26 July 2023
Grace Lang
By email:
[FYI request #23313 email]
Kia ora Grace
I refer to your information request dated 29 June 2023 made under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act). You have requested:
“I am seeking to find out the grade distributions for these 2023 semester 1 papers:
MFCO212
MFCO303
MFCO315
POLS307
I request the specific grades, not merely letter grades.”
Subject to the fol owing comments, please see attached the information you have requested:
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Data is correct as at 12 July 2023.
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on occasions where fewer than five students have failed a paper (i.e. received a grade of Fail D
or Fail E), we have determined that it is necessary to withhold the marks and specific grades
for these students to protect their privacy and wellbeing. We consider that withholding this
information is necessary to protect against the identity of these students being determined or
inferred, and their personal information (i.e. their marks) could be disclosed. We therefore
withhold this information pursuant to section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
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in the attached mark and grade distributions, we note that students who withdrew from the
papers are excluded from the data.
I trust that this information will be helpful. In the above cases, we consider that good reasons exist
for withholding information, and this is not outweighed by other considerations which would make
it desirable, in the public interest, to make the information available.
If you are not satisfied with our response to your information request, section 28(3) of the Act
provides you with the right to ask an Ombudsman to investigate and review this response. However,
we would welcome the opportunity to discuss any concerns with you first.
Ngā mihi
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar