Annual Report 2008-09

The annual report provides you with an outline of our achievements for the financial year 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.
It’s our way of being accountable to you and looks at the progress we have made against our Ten Year Plan and Annual Plan.  The annual report is an important tool for informing our communities of the financial year’s highlights and major achievements.

Download the Annual Report 2009-2009, available in various formats:

• Summary of the Annual Report 2008-2009 (17 pages 943kb)
• Brochure sent out to all ratepayers (4 pages 1.4MB)
• Full document of the Annual Report 2008-2009 (167 pages 2.2MB)

The Annual Report by sections:

1. Setting the Context (167kb)

• Welcome
• About this Report

2. Our District (303kb)

3. Performing for our Communities - highlights and achievements (476kb)

• Our District Highlights
• Our Community Outcomes (858kb)

4. Financial Overview (207kb)

5. Our Council - how it all works (262kb)

• Governance and structure

6. Our Activities in Depth

• Democratic Process (176kb)
• Policy and Facilitation (212kb)
• Business and Commercial Units (209kb)
• Asset Management Units (266kb)
• Environment and Sustainable Management (253kb)

7. Our Finances (187 kb)

• Notes to the Financial Statements (469kb)

 8. Appendix / Directory (201kb)

Note from the auditors

Matters relating to the electronic presentation of the Audited Financial Statements, Performance Information and the Other Requirements.
This audit report relates to the financial statements, performance information and the other requirements of the Gisborne District Council (the “Council”) and group for the year ended 30 June 2009 included on the Council and group’s website. The Council and group’s Council is responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the Council and group’s website. We have not been engaged to report on the integrity of the Council and group’s website. We accept no responsibility for any changes that may have occurred to the financial statements, performance information and the other requirements since they were initially presented on the website.
The audit report refers only to the financial statements, performance information and the other requirements named above. It does not provide an opinion on any other information which may have been hyperlinked to or from the financial statements, performance information and the other requirements. If readers of this report are concerned with the inherent risks arising from electronic data communication they should refer to the published hard copy of the audited financial statements, performance information and the other requirements as well as the related audit report dated 29 October 2009 to confirm the information included in the audited summary annual presented on this website.
Legislation in New Zealand governing the preparation and dissemination of financial information may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.