Information on Property, Plant and Equipment

This section provides supplementary information on certain assets that are contained in the Statement of Financial Position.

State Highway Network

The map shows the state highway network that has a total length of 10,894 kilometres. Of this 5,972 kilometres are in the North Island and the remaining 4,922 kilometres in the South Island.

The Crown recognises 100% (by value) of the network in the Statement of Financial Position.

National Parks, Forest Parks and Conservation Areas

The map shows the area covered by national parks, forest parks, conservation areas and reserves. The areas of each are:

Fiordland National Park covers 1,260,742 hectares (15 % of the total area).

National Archives

The National Archives, administered by Archives New Zealand, contains historically important archives, both textual and non-textual (including maps and plans, photographic prints and negatives and artworks). The collections held in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin were completely revalued in December 2003.

Items of exceptional value held by Archives include the Declaration of Independence of the Northern Chiefs (1835), the Treaty of Waitangi (1840), the Letters Patent constituting New Zealand as a separate colony (1840), the proclamation of the Constitution Act (1853), and the Women’s Suffrage Petition (1893).

National Library Collections

The National Library’s Heritage Collections are mainly in the Alexander Turnbull Library and provide a documentary record of New Zealand’s economic, social and cultural history. The collections, containing both published and unpublished material, include books, newspapers, manuscripts and archives, drawings and prints, scores and sound recordings, and cartographic and photographic items.

The General and Schools Collections provide a knowledge base for lending. The major collections are lending, schools and serials.

Specialist Military Equipment

The major items of specialist military equipment included in the Statement of Financial Position are:

• two ANZAC class frigates, including electronic sensors for surface and air surveillance
• a fleet tanker
• a multi role vessel
• other ships, including a hydrographic/oceanographic surveying ship, a diving tender and five inshore patrol craft
• six P3K Orion aircraft, equipped with sensors for conducting maritime air operations
• a fixed wing transport force consisting of five C130 Hercules and two Boeing 757s
• other aircraft, 14 Iroquois helicopters, five Sioux helicopters, and five Seasprite helicopters
• 24 light gun howitzers
• 12 Matra Mistral firing stations with Very Low Level Air Defence (VLLAD) capability
• 105 Light Armoured Vehicles (NZ LAV)
• 313 Light Operational Vehicles (LOVs).

There are major items of specialist military equipment held by the Crown, which are included in the Statement of Financial Position at zero value as they have been devalued. These include:

• the air combat force, comprising the fleet of A4 Skyhawk and Air Macchi MB339 aircraft including all associated rotables, inventory and munitions
• 77 armoured personnel carrier (APC) variants.