Investment statement

2010 Investment Statement of the Government of New Zealand

This is the first Investment Statement of the Government of New Zealand. This document is not statutorily required, but is a new report introduced by the current Government.

The 2010 Investment Statement of the Government of New Zealand provides an overview of the significant assets and liabilities on the Crown's balance sheet, how they have changed over time and how what the Crown owns and owes is forecast to change over the next five years. The main objective of the new report is to enable greater scrutiny of the Government's management of its assets and liabilities, in order to strengthen the current financial reporting framework. A second objective is to provide a regular statement of the Government's investment intentions over the medium term.

The 2010 Investment Statement of the Government of New Zealand was published on 14 December 2010 with the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) 2011 and the Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update (HYEFU) 2010.

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Table of Contents

Table of contents

  • Foreword
  • Executive Summary
    • Relationship between spending and the balance sheet
  • Introduction
    • The importance of the Crown's balance sheet
    • Objectives for Crown balance sheet management
    • Shaping and managing the Crown's balance sheet
    • Structure of the Investment Statement
  • The Crown's Balance Sheet - An Overview
    • The accounting basis of Crown balance sheet reporting
    • How the balance sheet has changed over time
    • How the composition of the balance sheet has changed over time
    • Summary of the Crown's overall balance sheet position
  • Major Assets and Liabilities on the Crown's Balance Sheet
    • Current structure and organisation of the Crown's assets and liabilities
    • Social assets and liabilities
    • Financial assets and liabilities[14]
    • Commercial assets and liabilities[30]
    • Provisions and contingencies
  • The Forecast Balance Sheet
    • Social assets
    • Financial assets
    • Commercial assets
    • Crown liabilities
    • Balance sheet risks
  • Investment Intentions
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Annex 1