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Dear Andre

 

We acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.

 

Can you please clarify that in item 2 of your request that you are
referring to the graduate category only?

 

Ngâ mihi

Mayhaka

 

Mayhaka Mendis • Manager, Policy and Compliance, Office of the Registrar •
Deputy Privacy Officer • Te Whare Wânanga o Ôtâkou, University of Otago •
P.O Box 56, Dunedin • Tel +64 3 479 8993

 

 

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From: Andre Hansen <[1][FOI #14455 email]>

Sent: Thursday, 14 January 2021 3:17 pm

To: University of Otago Registrar <[2][University of Otago request email]>

Subject: Official Information request - New Zealand Rural Origins graduate
Sub Category

 

Dear University of Otago,

 

Please provide the following information relating to the New Zealand Rural
Origins sub-category of the medical (MB ChB) program at University of
Otago for the year 2021

 

(1) Number of New Zealand Rural Origins sub-category seats available
(under the graduate category only),

(2) Number of New Zealand Rural Origins sub-category applicants (under the
category only),

(3) Lowest successful first round offer GPA (under the graduate category
only),

(4) Lowest successful waitlist GPA (under the graduate category only)

 

With regards to Section 12 of the Official Information Act 1982, I am a
New Zealand citizen and located in New Zealand.

Yours faithfully,

 

Andre

 

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Dear Andre

Thank you for clarifying that for us.

If we have any further questions or need to seek additional clarification on any points we will be in touch soon. Otherwise, we will seek to respond to your request as soon as practicable and no later than 20 working days after the date your request was received (by 15 February 2021 – “working days” as defined in the Act). If we are unable to respond to your requests by then, we will notify you of an extension of this timeframe.

Ngā mihi
Mayhaka

Mayhaka Mendis • Manager, Policy and Compliance, Office of the Registrar • Deputy Privacy Officer • Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou, University of Otago • P.O Box 56, Dunedin • Tel +64 3 479 8993

-----Original Message-----
From: Andre Hansen <[FOI #14455 email]>
Sent: Friday, 15 January 2021 2:17 pm
To: Manager Policy and Compliance <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FW: Official Information request - New Zealand Rural Origins graduate Sub Category

Dear Manager Policy and Compliance,

For item 2 I am referring to the graduate category only as well,

Sorry for the the confusion

Yours sincerely,

Andre

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

Dear Andre

 

We acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.

 

Can you please clarify that in item 2 of your request that you are referring to the graduate category only?

 

Ngâ mihi

Mayhaka

 

Mayhaka Mendis • Manager, Policy and Compliance, Office of the Registrar • Deputy Privacy Officer • Te Whare Wânanga o Ôtâkou, University of Otago • P.O Box 56, Dunedin • Tel +64 3 479 8993

 

 

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Dear Andre

 

We refer to your request under the Official Information Act dated 14
January 2021 in relation to the New Zealand Rural Origins sub-category of
the MBChB programme at University of Otago for the year 2021.

 

We set out our responses to each of your questions below.

 

(1) Number of New Zealand Rural Origins sub-category seats available
(under the graduate category only)

 

There is no set number of New Zealand Rural Origins sub-category seats for
the Graduate category. There are 55 total places available across all
categories (Health Sciences First Year, Alternate and Graduate).

 

(2) Number of New Zealand Rural Origins sub-category applicants (under the
graduate category only)

 

There were 40 applicants.

 

(3) Lowest successful first round offer GPA (under the graduate category
only)

 

The lowest offer for a New Zealand Rural Origins sub-category under the
Graduate category was 7.92.

 

(4) Lowest successful waitlist GPA (under the graduate category only)

 

There is no waitlist for New Zealand Rural Origins sub-category under the
Graduate category for 2021.

 

We trust that you will find this information helpful.

 

Kind regards

 

Mayhaka

 

Mayhaka Mendis • Manager, Policy and Compliance, Office of the Registrar •
Deputy Privacy Officer • Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou, University of Otago •
P.O Box 56, Dunedin • Tel +64 3 479 8993

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Andre Hansen <[FOI #14455 email]>
Sent: Friday, 15 January 2021 2:17 pm
To: Manager Policy and Compliance <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FW: Official Information request - New Zealand Rural Origins
graduate Sub Category

 

Dear Manager Policy and Compliance,

 

For item 2 I am referring to the graduate category only as well,

 

Sorry for the the confusion

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Andre

 

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

 

Dear Andre

 

 

 

We acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.

 

 

 

Can you please clarify that in item 2 of your request that you are 
referring to the graduate category only?

 

 

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Mayhaka

 

 

 

Mayhaka Mendis • Manager, Policy and Compliance, Office of the Registrar
•  Deputy Privacy Officer • Te Whare Wânanga o Ôtâkou, University of Otago
•  P.O Box 56, Dunedin • Tel +64 3 479 8993

 

 

 

 

 

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