OIAD-815
John Luke
[FYI request #24329 email]
Dear John Luke
Thank you for your email of 4 October 2023 requesting the following under the Of icial
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
I would like to request a list of vacancies (ministerial appointment only, e.g. board
member, Lay member, Trustee etc) that the nomination period has been closed but
stil under consideration by the Ministry for the Environment or relevant Minister. In
your list, can you please include the date that vacancy been advertised, what method
you have used to publicly advertise the position, how many applications you have
received and when the vacancy been closed as well. Also, I would like to know if you
have any future opening in 2024. e.g. the position that wil call for nomination in the
year of 2024.
The following table provides you with the information requested. Please note that we cannot
provide information on any potential calls for nominations in the coming year as this will
depend on Ministerial decisions. We have therefore included the terms that are due to expire
in 2024 which wil be considered by Ministers in due course.
Governance group
Positions currently under Term expires in 2024
consideration
Climate Change
2 positions advertised
1 position
Commission
between 4 and 27 August
2023 via:
- Appoint Better Boards
- LinkedIn
- Institute of Directors
30 applications were
received.
Environmental Legal
-
5 positions
Assistance Fund Panel
Environmental Protection
-
5 positions
Authority
Commissioners for
-
14 positions
Freshwater Hearings Panel
Nominating Commit ee for
-
2 positions
the Climate Change
Commission
Te Pou Tupua
-
1 position
Waste Advisory Board
3 positions advertised
2 positions
between 24 January 2023
and 3 March 2023 via:
- NZ Herald
- Dominion Post
- Otago Daily Times
- Christchurch Press
- gazette notice
- MfE website
- LinkedIn
16 applications were
received.
Additionally, the National and Built Environment Act 2023 anticipates the establishment of a
number of governance groups. Further calls for nominations are possible, pending
Ministerial decisions.
A Freshwater Working Group is required to be established under section 96 of the Natural
and Built Environment Act 2023. Establishment steps have been initiated but Terms of
Reference and appointments were not completed prior to the General Election. This process
has been paused to be considered by the incoming Minister.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Of ice of the Ombudsman of
my response relating to this request, in accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. The
relevant details can be found on their website at:
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. Please note that due to the public interest in our work the Ministry for the Environment
publishes responses to requests for official information on our
OIA responses page shortly
after the response has been sent. If you have any queries about this, please feel free to
contact our Ministerial Services team:
[email address]. Yours sincerely
Chloe Groser
Director, Partnerships and Public Affairs
