Dear Mr Lochead-Macmillan

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your OIA request below.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than are 20 working days after the day your request was
received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

Please note, the three weeks between Christmas Day and 15 January the
following year don't count as working days.  This means that any OIA
request submitted from now may take a bit longer.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact Ministerial Services
at [1][email address] . If any additional factors come to
light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to
contact us so that these can be taken into account.

Our letter notifying you of our decision on your request will confirm if
we intend to publish the letter (with your personal details removed) and
any related documents on the State Services Commission’s website.

Kind regards,

SSC Enquiries 
email: [2][email address]

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Commission  
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Dear Mr Lochead-Macmillan

 

We have interpreted your question to be that you are enquiring whether
kindergarten teachers are classified as state sector employees.

 

Those working as a registered teacher in the employment of any free
kindergarten association that controls a free kindergarten within the
meaning of [1]section 120 of the Education Act 1989 is defined as part of
the Education Services.  This is outlined in section 2 of the State Sector
Act which can be found at the following link: 
[2]http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/19....

 

If this doesn’t answer your request, please could you provide more
specific information regarding the documents you are after.

 

Kind regards

 

SSC Enquiries 
[3][email address]

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State Services
Commission  
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Dear Mr Lochead-Macmillan

 

Please find the attached SSC correspondence in relation to your OIA
request.

 

Kind regards

 

SSC Enquiries 
[1][email address]

 Te Kawa Mataaho | State Services [4][IMG][5][IMG][6][IMG] [7][IMG]
Commission
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Dear James,

 

Thank you for your request for information below, which was transferred
from the SSC on the 29^th January 2020.  The Ministry will consider and
respond to your request in accordance with the Official Information Act
1982 (the Act).

 

• Could I also ask if you have a definition of what a "Free Kindergarten
Association" is?

• Also given the different funding to Kindergarten associations, what
would be required to set up a new Free Kindergarten Association?

 

The Act allows up to 20 working days for a response, making 27th^h
February 2020 the latest date for our response to you.  If more than 20
working days are needed due to the potential workload involved in
answering your request, we will notify you accordingly.

 

Please note, the Ministry may publicly release on our website the response
to your request five days after you have received it. Any personal
information will be removed.

 

In the interim, if you have any questions about your request, please email
[1][email address].

 

Kind regards,

 

Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education | GH

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outcomes
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Dear Mr Lochead-MacMillan

 

Please find attached our reply to your OIA below.

 

Kind regards

 

SSC Enquiries 
[1][email address]

 Te Kawa Mataaho | State Services [4][IMG][5][IMG][6][IMG] [7][IMG]
Commission
 [2]www.ssc.govt.nz | [3]www.govt.nz  

 

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