This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'Delay in releasing funds for lump sum payments/pay equity for nurses'.


 
 
 
Reference: 20210534 
 
23 November 2021 
 
David Adamson 
[FYI request #17543 email] 
 
Dear David 
 
Thank you for your Of icial Information Act request, received on 12 November 2021. 
You requested: 
 
any correspondence between Treasury and any DHBs or the Minister of Health 
which discusses delays in releasing funds for the purpose of paying lump 
sums/pay equity for nurses. 
 
Please limit this to any correspondence within the last month. 

 
Information to be withheld 
There is one document covered by your request that I have decided to withhold in full 
under the following sections of the Of icial Information Act: 
• 
section 9(2)(j) - to enable a Minister of the Crown or any public service agency or 
organisation holding the information to carry on, without prejudice or 
disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations), 
and 
• 
section 9(2)(f)(iv) – to maintain the current constitutional conventions protecting 
the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and officials] 
 
Please note that this letter (with your personal details removed) and enclosed 
documents may be published on the Treasury website. 
 
This reply addresses the information you requested. You have the right to ask the 
Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision.  
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
Jess Hewat 
Manager, Health 
1 The Terrace 
PO Box 3724  
Wellington 6140 
New Zealand  
tel.  +64-4-472-2733 
 
https://treasury.govt.nz 

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