25 March 2022
Ref: DOIA 2122-1707
John Luke
[FYI request #18735 email] Dear John
Thank you for your email of 1 March 2022 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
requesting under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) the following information:
A list of vacancy (ministerial appointment only, e.g. board member, Lay member, Trustee etc)
that the nomination period has been closed but still under consideration by the MBIE or relevant
Minister.
In your list, can you please included the date that vacancy been advertised, what method you
have used to publicly advertise the position and when the vacancy been closed as well.
Also, I would like to know if you have any future opening in 2022. e.g. the position that will call
for nomination in the year of 2022 or in the process of obtaining Minster approval to start the
recruitment process.
I am writing to advise you that MBIE needs to extend the timeframe to provide a response to your request
in accordance with section 15A(1)(b) of the Act as consultations necessary to make a decision on the
request are such that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the original
time limit. We will now respond to your request by no later than 29 April 2022, which is an extension of
20 working days.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision, in accordance
with section 28(3) of the Act. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Ed Kudin
Senior Ministerial Services Advisor
Labour Science and Enterprise, MBIE