Tararua District Council's annual report has received a big tick from Audit New Zealand.
Council's auditors Clint Ramoo and John Whittal of Audit New Zealand presented their report to new councillors last week.
"In our previous report last year we raised some concerns about the readiness for the audit, but this year, with the employment of additional resources, this has improved significantly," Mr Ramoo said.
"The quality of the annual report is also very good and clearly a collective effort."
Mr Ramoo also said council's capital programme showed progress, with more robustness and rigor around reporting.