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Summary Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the Year Ended 30 June 2008

Summary Statement of Financial Position as at 30 June 2008

Summary Statement of Financial Position as at 30 June 2008
Forecast Actual

Original
Budget
$ billion

Estimated
Actuals
$ billion

30 June
2008
$ billion

30 June
2007
$ billion

Assets

 
3.2 5.2 Cash and cash equivalents 3.8 4.2
12.5 12.3 Receivables 14.2 12.1
35.1 36.4 Marketable securities, deposits and derivatives in gain 41.2 33.2
17.0 12.5 Share investments 13.0 13.6
12.8 13.9 Advances 12.9 10.7
96.0 98.4 Property, plant & equipment 103.3 95.6
10.7 11.6 Other assets 12.4 10.9
0.7 Forecast Adjustments
187.3 191.0

Total assets

200.8 180.3

Liabilities

 
3.7 3.7 Issued currency 3.5 3.4
9.0 8.4 Payables 10.9 8.1
0.8 1.0 Deferred revenue 1.3 1.0
46.4 45.5 Borrowings 46.1 41.9
19.0 20.8 Insurance liabilities 20.5 17.4
8.4 8.1 Retirement plan liabilities 8.3 7.2
3.9 4.0 Provisions 4.8 4.6
91.3 91.7

Total liabilities

95.3 83.5
96.1 99.4

Total assets less total liabilities

105.5 96.8

Net Worth

 
89.6 96.8 Net worth at start of year 96.8 84.0
6.4 2.6 Operating Balance excluding minority interest 2.4 8.0
0.1 Net revaluations and other movements 6.3 4.8
96.1 99.4

Total net worth

105.5 96.8

These summary financial statements comply with generally accepted accounting practice as it relates to summary financial statements.

The information in these summary statements is drawn from and is consistent with information presented in the full financial statements of the Government for the year ended 30 June 2008, which were the first NZ IFRS full financial statements. These were authorised for issue on 30 September 2008.

The Government is a public benefit entity and the full financial statements of the Government have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice as it applies to such entities. The recognition and measurement disclosure changes resulting from the change to NZ IFRS were not significant in the context of this summary information. The full financial statements received an unqualified audit opinion.

These summary financial statements cannot be expected to provide as complete an understanding as provided by the full financial statements, which can be obtained from www.treasury.govt.nz/government/financialstatements/.

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