15 February 2021
K H Ross
By email:
[FYI request #14452 email]
Tēnā koe K H Ross
Official information request for list and contents of MOU's from PRC
universities
I refer to your requests for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act)
dated
13 January 2021.
Please see the
attached table, which sets out a list of MOUs between Te Herenga Waka—
Victoria University of Wellington and universities in China.
As this list demonstrates, the number of MOUs is significant, totalling several hundred
pages of documents. The University is required to examine each of these documents
before it can provide them to you, to consider whether it is necessary to withhold parts of
the information under the Act. Parts of a number of these documents must be translated
in order for us to consider them, which is a time-consuming process and places a
significant administrative burden on the University. Accordingly, we are contacting you to
seek clarification of the scope of your request with a view to being able to process it more
efficiently. Can you please let us know whether there are
particular MOUs from this list
that you would like to copies of, or if there are any particular details contained within the
MOUs that you are seeking?
We would appreciate a response from you as soon as possible in order to complete your
request.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact me at
[VUW request email]. Ngā mihi
Blair Doherty
Senior Advisor, Official Information and Privacy
Legal Services
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington