21 October 2021
45 Pipitea Street
Thorndon
PO Box 805
Wel ington 6140
www.dia.govt.nz
John Luke
fyi-request-16871-
[email address]
Dear John,
Your Official Information Act 1982 request OIA2122-0256
Thank you for your email of 23 September 2021 requesting the fol owing under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
“I would like to request the current member of Film and Literature Board of Review.
Each member's bio and their pay rate. Their current term of appointments and I
understand you have recently called for expression of interest on your website, how
many expression of interest you have received and besides the website, how you
generally call for public expression of interest?”
A list of current members of the Film and Literature Board of Review, the end dates of their
terms of office, and rate of pay are set out in the table below.
Please note there are currently two vacancies which are planned to be fil ed by the end of
the year. Ms Schmidt continues as chair until this position is fil ed.
Name
End date of appointment
Rate of pay
Rachael Schmidt-McCleave
11 June 2020
$580
(President)
Nigel Dunlop (Deputy President) 23 September 2022
$380 – daily rate
Dr Tom Brown
23 September 2022
$380 – daily rate
Elizabeth Marvelly
23 September 2022
$380 – daily rate
Thomas Turton
23 September 2022
$380 – daily rate
Susan Rowe Zealander
23 September 2022
$380 – daily rate
Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki
23 September 2022
$380 – daily rate
Board members’ biographical information is released as excerpt one and two under section
16(1)(e) of the Act. The excerpts are attached to this response.
As for Ms Schmidt-McCleave and Ms Marvelly’s biographical information, I am refusing this
part of your request under section 18(e) of the Act, as this information is not contained in
any documents held by the department.
To assist you in finding the information you have requested, I can advise that the
biographical information for Ms Schmidt-McCleave can be found at the fol owing link:
www.centralchambers.co.nz/rachael-schmidt-mccleavebarrister.
The biographical information for Ms Marvelly can be found at the fol owing link:
www.lizziemarvelly.com/biography.
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The Department puts out a cal for interest to the fol owing public-sector organisations:
• the Ministry for Pacific Peoples;
• the Ministry for Women;
• the Office of Disability Issues;
• the Office of Ethnic Communities Te Tari Matawaka;
• Te Puni Kōkiri and;
• The Treasury.
During the recent cal for expressions of interest, the Department received 23 individual
nominations.
Advertising for the Film and Literature Board of Review board was placed with the fol owing
entities:
• The Institute of Directors;
• New Zealand Law Society;
• New Zealand Federation of Film Societies;
• Directors and Editors Guild of New Zealand;
• New Zealand Advertising Producers Group;
• New Zealand Federation of Film Societies;
• jobs.govt.nz website;
• the Australia New Zealand Screen Association and;
• the Department of Internal Affairs’ website.
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the Act, to seek an investigation and review of this
decision by the Office of the Ombudsman. The postal address of the Office of the
Ombudsman is PO Box 10152, Wel ington. Alternatively, you can phone 0800 802 602 or
email [email address].
We intend to publish our response to your request on www.dia.govt.nz. This letter, with
your personal details removed, will be published in its entirety. Publishing responses
increases the availability of information to the public and is consistent with the Act’s
purpose of enabling more effective participation in the making and administration of laws
and policies and promoting the accountability of Ministers and officials.
Nāku noa nā
Anita Balakrishnan
Tumuaki / Director Ministerial, Monitoring, and Capability Group
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