Dear Mr Luke,
 
I refer to your email of 21 July 2020, in which you requested salary
information from the University under the Official Information Act. The
University's response follows.
 
"Please provide a list of all the positions that meet the criteria
($150,000 or more), listed by business group in the University of
Auckland, and for each please provide the full position title, and the
associated remuneration and an indication of whether the position is
filled by a permanent employee or a contractor/consultant or other."
 
The information requested, if made available by the University, would
allow the identification of individuals' salaries. With the exception of
the Vice-Chancellor's salary information, which is published by the State
Services Commission in their annual disclosure of Chief Executive
Remuneration, the salaries paid to individual University staff is
sensitive personal information about those staff members, and it is
withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act to protect
their privacy. The statistical information which the University can
provide to you about remuneration above $150,000 per annum is as follows:

* Number of academic staff paid a salary of $150,000 or more per annum,
reported in $10,000 bands.
* Number of professional staff paid a salary of $150,000 or more per
annum, reported in $10,000 bands, and further broken down into
position type.
* Number of individual contractors paid $150,000 or more per annum,
reported in $10,000 bands.

 
Please advise whether you wish to request this information under the
Official Information Act.
 
The Vice-Chancellor's current salary, presented to the nearest thousand
dollars in accordance with standard accounting practice, is $755,000. I
note that some information about academic staff remuneration is also
publicly available in the Academic Staff Collective Agreement:
[1]https://assets-global.website-files.com/...
 
You have the right to make a complaint about this response to an
Ombudsman.
 
Yours sincerely,
Rebecca Ewert
University of Auckland
 
-----Original Message-----
From: john luke <[2][FOI #13355 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 21 July 2020 9:39 AM
To: legal <[3][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Salary Band- OIA ACT request
 
Dear University of Auckland,
 
I am requesting under the official information act information about all
the positions in the University of Auckland where the position holder is
paid more than $150,000 per annum.
 
My request covers both permanent employees and any contractors or
consultants.
 
Please provide a list of all the positions that meet the criteria
($150,000 or more), listed by business group in the University of
Auckland, and for each please provide the full position title, and the
associated remuneration and an indication of whether the position is
filled by a permanent employee or a contractor/consultant or other. I am
comfortable if you wish to provide the remuneration information in salary
bands or ranges or similar, provided they are not too large. I note that
SSC uses ranges of $10,000 when identifying chief executive remuneration
which would be an acceptable range for my request.
 
For context can you please also provide me with the total number of staff
in each business group.
 
If it would make complying with this request easier, I am happy to accept
slightly older information, E.g it does not need to be accurate as at the
date of this request, provided it is dated within the last 12 months, and
you identify the applicable date.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
john luke
 
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Dear Mr Luke

 

In line with your previous request dated 21 July 2020, for the information
to be within the last 12 months, the University will provide the
information you have now requested for the period 1 January – 31 December
2019.

 

Yours sincerely

Rebecca Ewert

University of Auckland

 

-----Original Message-----
From: john luke <[FYI request #13355 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 12 August 2020 9:31 AM
To: Rebecca Ewert <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FW: Official Information request - Salary Band- OIA ACT
request

 

Dear Rebecca Ewert,

 

Yes, I am happy to request the info as mentioned in your email.

 

* Number of academic staff paid a salary of $150,000 or more per annum, 
reported in $10,000 bands.

* Number of professional staff paid a salary of $150,000 or more per 
annum, reported in $10,000 bands, and further broken down into  position
type.

* Number of individual contractors paid $150,000 or more per annum, 
reported in $10,000 bands.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

john luke

 

-----Original Message-----

 

Dear Mr Luke,

 

I refer to your email of 21 July 2020, in which you requested salary 
information from the University under the Official Information Act. The 
University's response follows.

 

"Please provide a list of all the positions that meet the criteria

($150,000 or more), listed by business group in the University of 
Auckland, and for each please provide the full position title, and the 
associated remuneration and an indication of whether the position is 
filled by a permanent employee or a contractor/consultant or other."

