Tikanga related costs
John made this Official Information request to Health New Zealand
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From: John
Dear Health New Zealand,
This is a request under the Official Information Act. Please provide the following:
1. The job description for the Chief of Tikanga role
2. The remuneration, or remuneration range paid to the Chief of Tikanga role
3. The number of direct and indirect reports to the Chief of Tikanga
4. The total remuneration paid to all the direct and indirect reports to the Chief of Tikanga
5. All other costs incurred by Health New Zealand related to Tikanga
6. The total number of roles across Health New Zealand and it's subsidiaries / DHBs that are directly or indirectly involved in Tikanga
Yours faithfully,
John
From: hnzOIA
Health New Zealand
Tēnā koe,
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days. We will try to respond to your query as quickly as possible.
s information that is identified to be of general public interest, the
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details will be removed.
Ngā mihi
Te Whatu Ora, Health NZ.
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From: hnzOIA
Health New Zealand
Tēnā koe John,
Thank you for your email of 5 March 2023, asking for the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
1. The job description for the Chief of Tikanga role
2. The remuneration, or remuneration range paid to the Chief of Tikanga
role
3. The number of direct and indirect reports to the Chief of Tikanga
4. The total remuneration paid to all the direct and indirect reports to
the Chief of Tikanga
5. All other costs incurred by Health New Zealand related to Tikanga
6. The total number of roles across Health New Zealand and it's
subsidiaries / DHBs that are directly or indirectly involved in Tikanga
This email is to let you know that Te Whatu Ora needs more time to make a
decision on your request.
The Act requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no
later than 20 working days after the day we received your request.
Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that time limit and we are
therefore writing to notify you of an extension of the time to make our
decision, to 28 April.
This extension is required because the consultations necessary to make a
decision on your request are such that a proper response cannot reasonably
be made within the original time limit.
If you have any questions, please contact us at [1][Health New Zealand request email]
If you are not happy with this extension, you have the right to make a
complaint to the Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Te Whatu Ora Ministerial Team
Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
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From: hnzOIA
Health New Zealand
Kia ora John,
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) for:
1. The job description for the Chief of Tikanga role
2. The remuneration, or remuneration range paid to the Chief of Tikanga
role
3. The number of direct and indirect reports to the Chief of Tikanga
4. The total remuneration paid to all the direct and indirect reports to
the Chief of Tikanga
5. All other costs incurred by Health New Zealand related to Tikanga
6. The total number of roles across Health New Zealand and it's
subsidiaries / DHBs that are directly or indirectly involved in Tikanga
Pursuant to section 15(1)(a) of the Act, Te Whatu Ora, Health New Zealand
is writing to advise you that a decision has been made on your request;
however, it will take us some time to prepare the information for
release.
We apologise for the delay, and endeavor to send you the information as
soon as reasonably possible.
Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [1][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.
Ngâ mihi
Te Whatu Ora Ministerial Team
Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
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From: John
Dear hnzOIA,
Please can you advise a more precise timeframe for replying to this request because "as soon as reasonably possible" is a bit vague.
Yours sincerely,
John
From: John
Dear hnzOIA,
Just following up on this request please?
Yours sincerely,
John
From: hnzOIA
Health New Zealand
Kia ora John,
I apologise for the time it has taken to update you on your OIA request.
We are working on your request with priority to ensure the information
gets out to you as soon as possible.
Thank you for your patience.
Ngâ mihi
Te Whatu Ora Ministerial Team
Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
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From: John
Dear hnzOIA,
Just following up for an update in when this information will be provided by?
Yours sincerely,
John
From: hnzOIA
Health New Zealand
Kia ora John,
We want to thank you again for your patience with this response.
It is currently in the sign out process and you should expect the response
by 15 June 2023.
Ngā mihi
Te Whatu Ora Ministerial Team
Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
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Health New Zealand
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Kia ora John,
Thank you for your request for information. Please find attached our
response to your request. I am sorry for the delay in providing our
response. The time taken is not what we aspire to in order to meet our
obligations for responding to information requests. This is something we
are working hard to improve, in the context of being a new organisation
and dealing with a high volume of requests given the understandable high
public interest in our work and development as Te Whatu Ora.
If you have any questions, please get in touch at
[1][Health New Zealand request email].
If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a
complaint to the Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available
at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
Again, my apologies for the delay in providing this response. I hope the
information now provided is useful to you
Ngâ mihi,
Te Whatu Ora Ministerial Team
Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
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Looking at Section 15(1)(a), it does allow the extension of requests for the full ability to compile the information needed for the requests (obviously needing the cooperation of more internal depts etc), however other than informing of whether they 'accept' the request asap/or in 20 days, it doesn't actually stipulate whether they must give/set timeframes beyond giving request extensions every 20 days (& even this seems implied).
FYI, direct from the Act; as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case not later than 20 working days after the day on which the request is received by that department or venture or Minister of the Crown or organisation,—
(a) decide whether the request is to be granted and, if it is to be granted, in what manner and for what charge (if any);
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