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Tēnā koe James

On behalf of Minister Davis, thank you for your OIA request. A response will be provided to you as per the requirements of the Official Information Act.

Nāku noa, nā

Office of Hon Kelvin Davis
Minister for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti
Minister of Children
Minister of Corrections
Associate Minister of Education (Māori Education)

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-----Original Message-----
From: James [mailto:[FOI #21393 email]]
Sent: Sunday, 11 December 2022 3:30 PM
To: K Davis (MIN) <[Kelvin Davis request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Oranga Tamariki Ministerial Advisory Board

Dear Kelvin Davis,

I am requesting the following information.

All correspondence/communications including but not limited to texts, emails and phone calls between yourself/your office and Matthew Tukaki regarding Mr Tukaki's appointment to the Oranga Tamariki Ministerial Advisory Board, this covers the period Mr Tukaki was first considered and approached as a possibility for the role, until 05/02/2021.

Please provide all information and communications including but not limited to emails ,texts and phone calls relating to any special conditions/requests/clauses that were added to Mr Tukaki's contract terms, such as the ability and right to continue with other obligations and employment while on the advisory board.

Please confirm if any other board member requested or had similar terms added to their contracts. If so, please provide details.

Please provide all details, and communications including but not limited to emails, texts and phone calls if any conflicts or perceived conflicts of interest were declared to you by Ministerial Board Members as required to do so.

Yours faithfully,

James

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Tçnâ koe James

 

Thank you for your official information requests received on 12 December
2022 and 13 December 2022, for the following information:

 

All correspondence/communications including but not limited to texts,
emails and phone calls between yourself/your office and Matthew Tukaki
regarding Mr Tukaki's appointment to the Oranga Tamariki Ministerial
Advisory Board, this covers the period Mr Tukaki was first considered and
approached as a possibility for the role, until 05/02/2021.

 

Please provide all information and communications including but not
limited to emails ,texts and phone calls relating to any special
conditions/requests/clauses that were added to Mr Tukaki's contract terms,
such as the ability and right to continue with other obligations and
employment while on the advisory board.

 

Please confirm if any other board member requested or had similar terms
added to their contracts. If so, please provide details.

 

Please provide all details, and communications including but not limited
to emails, texts and phone calls if any conflicts or perceived conflicts
of interest were declared to you by Ministerial Board Members as required
to do so.

 

And

 

Regarding Matthew Tukaki, and as per 1News you are quoted as saying the
following:

“So we just trusted in what they had done, and I'd heard about the stuff
he'd done apparently overseas. He was also the head of the Mâori Council,”

Under the Offical Information Act and l request the following:

All communications including but not limited to emails, texts and phone
calls with the Mâori Council concerning Matthew Tukaki from January 1st 
2019 until 13th December 2022.

All communications including but not limited to emails, texts and phone
calls between yourself/your office and Minister Willie Jackson/Jackson’s
office concerning Matthew Tukaki from January 1st 2019 until 13th December
2022.

 

I write to advise you that we will need to need to extend the time limit
for responding to you by 10 working days, to Tuesday 14 February 2023.
This extension is necessary as the nature of both of your requests
requires additional consultation with former staff members in order to
compile the information required, such that a proper response cannot
reasonably be made within the original time frame (section 15A(1)(b) of
the OIA refers).

 

However, if this consultation is completed before Tuesday 14 February
2023, the response to both requests will be sent to you as soon as
possible.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision by contacting [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone
0800 802 602.

 

Nâku noa, nâ

 

 

Office of Hon Kelvin Davis

Minister for Mâori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti

Minister of Children

Minister of Corrections

Associate Minister of Education (Mâori Education)

 

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