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23 November 2022
Beryl Beauchamp
[FYI request #20887 email]
Tēnā koe Beryl
Request under the Official Information Act 1982 - Te Pūkenga website and AI platform
Thank you for your emails to both Unitec and MIT of 17 October 2022, requesting the fol owing
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA):
.. all documents held by [Unitec and MIT] pertaining to the appointment of Fale Andrew Lesa
to the [Unitec and MIT boards]. Documents sought may include, but are not limited to: a
copy of the CV provided by Mr Lesa as part of his appointment process, a copy of any
correspondence between government ministers and [Unitec and MIT] pertaining to Mr Lesa's
appointment, documents that containing due diligence or evaluations of Mr Lesa by [Unitec
and MIT] (e.g. documents setting out how [Unitec and MIT were] satisfied that Mr Lesa was
qualified for appointment), and any referee statements provided by a third party regarding
Mr Lesa's appointment
As noted in our acknowledgement, on 1 October 2022 MIT and Unitec transitioned to become
business divisions of Te Pūkenga. This means I am now responsible for the release of information
under the OIA by those divisions.
This letter provides a response to your requests under the OIA.
The appointment of MIT and Unitec board members was made by the IST Establishment Board early
in 2020 and as such neither MIT nor Unitec holds information related to these appointments.
Appointments to former ITP subsidiary boards were made prior to establishment of Te Pūkenga,
subject to ratification and approval by the then NZIST Council on 1 April 2020. This process included
an update on the subsidiary board appointments. Details of documents Te Pūkenga holds within
scope of your requests, that I am releasing to you at this time, are detailed in the table at Appendix
A. This includes where information has been withheld under the OIA, which includes information out
of scope of your request and personal information related to board fee remuneration (withheld
under section 9(2)(a) of the OIA).
While Te Pūkenga does not hold any further information within scope of this request I can advise
that personal information specific to board member Fale Andrew Lesa, such as CVs, referees, and
evaluations, would not able to be released under Principle 11 of the Privacy Act 2020 and section
9(2)(a) of the OIA in order to protect his privacy.
You have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the OIA if you are
not happy with this response. Information about how to do this is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by cal ing 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi
Peter Winder
Acting Chief Executive
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Appendix A
SCHEDULE OF DOCUMENTS – OIA request from Beryl Beauchamp – appointment to the Unitec
Board
Document Date
Title
Information
withheld, if any
1
19 February
IST Establishment Board paper –
Information out of
2020
“Subsidiary Board Director Appointments” scope of this request
where it relates to
other subsidiary
boards and other
board members
2
16 March
“Minutes from IST Establishment Board 16 Information out of
2020
March 2020 meeting”
scope of this request
where it relates to
other agenda items
and where it relates
to other subsidiary
boards
3
1 April 2020
Relevant pages from “NZIST Council – First Information out of
Council Meeting Resolutions”
scope of this request
where it relates to
other subsidiary
boards and board
members
Information related to
board fees withheld
under section 9(2)(a)
of the OIA
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