MARITIME NEW ZEALAND ANNUAL REPORT 2018/2019 3 Independent Auditor’S Report 89
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F.12 No¯ te rere moana Aotearoa Annual Report 2018/19 Maritime New Zealand No¯ te rere moana Aotearoa Noˉ te rere moana Aotearoa now accompanies te manaia – the guardian – in our logo. Together, they reflect our role as the caretaker of New Zealand’s flowing waters. They underpin our mandate to make life at sea safer; to protect the maritime environment from pollution and safeguard it for future generations; to ensure New Zealand’s ports and ships are secure; and to provide a search and rescue response service in one of the largest search and rescue areas in the world. Maritime New Zealand’s vision, mission and values are its foundations. Our vision A maritime community that works and plays safely and securely on clean waters. Our mission A professional, evidence-based, intelligence-led, risk-focused regulatory, compliance and response agency. Our values Integrity | Commitment | Respect Annual Report 2018/19 Cape Palliser Lighthouse is located on the south Latitude 41°37’ south, Location: eastern side of the Wairarapa coast, a couple longitude 175°17’ east of hours drive from Wellington City. The tower at Cape Palliser has been painted with red and Elevation: 78 metres above sea level white stripes to make it stand out from the hills Construction: Cast iron tower behind it. There are only two other lighthouses in New Zealand with stripes, rather than the standard Tower height: 18 metres plain white. Dog Island Lighthouse and Cape 2nd order Fresnel lens, illuminated by a Light configuration: Campbell Lighthouse have black and white stripes. 1000 watt incandescent bulb White light flashing 2 times every The lighthouse is still fitted with the original Fresnel Light flash character: 20 seconds lens, which was installed in 1897. In 1954 the light was converted from oil to diesel-generated Power source: Mains electricity electricity and in 1967 it was connected to mains Range: 26 nautical miles (48 kilometres) electricity. The lighthouse was automated in 1986 and is monitored remotely from Maritime Date light first lit: 1897 New Zealand’s Wellington office. Automated: 1986 MARITIME NEW ZEALAND IDENTITY KIT Updated March 2015 MAR1053 Identity kit Table of contents The year in review 5 Our highlights 8 Maritime New Zealand 9 New Zealand benefits when our maritime environment is safe, secure and clean 12 Ministry of Transport’s framework for shaping our transport system 19 Our activity as an effective regulator 20 Our people 23 We comply with the principles of being a good employer 26 Supporting safe, secure and clean waters requires ongoing engagement and vigilance 28 Our strategic goals outline where we are concentrating our efforts 32 Strategic Goal 1: Regulation that is relevant and robust 33 Strategic Goal 2: Risk-focused, responsive compliance practices that reduce harm in the maritime system. 40 Strategic Goal 3: Response capability that is well prepared, integrated and effectively deployed to resolve emergency 50 incidents. Strategic Goal 4: A results-driven and resilient organisation, working collaboratively for success. 59 Part B: Statements of Performance and Financial Statements 66 Statement of Performance 67 Vote Transport: Non-Departmental Capital Expenditure 68 Output class 1: Influencing the policy environment for the maritime sector 70 Output class 2: Maritime Safety and marine protection services 74 Output class 3: Marine Pollution Response Service 81 Output class 4: Search and rescue coordination services 83 Output class 5: Maritime incident response capability 85 Financial statements 87 Statement of responsibility 88 MARITIME NEW ZEALAND ANNUAL REPORT 2018/2019 3 Independent Auditor’s Report 89 Maritime New Zealand Statement of comprehensive revenue and expense 92 Maritime New Zealand Statement of changes in equity 93 Maritime New Zealand Statement of financial position 94 Maritime New Zealand Statement of cash flows 95 Maritime New Zealand Notes to the financial statements 97 Appendices 126 Appendix 1: Financial Statements for the New Zealand Oil Pollution Fund 127 Statement of responsibility for the New Zealand Oil Pollution Fund 128 Independent auditor’s report 129 New Zealand Oil Pollution Fund Statement of comprehensive revenue and expense 132 New Zealand Oil Pollution Fund Statement of changes in equity 132 New Zealand Oil Pollution Fund Statement of financial position 133 New Zealand Oil Pollution Fund Statement of cash flows 134 New Zealand Oil Pollution Fund Notes to the financial statements 135 Appendix 2: Maritime New Zealand and Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand additional financial information 151 Appendix 3: Governance and accountability 156 Appendix 4: Maritime NZ’s Response Capability Matrix – Assessment