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o fEB 2020
Amy S Van Wey Lovatt
By email:
[FYI request #12154 email]
Ref:
H202000429
Dear Amy
Transfer of request for official information to Waikato District Health Board
Thank you for your request of 4 February 2020 under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) for:
“Background:
According to the Waikato District Health Board Minutes from the Board Meting on 27
March 2019, the interim CE (or acting CE) was Mr D Wright. According to a Stuff
article dated 24 April 2019, Mr Wright was the CE until 27 April 2019, and as of 27
April 2019, Mr Neville Hablous would be taking over as acting CE of Waikato DHB.
Request 1:
I respectfully request the dates between 01 March 2019 and 26 April 2019, in which
Mr Hablous was acting CE of Waikato DHB.
Request 2:
Please provide the correspondence from the appropriate authority (e.g., Mr Wright or
the Board/Commissioner) which designated Mr Hablous as acting CE of Waikato
DHB for each of the dates he was acting CE between 01 March 2019 and 26 April
2019.”
The Ministry of Health does not hold the information you have requested. However, I have
been advised that this information is held by the Waikato District Health Board (WDHB).
For this reason, I have decided to transfer your request to WDHB under section 14 of the
Act. You can expect a response from WDHB in due course.
You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to review my
decision to transfer your request for information.
Yours sincerely
Nick Allan
Manager OIA Services
Office of the Director-General
Copy of OIA request
From:
"Amy S Van Wey Lovatt" <[FYI request #12154 email]>
To:
"OIA/LGOIMA requests at Ministry of Health" <[Ministry of Health request email]>,
Date:
04/02/2020 07:28 a.m.
Subject: Official Information request - Waikato DHB Chief Executive: March - April 2019
Dear Ministry of Health,
Please consider this submission as a new request, as I was told in the
correspondence dated 3 February 2020, the Ministry of Health closed my
request from 29 January 2020 without either providing the information or
transferring my request.
Thus, pursuant to section 13 of the Official Information Act 1982, I
respectfully request your assistance in helping me obtain the requested
information outlined below. In the correspondence from the MoH dated 31
January 2020, I was told “The Ministry of Health does not hold the
information you [I] have requested as the district health board (DHB)
chairs are responsible for the DHB chief executive appointments (interim or
permanent).”
Given that I am unable to find the contact information for the DHB chairs,
this information was not provide in the response and the DHB chairs are
appointed by the Minister, I request the MoH transfer my request to the
Waikato DHB chairs or other appropriate body pursuant to section 14 of the
Act.
Background:
According to the Waikato District Health Board Minutes from the Board
Meting on 27 March 2019, the interim CE (or acting CE) was Mr D Wright.
According to a Stuff article dated 24 April 2019, Mr Wright was the CE
until 27 April 2019, and as of 27 April 2019, Mr Neville Hablous would be
taking over as acting CE of Waikato DHB.
Request 1:
I respectfully request the dates between 01 March 2019 and 26 April 2019,
in which Mr Hablous was acting CE of Waikato DHB.
Request 2:
Please provide the correspondence from the appropriate authority (e.g., Mr
Wright or the Board/Commissioner) which designated Mr Hablous as acting CE
of Waikato DHB for each of the dates he was acting CE between 01 March 2019
and 26 April 2019.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Kindest regards,
Amy S Van Wey Lovatt
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