Annual Report 2009

Report of the
New Zealand Defence Force
Te Ope Kaatua o Aotearoa

Presented to the House of Representatives Pursuant to
Section 44(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989
and Section 91 of the Defence Act 1990

Contents

Section 1: CDF Overview

• Introduction
• Achievements
• Strategic Performance
• Defence Sustainability Initiative
• Defence Transformation Programme

Section 2: Defence at a Glance

• Introduction
  • NZDF Mission
  • Linkages to Government Policy
  • New Zealand’s Defence Policy
• NZDF Operations and Missions Overseas
• NZDF High-Level Functional Organisation
• Major NZDF Units within New Zealand
• Personnel Summary
• Summary of Defence Expenditure
• Statutory Committees 
• Availability of Information
• Legislation Administered by the NZDF

Section 3: Statement of Service Performance

• Employment Contexts
• Military Capability
• Performance Measurement
• Output Expense 1: Military Policy Development, Coordination and Advice
• Summary of Performance for Output Expenses 2-14 (Navy, Army, Air Force)
• Output Expense 2: Naval Combat Forces
• Output Expense 3: Naval Support Forces
• Output Expense 4: Mine Countermeasures (MCM) and MCM Diving Forces
• Output Expense 5: Naval Patrol Forces
• Output Expense 6: Military Hydrography, and Hydrographic Data Collection and Processing for LINZ
• Output Expense 7: Land Combat Forces
• Output Expense 8: Land Combat Support Forces
• Output Expense 9: Land Combat Service Support Forces
• Output Expense 10: Special Operations Forces
• Output Expense 11: Naval Helicopter Forces
• Output Expense 12: Maritime Patrol Forces
• Output Expense 13: Fixed Wing Transport Forces
• Output Expense 14: Rotary Wing Transport Forces
• Output Expense 15: Miscellaneous Support Activities
• Output Expense 16: Operationally Deployed Forces
• Services in Support of the Government and Community (incl Multi-Agency Operations and Tasks)

Section 4: Veterans’ Affairs New Zealand

• Information and Management
  • Accountability Arrangements
  • Primary Legislation
  • Links with Government’s Policy and Themes
  • Contracts for Service 
  • Outcomes
• Statement of Objectives and Service Performance
• Departmental Output Expense D1: Policy and Administration
• Departmental Output Expense D2: Services and Payments to Veterans
• Non-Departmental Output Expense O1: Development and Maintenance of Services Cemeteries
• Non-Departmental Output Expenses O2: Support for Veterans and their Families
• Non-Departmental Benefits and Other Unrequited Expenses
• Non-Departmental Other Expenses

Section 5: Financial Statements and Notes

• Statement of Responsibility
• Audit Report
• Financial Statements
• Notes to the Financial Statements

Glossary of Terms Used

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