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CRM Secondment, Canterbury District & 'Pink Shirt' day expense

A Whittle made this Official Information request to Fire and Emergency New Zealand

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From: A Whittle

Dear Fire and Emergency New Zealand,

A number of FENZ personnel were provided with pink t-shirts supplied by FENZ for 'pink shirt' day this year to raise awareness of bullying.

Please provide details of the cost to FENZ of the supply, printing and distribution of these shirts.

Regarding the secondment to the CRM position within the Canterbury District as a result of the Tranche 2 restructure process:
- on what date did FENZ first internally consider a secondment to this position?
- on what date did FENZ decide to proceed with seeking an external secondment to the CRM position (Canterbury District)?
- on what date did FENZ first initiate discussions with external organisations regarding secondment to the CRM position within FENZ (Canterbury District)?
- on what date was a decision made to proceed with the secondment of an NZ Police employee to the CRM position?
- on what date was any agreement signed or otherwise endorsed or agreed to, to have an NZ Police employee fill the seconded position?
Please supply all copies of correspondence and other communications, internal and external, concerning the external secondment to the Canterbury CRM position.

Yours faithfully,

A Whittle

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Dear A Whittle  
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Kia ora A Whittle

 

Please see attached letter regarding your official information request.

 

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Tēnā koe

 

Attached is the response to your information request.

 

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From: A Whittle

Dear McCook-Weir, Julia,

Thank you for the response. I do note that correspondence or other such documents prior to 29 June are not included in the response. Please send these as requested.

Yours sincerely,

A Whittle

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Kia ora

The documents provided in our response capture all documents in scope of your original request, noting some documents were withheld to protect the privacy of natural persons under Section 9(2)(a) of the OIA.

If there is further, specific information you seek, we can consider a subsequent request for it.

Nāku noa, nā

Information Requests Team
National Headquarters, Level 12, 80 The Terrace
PO Box 2133, Wellington 6140
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From: A Whittle

Dear Official Information Requests,

Thank you for your reply.

It is unlikely that Sn 9(2)(a) of the OIA would apply as you suggest, as the original OIA request was around decision-making and timeframes concerning the secondment to the Canterbury CRM position, not around identified persons or employees. It was purely procedural, not personnel, related.

There is public interest in disclosure to promote procedural fairness due to multiple sources of speculation around the timings of the secondment process. Information is required as part of potential employment litigation.

Please send the documents as requested. This includes all documents relating to this particular secondment process.

Yours sincerely,

A Whittle

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From: A Whittle

Dear Official Information Requests,

I note that I am still waiting for a response to my request of 25 August 2022 for the release of documents pertaining to the Canterbury CRM secondment position, this being any documents or correspondence dated prior to 29 June 2021.

This request is for information relating to the process, not to an identifiable person or persons.

Please advise the status of this request.

Yours sincerely,

A Whittle

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