matrix descriptors 158 Terms and Definitions 160 4 MARITIME NEW ZEALAND ANNUAL REPORT 2018/2019 Jo Brosnahan Keith Manch Chair, Maritime NZ Director, Maritime NZ The year in review Introduction from the Chair and Director We are pleased to present the 2018/19 Maritime New Zealand Annual Report (Nō te rere moana Aotearoa). It records our results for the year against the plans and objectives set out in our Statement of Intent for 2018–2022 and Statement of Performance Expectations for 2018–19. Our vision is ‘a maritime community that world. The International Maritime 2019 saw New Zealand elected as works and plays safely and securely on Organization (IMO) sets the standards for Vice-Chair of the Port State Control clean waters’. shipping internationally. We have been Committee of the Tokyo MOU. This contributing to the Australian Maritime appointment demonstrates our We continued to make strong headway Safety Authority’s efforts to improve commitment to the overall governance towards this vision in 2018/19 by the efficiency and transparency of IMO of the Port State Control system. We focusing our efforts on a broad range of activity, and leading efforts to extend also provided support to other member international and domestic regulatory, the mandatory safety measures of the countries by undertaking five expert compliance and response activities, while Polar Code to Non-Safety of Life at missions to support and improve the preparing ourselves for the future through Sea (Non-SOLAS) vessels (fishing and Port State Control system in the Pacific a full funding review and organisational pleasure yachts) when operating in polar and the quality of shipping coming into change process. The results will waters. As well as improving safety and New Zealand waters. allow us to move closer to our goal of environmental protection standards for being a professional, evidence-based, a wider range of ships in polar waters, The Rescue Coordination Centre intelligence-led, risk-focused maritime for New Zealand this potentially means New Zealand (RCCNZ) has continued to regulatory, compliance and response a reduced need for search and rescue make a strong international contribution organisation. operations in this area. We have also by responding to maritime emergencies continued to push for the inclusion of in our extensive search and rescue We have taken steps to increase standards for ships’ lifting appliances region – and leading the development our influence in the international in the SOLAS Convention as part of of search and rescue capability across regulatory and response environment, addressing what is a significant risk the Pacific. Additionally, together with for the benefit of New Zealand area for seafarers and port workers in Antarctic New Zealand and the Council and to support positive safety and New Zealand. of Managers of National Antarctic environmental protection around the MARITIME NEW ZEALAND ANNUAL REPORT 2018/2019 5 Programmes, we hosted workshops in To address the health, safety and and deliver activities aimed at reducing Wellington and Christchurch to share wellbeing of our maritime community, injuries and fatalities among the best practice and lessons learnt and to Maritime NZ has partnered with other approximately 1.5 million recreational encourage information sharing and a agencies, employers and unions, sharing boaties in New Zealand. The activities collaborative approach to search and research, insights and expertise. This included a higher-profile Safer Boating rescue in Antarctica. collaboration has resulted in a strategy Week to mark the start of the summer’s to address fatigue among stevedores safer boating campaign, a nationwide Our Marine Pollution Response Service and drug use within the commercial TV and online campaign promoting (MPRS) has also been active in the fishing industry. Our efforts will feed into VHF radio use, and the allocation of Pacific region, building capability and campaigns and other health, safety and $450,000 in Fuel Excise Duty grants assisting the Solomon Islands in its wellbeing initiatives in future years. for safer boating programmes such response to the oil spill caused by the as Coastguard’s ‘Old4New’ lifejacket grounding of a cargo ship in a World Both Maritime NZ and WorkSafe have campaign. We maintained and Heritage Area. prioritised health, safety and wellbeing strengthened partnerships with local and have cooperated to deliver a joint councils to roll out our joint on-water We have continued to deliver the Pacific campaign to increase the health, safety safety ‘No Excuses’ campaign. Twelve Maritime Safety Programme (PMSP), and welfare of those working in and regional councils and the Taupō funded by NZ Aid. The programme around our ports. Internally, we have Harbourmaster participated this year, provides maritime safety and maritime adopted