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Original Articles

Whole of government accounting in New Zealand: the ownership form of control

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Pages 235-242 | Published online: 29 May 2009
 

Abstract

There are lessons to be learned from the emergence of comprehensive government financial reporting in New Zealand. Developments suggest ownership assumptions shaped policy and implied a particular role of government. These lessons are instructive on the relationship between reporting, organizational form, and constitutional considerations, and, importantly, about usefulness.

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Sonja Pont-Newby

Sonja Pont-Newby is a chartered accountant based in Wellington, New Zealand and was a specialist adviser to the Treasury during the implementation of Crown consolidated reporting in the mid-1990s

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