track applications donated over NZ$1 million to parties since 2022. The Auditor-General found the conflicts system sound but warned the perception erodes trust. No impropriety is alleged.

    Trips when: Three recorded instances of donations from beneficiaries of fast-track or Crown Minerals decisions following those decisions. Timing only; no impropriety is implied.

    measured · data to · Audit Office, 2025, summary