30 Annual Report
6 Administration costs
2009
2008
a ctual
a ctual
$
$
Audit fees for financial statement audit
22,584
22,360
Audit fees for NZ IFRS transition
0
7,500
Staff travel
33,793
23,375
Operating lease expense equipment
10,020
9,199
Operating lease expense premises
506,110
500,302
Website maintenance expenses
3,930
4,808
Other
273,150
329,355
Total administration costs
849,587
896,899
7 Cash and cash equivalents
2009
2008
a ctual
a ctual
$
$
Cash on hand and at bank
422,602
887,056
Cash equivalents- term deposit
400,395
0
Total cash and cash equivalents
822,997
887,056
For an investment to qualify as a cash equivalent it must be readily
convertible to a known amount of cash and be subject to an insignificant
risk of changes in value.
The carrying value of short-term deposits with maturity dates of three
months or less approximates their fair value.