 

The information requested, if made available by the University, would 
allow the identification of individuals' salaries. With the exception of 
the Vice-Chancellor's salary information, which is published by the State 
Services Commission in their annual disclosure of Chief Executive 
Remuneration, the salaries paid to individual University staff is 
sensitive personal information about those staff members, and it is 
withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act to protect 
their privacy. The statistical information which the University can 
provide to you about remuneration above $150,000 per annum is as follows:

 

* Number of academic staff paid a salary of $150,000 or more per annum, 
reported in $10,000 bands.

* Number of professional staff paid a salary of $150,000 or more per 
annum, reported in $10,000 bands, and further broken down into  position
type.

* Number of individual contractors paid $150,000 or more per annum, 
reported in $10,000 bands.

 

 

Please advise whether you wish to request this information under the 
Official Information Act.

 

The Vice-Chancellor's current salary, presented to the nearest thousand 
dollars in accordance with standard accounting practice, is $755,000. I 
note that some information about academic staff remuneration is also 
publicly available in the Academic Staff Collective Agreement:

[1][1]https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

 

You have the right to make a complaint about this response to an 
Ombudsman.

 

Yours sincerely,

Rebecca Ewert

University of Auckland

 

 

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Dear Mr Luke,

 

I refer to your request of 21 July 2020, as amended on 12 August 2020.
Unfortunately we have established that part of my email below was
erroneous – the University’s system for reporting this data cannot provide
information on position types.  This constitutes a refusal of your request
under section 18(g) of the Official Information Act. The other information
requested is attached.

 

You have the right to make a complaint to an Ombudsman if you are
dissatisfied with this response.

 

Yours sincerely,

Rebecca Ewert

University of Auckland

 

From: Rebecca Ewert <[1][email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, 12 August 2020 9:45 AM
To: [2][FOI #13355 email]
Subject: RE: FW: Official Information request - Salary Band- OIA ACT
request

 

Dear Mr Luke

 

In line with your previous request dated 21 July 2020, for the information
to be within the last 12 months, the University will provide the
information you have now requested for the period 1 January – 31 December
2019.

 

Yours sincerely

Rebecca Ewert

University of Auckland

 

-----Original Message-----
From: john luke <[3][FOI #13355 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 12 August 2020 9:31 AM
To: Rebecca Ewert <[4][email address]>
Subject: Re: FW: Official Information request - Salary Band- OIA ACT
request

 

Dear Rebecca Ewert,

 

Yes, I am happy to request the info as mentioned in your email.

 

* Number of academic staff paid a salary of $150,000 or more per annum, 
reported in $10,000 bands.

* Number of professional staff paid a salary of $150,000 or more per 
annum, reported in $10,000 bands, and further broken down into  position
type.

* Number of individual contractors paid $150,000 or more per annum, 
reported in $10,000 bands.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

john luke

 

-----Original Message-----

 

Dear Mr Luke,

 

I refer to your email of 21 July 2020, in which you requested salary 
information from the University under the Official Information Act. The 
University's response follows.

 

"Please provide a list of all the positions that meet the criteria

($150,000 or more), listed by business group in the University of 
Auckland, and for each please provide the full position title, and the 
associated remuneration and an indication of whether the position is 
filled by a permanent employee or a contractor/consultant or other."

 

The information requested, if made available by the University, would 
allow the identification of individuals' salaries. With the exception of 
the Vice-Chancellor's salary information, which is published by the State 
Services Commission in their annual disclosure of Chief Executive 
Remuneration, the salaries paid to individual University staff is 
sensitive personal information about those staff members, and it is 
withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act to protect 
their privacy. The statistical information which the University can 
provide to you about remuneration above $150,000 per annum is as follows:

 

* Number of academic staff paid a salary of $150,000 or more per annum, 
reported in $10,000 bands.

* Number of professional staff paid a salary of $150,000 or more per 
annum, reported in $10,000 bands, and further broken down into  position
type.

* Number of individual contractors paid $150,000 or more per annum, 
reported in $10,000 bands.

 

 

Please advise whether you wish to request this information under the 
Official Information Act.

 

The Vice-Chancellor's current salary, presented to the nearest thousand 
dollars in accordance with standard accounting practice, is $755,000. I 
note that some information about academic staff remuneration is also 
publicly available in the Academic Staff Collective Agreement:

[1][5]https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

 

You have the right to make a complaint about this response to an 
Ombudsman.

 

Yours sincerely,

Rebecca Ewert

University of Auckland

 

 

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