Name of report
Purpose
Conducted by
Date
Cost of
completed
engagement
excl. GST
1
2023 General Election post-election Benchmark and post-campaign
Verian (Kantar Public)
May 2024
$192,339.58
survey of voters and non-voters
surveys to measure voter
satisfaction with the services the
Electoral Commission provides and
to understand the level of
engagement with the voting process,
barriers to voting, and how to
address these barriers for each
identified population group.
2
Electoral Management System
An assessment of the financial
PWC
March 2024
$96,169
(EMS) controls assessment
controls in place for the
Commission’s Election Management
System, which is used by field staff
during elections.
3
Data platform systems assurance:
A review of the efficacy of the system KPMG
August 2023
$24,997.50
Te Kauhangaroa review
of controls in place on data quality in
Te Kauhangaroa, the Commission’s
data analytics platform. This system
is not used for the production of
official election results. Initiated due
to an incident in May 2023 when the
data platform created approximately
5,000 duplicate records over a
nine-day period which led to
inaccurate data being shared with
the media.
4
2023 GE Cyber, Privacy and
A review of the Commission’s cyber, Deloitte
July 2023
$99,170
Resilience Readiness audit
privacy and resilience capability and
readiness for the 2023 General
Election.
5
Māori Electoral Option campaign
Benchmark and post-campaign
Kantar Public
September
$91,196.94
surveys and post-campaign report
surveys to measure the
2023
effectiveness of the Māori Electoral
Option information and awareness
campaign.
6
Independent Quality Assurance
A review of programme management Caravel Group
May 2023
$32,850
Review of General Election 2023
and governance to assess readiness
Programme
to plan, deliver, guide, and control
the programme.
7
Māori Electoral Option Qualitative
2023 General Election and Māori
Kantar Public
December 2022 $63,751.20
Report
Electoral Option audience insights
research.
8
2022 Local Elections Post-campaign Benchmark and post-campaign
Kantar Public
September
$37,774
evaluation
surveys to measure the campaign
2022
effectiveness on awareness and
engagement.
9
Capability review
A review of the capabilities and
PWC
September
$665,928
funding that the Commission needs
2021
to successfully administer the
general election in 2023.
10
2020 General Election post-election Benchmark and post-campaign
Kantar Public
December 2020 $207,000
survey of voters and non-voters
surveys to measure voter
satisfaction with the services the
Electoral Commission provides and
to understand the level of
engagement with the voting process,
barriers to voting, and how to
address these barriers for each
identified population group.
