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2011 Annual Report
The ACOS Annual Report: 2011 was presented to the Minister of Statistics by Mr Tom Lambie on 4 April 2012.
One of the recommendations of the Review of Official Statistics was to establish an Advisory Committee on Official Statistics (ACOS) to:
- provide independent and reliable advice on official statistics to the Minister of Statistics and government
- represent the wider statistical community, including users, producers and suppliers of official statistics.
Functions
The functions of ACOS are to:
- advise on the integrity, relevance and quality of Tier 1 statistics so they best meet the needs of users and producers
- improve public confidence in official statistics by monitoring and reporting on standards, policies and protocols
- provide comment to the Government Statistician on the performance of the Official Statistics Research and Data Archive Centre (OSRDAC)
- provide comment or advice on any other matters relating to the official statistics system that is referred to it by the Minister of Statistics
- produce an annual report on the health of the official statistics system that deals with:
- the relevance and quality of Tier 1 statistics
- any changes necessary to improve the coverage of Tier 1 statistics
- the appropriateness of standards, policies and protocols for official statistics.
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Membership
A Chair and up to 12 members are appointed by the Minister of Statistics, along with the Government Statistician (Geoff Bascand) as a permanent ex-officio member. Members have a mix of relevant skills and experience in the public or private sector. The Chair is appointed for a term of up to five years while members’ terms last for three years after which they are either reappointed or replaced by a new member. On 2 June 2011, the new appointments and reappointments to the committee were announced by the Minister and are as shown.
Current Membership (as at June 2011)
- Mr Tom Lambie (Chair from Jun 2011) (Farmer, Chancellor Lincoln University, Commissioner for Environment Canterbury, and Chairman of the Opuha Water Partnership (Opuha Dam))
- Hon David Caygill (Chair to Jun 2011) (Deputy Chair, Commissioner for Environment Canterbury)
- Mr Murray Bain (Chief Executive, Ministry of Science and Innovation)
- Mr William (Bill) Bayfield (Chief Executive, Environment Bay of Plenty (Bay of Plenty Regional Council))
- Professor Richard Bedford (Professor of Population Geography, National Institute for Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA), University of Waikato; and Pro Vice-Chancellor Research AUT University)
- Dr Peter Bushnell (Director, Bushnell Ltd)
- Mr Leonard (Len) Cook (Former National Statistician, UK Office for National Statistics, and former New Zealand Government Statistician)
- Mr Rob Davidson (Executive Director, Economic Service, Meat and Wool New Zealand)
- Ms Ria Earp (Chief Executive, Mary Potter Hospice)
- Mr Don Gray (Deputy Chief Executive, Ministry of Social Development)
- Ms Kim Hill (Media commentator, Radio New Zealand)
- Professor Alan Lee (Department of Statistics, Auckland University)
- Dr John McDermott (Assistant Governor, Reserve Bank of New Zealand)
- Mr Andrew Newman (Chief Executive, Hawke's Bay Regional Council)
- Ms Paula Rebstock (Independent economic consultant, Former Chair of the Welfare Working Group)
- Mr Murray Sherwin (Chair of the Productivity Commission)
- Dr Colin Tukuitonga (Chief Executive, Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs)
- Mr Geoff Bascand (Government Statistician)
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Previous ACOS annual reports
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The ACOS Annual Report 2009 was presented to the Minister of Statistics by the Hon David Caygill on Thursday, 18 February 2010.
ACOS Annual Report 2009 (PDF, 283KB)
The ACOS Annual Report 2008 was presented to the Minister of Statistics by the Hon David Caygill on Wednesday, 25 February 2009.
ACOS Annual Report 2008 (PDF, 283KB)
The ACOS Annual Report 2007 was presented to the Minister of Statistics by the Hon David Caygill on Thursday, 14 February 2008.
ACOS annual report 2007 (PDF, 191KB)
The inaugural ACOS annual report was presented to the Minister of Statistics by the Hon David Caygill in October 2006.
ACOS annual report 2006 (PDF, 119KB)
2012 meetings
- 8 February 2012
- 9 May 2012
- 8 August 2012
- 7 November 2012