Infiltration by Communist China
John made this Official Information request to Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington did not have the information requested.
From: John
Dear Victoria University of Wellington,
I am a New Zealand Citizen and am submitting the following requests under the Official Information Act 1982.
1. Please advise the current number of employees and contractors who identified themselves as ethnic Chinese and was borned outside New Zealand. Please break down the number into employees vs contractors, full-time vs part-time, and academic vs non-academic.
2. Please provide any policy, internal procedural and/or operational guidance documents on how the Victoria University of Wellington assesses the risks of espionage, intellectual property theft, and inflitration by the evil regime of Communist China in the Victoria University of Wellington before making any recruitment decision.
3. Please provide any policy, internal procedural and/or operational guidance documents on how the Victoria University of Wellington monitors the risks of espionage, intellectual property theft, and inflitration by the evil regime of Communist China in the Victoria University of Wellington by and/or in relation to current employees and contractors on a continuous basis.
Yours faithfully,
John Trafalgar
From: OIA Requests
Victoria University of Wellington
Kia ora John
Official information request regarding Chinese employees
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request
dated 22 January 2022.
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 21 February 2022, being 20 working days after the
day your request was received.
If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your
request, please do not hesitate to contact me so that these can be taken
into account.
Ngā mihi nui
Blair Doherty
Senior Advisor, Official Information and Privacy
Legal Services
Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington
[1]www.wgtn.ac.nz
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From: John <[FOI #18287 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 22 January 2022 10:53 AM
To: OIA Requests <[VUW request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Infiltration by Communist China
Dear Victoria University of Wellington,
I am a New Zealand Citizen and am submitting the following requests under
the Official Information Act 1982.
1. Please advise the current number of employees and contractors who
identified themselves as ethnic Chinese and was borned outside New
Zealand. Please break down the number into employees vs contractors,
full-time vs part-time, and academic vs non-academic.
2. Please provide any policy, internal procedural and/or operational
guidance documents on how the Victoria University of Wellington assesses
the risks of espionage, intellectual property theft, and inflitration by
the evil regime of Communist China in the Victoria University of
Wellington before making any recruitment decision.
3. Please provide any policy, internal procedural and/or operational
guidance documents on how the Victoria University of Wellington monitors
the risks of espionage, intellectual property theft, and inflitration by
the evil regime of Communist China in the Victoria University of
Wellington by and/or in relation to current employees and contractors on a
continuous basis.
Yours faithfully,
John Trafalgar
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Victoria University of Wellington
Tēnā koe John
Official information request for information regarding ethnic Chinese
employees
I refer to your official information request dated 22 January 2022.
Please find attached a response to your information request.
Ngā mihi
Blair Doherty
Senior Advisor, Official Information and Privacy
Legal Services
Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington
[1]www.wgtn.ac.nz
-----Original Message-----
From: John <[FOI #18287 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 22 January 2022 10:53 AM
To: OIA Requests <[VUW request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Infiltration by Communist China
Dear Victoria University of Wellington,
I am a New Zealand Citizen and am submitting the following requests under
the Official Information Act 1982.
1. Please advise the current number of employees and contractors who
identified themselves as ethnic Chinese and was borned outside New
Zealand. Please break down the number into employees vs contractors,
full-time vs part-time, and academic vs non-academic.
2. Please provide any policy, internal procedural and/or operational
guidance documents on how the Victoria University of Wellington assesses
the risks of espionage, intellectual property theft, and inflitration by
the evil regime of Communist China in the Victoria University of
Wellington before making any recruitment decision.
3. Please provide any policy, internal procedural and/or operational
guidance documents on how the Victoria University of Wellington monitors
the risks of espionage, intellectual property theft, and inflitration by
the evil regime of Communist China in the Victoria University of
Wellington by and/or in relation to current employees and contractors on a
continuous basis.
Yours faithfully,
John Trafalgar
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