2 October 2023
By email:
[FYI request #24070 email]
Kia ora AR
I refer to your information request dated 7 September 2023 made under the Official Information Act
1982 (the Act). You have requested:
“the grade distributions for the LAWS204 and LAWS201 assignments for 2023.”
You further clarified that you were wanting the grade distributions for the Criminal Law assignment
in LAWS201 and the Public Law assignment in LAWS204 for 2023.
Subject to the following comments, please see attached the information you have requested:
• 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.
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
Jenny Shaw
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar