Dear Tai Poutini Polytechnic,

My enquiry is related to images utilized in the marketing of Tai Poutini Polytechnic training.

Given that I have emailed and requested the removal of a number of images from Tai Poutini Polytechnic's website and marketing materials without any acknowledgement, followup and/or action by TPP it appears that OIA requests are the only mechanism for correspondence. I will seek to address them one by one so as to limit any confusion.

This request relates specifically to the image on the TPP website at the following link: http://tpp.ac.nz/study-options/emergency...

The request is:
1: Who is the photographer that took the original image?
2: Who provided the image for use by TPP?
3: What are the terms and conditions of its use?
4: Who from TPP signed off on the legal use of this image for public dissemination?
5: What checks and balances does Tai Poutini Polytechnic have in place to ensure legal and authorized use of images in its marketing materials?
6: On the assumption that the image being utilized by TPP is unauthorized, what mechanisms do TPP have in place to address such misuse of others property?

Yours faithfully,

Tony Wells

Dear Karen Kennedy,

Many thanks for your response and the removal of this image and the 14 other images from TPP promotional materials.

It is disappointing that some of these images were the subject of a previous removal request, so to see them reappear in marketing materials and be publicly disseminated potentially many thousands of times via the TPP website, email distribution and hard copy materials over an 18 month period.

The response from Allan Sargison, TPP Chief Executive is amusing as neither point 4, nor point 5, refer to the stated image, but to TPP policy and practices in general. To restate Point 4 & 5:

4: Who from TPP signed off on the legal use of this image for public dissemination?

5: What checks and balances does Tai Poutini Polytechnic have in place to ensure legal and authorized use of images in its marketing
materials?

If it is Tai Poutini Polytechnic's position that it does not not have a policy concerning the use of other organizations or individuals property and that no-one from TPP signs off or approves the use of materials thus allowing each TPP employee to do as they please, then no further action would be required, however I do not believe this to be the case.

The information as originally requested would be appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

Tony Wells