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AUDIT REPORT
Responsibilities of the Board of Directors and the Auditor
The Board of directors is responsible for preparing the financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice in New Zealand.
The financial statements must give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Company and Group as at 30 June 2008 and the results of
the Company and Group’s operations and cash flows for the year ended on that date. The Board of directors’ responsibilities arise from the Financial
Reporting Act 1993.
We are responsible for expressing an independent opinion on the financial statements and reporting that opinion to you. This responsibility arises from
section 15 of the Public Audit Act 2001.
Independence
When carrying out the audit we followed the independence requirements of the Auditor-General, which incorporate the independence requirements of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand.
In addition to the audit we have carried out assignments in the areas of taxation and other assurance services which are compatible with those
independence requirements. In addition to these assignments, principals and employees of our firm deal with the Company and Group on arm’s
length terms within the ordinary course of trading activities of the Company and Group. Other than the audit and these assignments and arm’s length
transactions, we have no relationship with or interests in the Company, or any of its subsidiaries.
A Burgess
DELOITTE
On behalf of the Auditor-General
Auckland, New Zealand
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Matters Relating to the Electronic Presentation of the Audited Financial Statements
This audit report relates to the financial statements of Air New Zealand Limited (the Company) and Group for the year ended 30 June 2008 included on Air New Zealand
Limited’s website. The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the Air New Zealand Limited website. We have not been engaged
to report on the integrity of the Air New Zealand Limited website. We accept no responsibility for any changes that may have occurred to the financial statements since they
were initially presented on the website. The audit report refers only to the financial statements named above. It does not provide an opinion on any other information which
may have been hyperlinked to/from these financial statements. 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 and related audit report dated 26 August 2008 to confirm the information included in the audited
financial statements presented on this website.
Legislation in New Zealand governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.