Kevin Bernard Brady (born 14 June 1947) is a former New Zealand public servant. He was the Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand from 2002 until 2009.

Biography

Brady was born in Oamaru and was employed in the Audit Office from 1971. He is a chartered accountant and holds a Master of Public Policy degree from Victoria University of Wellington.Kevin Bernard Brady, Office of the Controller and Auditor-General
(Retrieved 16 July 2022) In a report tabled in 2006, Brady found that $1.17 million of taxpayer-funded parliamentary funding was misspent. He stated that the

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had wrongly spent $768,000, and six other political parties had misspent lesser amounts. Helen Clark, the prime minister and Labour Party leader, accused the Brady of smearing the reputation of her party and others. Brady was named one of 2007 New Zealanders of the Year by '' The New Zealand Herald'', mainly for his stand on election spending. In the

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, Brady was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for public services.

References

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