Kia ora Katie

We acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.

If we have any questions or need to seek 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 4 May 2021). If we are unable to respond to your requests by then, we will notify you of an extension of this timeframe.

Ngā mihi,
Vanessa
For the Office of the Registrar

Vanessa Vidallon
Information Advisor

Corporate Records Services | Ngā Ratonga Kōrero Rangatōpū
University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo
Tel/Waea +64 3 479 7409

224 Hanover Street, Dunedin | Ōtepoti
PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054
New Zealand | Aotearoa

Email/Īmera [email address]
Website/Pae tukutuku www.otago.ac.nz/records

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Kia ora Katie

I refer to your information request dated 1 April 2021 made under the Official Information Act 1982 (Act).

The Official Information Act requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no later than 20 working days after the day we received your request. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that time limit. We are therefore writing to notify you, pursuant to s15A of the Act, of a short extension of the time to make our decision in respect of your request, by a further 8 working days - to 14 May 2021. However, we will endeavour to respond to you sooner if possible.

This extension is necessary to allow for further consultations necessary to make a decision on your request.

If you are not satisfied with our extension of time, you have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the OIA. However, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss any concerns with you first.

Ngâ mihi
Mayhaka

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

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Kia ora Katie

We refer to your information request dated 1 April 2021 made under the
Official Information Act 1982 (Act).

 

Please see below our response to each of the matters you raised in your
request.

General comments

o We have interpreted your request to mean the number of students who
applied for admission under the Māori admission sub-category and the
New Zealand Resident Indigenous Pacific Origins admission
sub-category.
o We do not report on numbers where those numbers are below 5. This is
for privacy reasons.  Where the numbers of the candidates are very
low, there is a risk that the identity of those candidates could be
determined/inferred.  Accordingly, we withhold this information
pursuant to section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
o We decline providing the highest GPA scores pursuant to section
9(2)(a) of the Act, on the basis that we consider withholding of this
information is necessary to protect the privacy of the students. As
the number of students in these sub-categories is small, providing the
highest GPA score could infer certain personal information relating to
those students. For example, that a student could not have achieved a
grade higher than, for example, X, if the range of marks disclosed do
not contain any marks higher than X.

 

Number of 2021 HSFY Māori and Pacifica applicants to MBChB

Māori sub-category applications: 67

Indigenous Pacific sub-category applications: 26

Number of 2021 successful HSFY Māori and Pacifica applicants to MBChB

Māori sub-category enrolments: 39

Indigenous Pacific sub-category enrolments : 11

Number of 2021 Māori and Pacifica graduate applicants for MBChB

Māori sub-category applications: 15

Indigenous Pacific sub-category applications : 18

Number of successful 2021 Māori and Pacifica graduate applicants for MBChB

Māori sub-category enrolments : 8

Indigenous Pacific sub-category enrolments : Fewer than 5

Highest 2021 Māori and Pacifica graduate GPA that received a first round
offer for MB ChB

Withheld. 

 

Lowest 2021 Māori and Pacifica graduate GPA that received a first round
offer for MB ChB

Māori sub-category: 4.54

Indigenous Pacific sub-category: 5.05

 

Highest 2021 Māori and Pacifica HSFY GPA that received a first round offer
for MB ChB

Withheld. 

 

Lowest 2021 Māori and Pacifica HSFY GPA that received a first round offer
for MB ChB

Māori sub-category: 70.00

Indigenous Pacific sub-category: 71.00

 

Lowest UCAT score of successful Māori and Pacifica pathway for 2021 MB ChB
applicants

HSFY and Graduate admission categories:

Māori sub-category: 2060

Indigenous Pacific sub-category: 1820

I note your right to seek a review of these decisions via a complaint to
an Ombudsman. However, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss any
concerns with you first.

 

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

 

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