11 May 2020
John Wilson
By email: [FYI request #12458 email]
Dear Mr Wilson,
Official Information request - Funding for Center for Culture Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation
(CARE) Massey University
I am responding on behalf of the University to your request for information, received on 16 March. I wrote to
you on 7 April to note the need for an extension of an additional 7 days to respond.
Your request seeks a range of information in relation to the Centre for Culture-Centre Approach to Research
and Evaluation. I respond to each of your requests as fol ows:
1. What is the total amount of funding given to Center for Culture Centered Approach to Research and
Evaluation by Massey University since CARE has been at the university?
2018: $160,102
2019: $449,004
2020: $134,760 (as at 31/03/2020)
2. What is the yearly funding al ocation to CARE by Massey? (including al salaries, teaching and research
budgets, travel costs, and expenses etc.)
2018: $160,102
2019: $445,969
2020: $134,760
3. What is the CARE Director's annual remuneration?
This information is withheld in accordance with section 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural
persons.
4. How many applications for external funding have been made since CARE has been at Massey?
(successful or unsuccessful)
2018: 0
2019: 3
2020: 2 (as at 31/03/2020)
5. What are the names of those external funding grants and what are the organizations?
2019: MBIE 2019 Endeavour Fund New Zealand, Tsao Foundation / NCSS Grant Singapore (year 1 of 3,
grant duration: 3 Years), Celebrating Communities Fund, Palmerston North City Council.
2020: MBIE 2020 Endeavour Fund New Zealand, New Zealand Human Right Commission, NCA, Tsao
Foundation / NCSS Grant Singapore (Year 2 of 3)
6. How many external funding applications were successful?
2019: 2
2020: 1 (as at 31/03/2020; Tsao Foundation / NCSS Grant Singapore grant carry forwarded from 2019)
7. What is the total amount ($) of external funding grants awarded to CARE since it has been located at
Massey?
2019: SGD $0.9 Mil ion (Note: Grant funding held by Partner Organisation Tsao Foundation in
Singapore), NZD $2,535 (Celebrating Communities Fund)
2020: NZD $ 17,965.12 (NCA Editorship Stipend parked in a separate GL Account),
NZD $6,908,717.00 (MBIE- Grant proposal under review & reconsideration)
8. How many paid employees (permanent, fixed term, casual, ful time or part time) are currently
employed in/by CARE?
2019: 13
2020: 9 (as at 31/03/2020)
9. What are their job titles? (individual staff names are not required)
Position Titles
Highest Qualification
CARE Director / Dean’s Chair in Communication -
Doctor of Philosophy in Communication
Permanent
Project Administrator - Permanent
Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration
Technical producer - Fixed Term
Postgraduate Endorsement (Honors) in Media
Studies
Postdoctoral Fel ow - Fixed Term
Doctor of Philosophy – Communication Studies
Junior Research officer - Fixed Term
Master of Laws
Junior Research officer - Fixed Term
Doctor of Philosophy in Communication - Pursuing
Research Assistant - Fixed Term
Doctor of Philosophy in Communication - Pursuing
Community Research Assistant- Fixed Term
Bachelor of Social Work
Community Research Assistant- Fixed Term
Level 6 Creative Digital Design course
10. What is the highest university qualification of each CARE employee?
As per table above.
11. How many overseas work trips has the CARE Director taken since CARE has been at Massey?
See table below.
Purpose of Visit/Trip
Countries
Days Start Date
End Date
Total Cost
CARE - Community Design
Thinking Workshop at Asia
Centre (Covered by Massey
THAILAND &
University) & RUSET2018
INDONESIA
4
12/11/2018
15/11/2018
$1,780.50
Keynote Speaker (Sponsored by
Conference Organisers)
CARE – Community
Intervention Research
INDIA &
Fieldwork - Project: Global
SINGAPORE
35
7/12/2018
10/01/2019
$6,474.00
Meanings of Health
CARE- Community Intervention
Research Fieldwork - Project:
INDIA
10
13/07/2019
22/07/2019
$3,793.00
Deccan Development Society
CARE- Community Intervention
Research Fieldwork - Project:
Deccan Development Society & INDIA
9
17/09/2019
25/09/2019
$3,778.00
Culture-centered intervention
CARE Project - Project: Asia’s
Digital Margins - Ethnographic
INDIA
9
29/10/2019
6/11/2019
$4,614.00
Research Fieldwork
CARE - Community Intervention
Research Fieldwork - Projects:
Global Meanings of Health &
Asia's Digital Margins -
INDIA
42
13/12/2019
23/01/2020
$8,344.00
Ethnographic Research
Fieldwork
12. What were the locations, reasons for travel, and the dates of each overseas work trip?
As above.
13. What was the total cost for each overseas work trip by the Director?
As above.
14. How many invited speakers or guests have been hosted by CARE since CARE has been at Massey?
2018: 3
2019: 14
2020: 2 (as at 31/03/2020)
15. What are their names, job titles, organization, and home country?
Total
Invited speaker or
Year
Title
Organisation
Country
Expenses
guest
$NZD
Dr. Sue Bradford
2018
Co-Chair
Kotare Trust
New Zealand
2,518.25
Dr. James Gomez
2018
Chair, Board of Directors Asia Centre
Thailand
2,112.82
Dr. Murdoch
Stephens
2018
Editor
Lawrence & Gibson New Zealand
1,166.10
Sangeetha Thanapal
2019
PhD candidate/ Activist
RMIT University
Australia
3,110.15
United States of
Prof. Shiv Ganesh
2019
Professor
University of Texas America
0
Tāme Iti
2019
Artist/Activist
-
New Zealand
3,160.48
Post-Doctoral
Researcher to
University of
Dr. Ihirangi Heke
2019
Awanuiarangi
Auckland
New Zealand
488
Te Kotahi Research
Dr. Leonie Pihama
2019
Director
Institute
New Zealand
857.9
Assoc. Prof. J Jacob
California State
United States of
Jenkins
2019
Associate Professor
University
America
149.99
Prof. Srivi
Texas A & M
United States of
Ramasubramanian
2019
Professor
University
America
477.25
Teanau Tuiono
2019
Activist/MP
Green Party
New Zealand
1,149.50
Office of Film &
Literature
David Shanks
2019
Chief Censor
Classification
New Zealand
680.1
Kiwi War Crime
Investigator and
Gaza Centre for
Julie Webb-Pul man
2019
Journalist
Human Rights
New Zealand
0
Human Rights
Jolovan Wham
2019
Defender/Social Activist
-
Singapore
5,969.32
Artist, Writer, Curator of
Balamohan Shingade
2019
contemporary art
-
New Zealand
958.525
Taarati Taiaroa
2019
Artist, Writer, Educator
-
New Zealand
958.525
Dr. Sameer
Deshpande
2019
Associate Professor
Griffith University
Australia
490.01
University of
United States of
Dr. Laura Miller
2020
Associate Professor
Tennessee
America
542.8
16. What were the total expenses (including travel, accommodation, remuneration etc.) for each
individual that were bil ed to/paid by CARE/Massey?
As above.
I trust this is the information you require.
Yours faithful y
Jodie Banner
Director of Risk and Assurance
