Conference

Audit Assistant Conference

Find out all you need to know about our annual conference right here.

The Ethical Auditor - Conference 2026

Well, our conference is over!

Thanks to all who attended. Attendees appreciated the quality of the venue and the range of presenters, and how it was targeted at the SME market. Most of our attendees were highly satisfied. Considering we pulled this together in the midst of our most intense development phase ever, we were generally very pleased with the outcome. Scroll to the bottom to see highlight photos.

See below for a few quotes:

“I really enjoyed the conference sessions and the networking dinner and connecting with the attendees. Congrats on creating and delivering an excellent conference!”

“It was great to chat and see recommendations we have made over the last year being considered. We really enjoy working on the system and are looking forward to the upcoming developments. Huge thank you to the team.”

“The conference was fantastic thank you.  My team were very happy with the content. Good mix of professional development.”

For all who attended you can access the recordings via Uteach, our training platform. For anyone who missed out, you can purchase the recordings via the same platform – see a breakdown of the recordings below. To access the full day bundles click here:

Click to access conference recordings:

Clive McKegg & Matt McKegg

Enrolling in this course will give you access to two of the recordings taken from the Audit Assistant Conference, held on the 5th and 6th of March 2026. The entire session content totals 1 CPD hour.

These recordings are taken of Clive McKegg & Matt McKegg

  1. Ethics, Audit, and AI - Clive McKegg
  2. Behind the scenes in development: Reflecting on 15 years of AA - Matt McKegg
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Kirsten Dixon, Laura Addinall, Michael Taylor, & Michelle Barclay

Enrolling in this course will give you access to three of the recordings taken from the Audit Assistant Conference, held on the 5th and 6th of March 2026. The entire session content totals 1.5 CPD hours.

These recordings are taken of Kirsten Dixon, Laura Addinall, Michael Taylor, & Michelle Barclay:

  1. Walkthrough tests & controls - Kirsten Dixon
  2. Risks and ethics: issues in small practices - Laura Addinall
  3. Optimising and maintaining quality in small client files - Michael Taylor & Michelle Barclay
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Reuben Rusk, Desere Arbuthnot, & Talia Anderson-Town

Enrolling in this course will give you access to three of the recordings taken from the Audit Assistant Conference, held on the 5th and 6th of March 2026. The entire session content totals 1.5 professional ethics CPD hours.

These recordings are taken of Reuben Rusk, Desere Arbuthnot, & Talia Anderson-Town:

  1. Transforming unethical behaviour through empathy - Reuben Rusk
  2. The power of connection in external audit - Desere Arbuthnot
  3. How auditors encourage ethical behaviour in organisations - Talia Anderson-Town
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Matt Coulter, Sue Barker, Talia Anderson-Town, Desere Arbuthnot, & Kirsten Dixon

Enrolling in this course will give you access to three of the recordings taken from the Audit Assistant Conference, held on the 5th and 6th of March 2026. The entire session content totals 1.5 CPD hours.

These recordings are taken of Matt Coulter, Sue Barker, Talia Anderson-Town, Desere Arbuthnot, & Kirsten Dixon:

  1. NZICA Practice Review observations - Matt Coulter
  2. Risks facing Charities in NZ - Sue Barker
  3. Identifying risks in SME & Charities audits (Panel) - Matt Coulter, Sue Barker, Talia Anderson-Town, Desere Arbuthnot, & Kirsten Dixon
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Misha Pieters, Karen Tipper, & Clive McKegg

Enrolling in this course will give you access to three of the recordings taken from the Audit Assistant Conference, held on the 5th and 6th of March 2026. The entire session content totals 1.5 CPD hours.

These recordings are taken of Misha Pieters, Karen Tipper, & Clive McKegg: 

  1. XRB assurance standards update - Misha Pieters & Karen Tipper
  2. The LCE standard in practice - Clive McKegg
  3. New standards on the near horizon (Panel) - Misha Pieters, Karen Tipper, & Clive McKegg
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Sue Barker, Talia Anderson-Town, & Kirsten Dixon

Enrolling in this course will give you access to three of the recordings taken from the Audit Assistant Conference, held on the 5th and 6th of March 2026. The entire session content totals 1.5 CPD hours, included in this is 0.5 hours of professional ethics training.

These recordings are taken of Sue Barker, Talia Anderson-Town, & Kirsten Dixon:

  1. A legal perspectice: what can go wrong? - Sue Barker
  2. The risk that auditors face from governance issues - Talia Anderson-Town
  3. Fraud risk in the audit file - Kirsten Dixon
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Dave Bassett & Zowie Pateman

Enrolling in this course will give you access to one of the recordings taken from the Audit Assistant Conference, held on the 5th and 6th of March 2026. The entire session content totals 0.5 CPD hours.

This recording is taken of Dave Bassett & Zowie Pateman:

  1. What auditors need to know - Dave B and Zowie P

 

 

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Clive McKegg, Dave Bassett, Swikrit Khanal, & Nick Mason

Enrolling in this course will give you access to four of the recordings taken from the Audit Assistant Conference, held on the 5th and 6th of March 2026. The entire session content totals 1.5 CPD hours.

These recordings are taken of Clive McKegg, Dave Bassett, Swikrit Khanal, & Nick Mason:

  1. New features - Trial Balance, Risk Tool & more - Clive McKegg
  2. Vision for the future - Dave Bassett
  3. Wrap up and questions - AA Team
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