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3/03/2023 
Nick Mole 
[FYI request #21480 email] 
Tēnā koe e Nick 
OIA: 1302722 – All documentation and correspondence related the appointment of the 
Finance Adviser and subsequently Limited Statutory Manager, Val Wenham 

Thank you for your email of 22 December 2022 to the Ministry of Education requesting the 
following information:  
Please provide all documentation and correspondence related the appointment of the 
Finance Adviser and subsequently Limited Statutory Manager, Val Wenham, to Mercury 
Bay Area School in 2022 (some of this documentation may be from 2021 prior to the 
appointment - please provide this as well) that is held by the Ministry of Education. Please 
ensure all scoping reports, outcome reports, scoping plan's and all funding agreements 
(provisional or otherwise) are provided. 

Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). 
The documentation you have requested is attached as Appendix A. Our decision as to the release 
of these documents is outlined in the below Appendix A Document Table.  
Some of the information you have requested has been withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Act to 
protect the privacy of natural persons. I do not consider that the public interest in disclosure 
outweighs the need to withhold the information. 
Please note, we have excluded information that has already been provided to you in OIA 1302024. 
You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to review my decision on your request, in accordance 
with section 28 of the Act. You can do this by writing to [email address] or to 
Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143. 
Hamilton Office, Ground Floor, 19 Home Straight, Te Rapa, Hamilton 
PO Box 774, Hamilton 3240 Phone: +64 7 850 8880  



Thank you again for your email.  
Nāku noa, nā 
 
 
Jocelyn Mikaere 
Hautū | Deputy Secretary 
Te Mahau | Te Tai Whenua (Central) 
 
 

 
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OIA 1302722 - Appendix A Document Table 

Date 
Title 
Decision on release 

10 March 2022  Email: FW: MBAS Complaint & 
Release in part. 
Financial Support 
Information has been withheld under 
section 9(2)(a) of the Act. 

18 March 2022  Intervention evidence 
Release in full. 

23 March 2022   Terms of Appointment: Limited 
Release in part. 
Statutory Manager appointment  Information has been withheld under 
for Mercury Bay Area School 
section 9(2)(a) of the Act. 
Board 

 
Letter: Notice of Statutory 
Release in part. 
Intervention 
Information has been withheld under 
section 9(2)(a) of the Act. 

 
Letter: Appointment to LSM 
Release in part. 
Information has been withheld under 
section 9(2)(a) of the Act. 

01 April 2022 
Email: RE: Terms of 
Release in part. 
Appointment  
Information has been withheld under 
section 9(2)(a) of the Act. 

22 April 2022 
Intervention evidence 
Release in full. 
8  
29 April 2022 
Letter: Appointment to LSM 
Release in part. 

29 April 2022  
Letter: Notice of Statutory 
Release in full. 
Intervention  
10 
29 April 2022 
Appendix One: Contract for 
Release in part. 
specialist help must contain the  Information has been withheld under 
following information 
section 9(2)(a) of the Act. 
11 
June 2022 
A Funding Provision 
Release in part. 
Agreement for the Payment of 
Information has been withheld under 
Statutory Intervention Costs  
section 9(2)(a) of the Act. 
12 
13 June 2022  
Statutory Interventions Scoping  Release in full. 
Report 
13 
5 September 
Email: Dear Cameron 
Release in part. Information has 
2022 
been withheld under section 9(2)(a) 
of the Act. 
14 
5 September 
Updated - Intervention 
Release in full. 
2022 
evidence 5 September, 2022 
 
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Date 
Title 
Decision on release 
15 
6 September 
Letter: Appointment to LSM 
Release in part. Information has 
2022 
been withheld under section 9(2)(a) 
of the Act. 
16 
6 September 
Terms of appointment: LSM 
Release in part. 
2022 
appointment for Mercury Bay 
Information has been withheld under 
Area School Board 
section 9(2)(a) of the Act. 
17 
September 
Notice for New Zealand 
Release in full. 
2022 
Gazette: Notice of Direction to 
Appoint a Limited Statutory 
Manager for the Mercury Bay 
Area 
School (110) Board 
18 
22 September 
Letter: Appointment to LSM  
Release in part. 
2022  
Information has been withheld under 
section 9(2)(a) of the Act. 
19 
22 September 
Letter: Review of Statutory 
Release in part. 
2022  
Intervention and resulting 
Information has been withheld under 
outcomes 
section 9(2)(a) of the Act. 
20 
14 November 
A Funding Provision 
Release in part. 
2022 
Agreement for the Payment of 
Information has been withheld under 
Statutory Intervention Costs 
section 9(2)(a) of the Act. 
21 
14 November 
A Funding Provision 
Release in part. Information has 
2022 
Agreement for the Payment of 
been withheld under section 9(2)(a) 
Statutory Intervention Costs 
of the Act. 
 
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