Auckland, New Zealand: The Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) held its 44th Governing Board meeting on 13 and 14 November 2025, chaired by Florence Bonnafoux, President of the Territorial Chamber of Accounts of New Caledonia.
PASAI’s Secretary-General and Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand, Grant Taylor, attended along with other Pacific Island-based board members, PASAI Secretariat staff and Office of the Secretary-General staff, and were joined online with representatives from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
PASAI Chief Executive, Esther Lameko-Poutoa, and the Secretariat’s program directors reported on progress implementing PASAI’s operational plan during the first quarter of the 2025–26 financial year.
The Governing Board noted the work of a charter review subgroup who have been consulting with members on desired changes while preparing PASAI to comply with revisions to the legislation under which it is incorporated as an entity.
Board members considered various reports and received updates on upcoming cooperative audit opportunities for PASAI’s member government audit offices.
The Governing Board considered work completed on the project to rollout ‘A-SEAT’ in the region as PASAI's recommended and supported online audit management platform, since it last met in late August. It agreed the critical next steps are to establish which member offices want to become users of the tool and to get details about their IT infrastructure to inform the support needs for the rollout.
Board members and staff also had a fruitful governance and performance reporting training session with the Chair of the Fred Hollows Foundation NZ, Craig Fisher.
The Secretariat expresses its gratitude to the Governing Board members for their ongoing assistance and acknowledges the support of its development partners, MFAT and DFAT.
Attendees of PASAI’s 44th Governing Board meeting
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Contact information:
Esther Lameko-Poutoa, Chief Executive PASAI, Auckland, New Zealand
E: secretariat@pasai.org P: +64 9 304 1275
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