New Zealand Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Manatū Aorere
19 December 2023
195 Lambton Quay
Private Bag 18−901
Wellington 6160
New Zealand
John Luke
T +64 4 439 8000
F +64 4 472 9596
[FYI request #24888 email]
OIA 28930
Tēnā koe John Luke
I refer to your email of 27 November 2023 in which you request the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (OIA):
May I ask how you called for public nomination and on what platform you have call for
public nominations for the Tokelau International Trust Fund Board of Trustees, e.g.
govt.jobs website.
Also, how many applications you have received from the public and how many you have
received from other nominating agencies such as TPK or Ministry of women etc with you
most recent call for nomination.
Also, can you please supply the term of appointment and member's pay rate.
In the lead up to appointing the substantive, and alternate, New Zealand Government
representatives to the Tokelau International Trust Fund in October 2022, we sought nominations
from the New Zealand Treasury, the Ministry of Pacific Peoples, Te Puni Kōkiri, the Ministry for
Women, the Ministry for Ethnic Communities, and the Ministry of Disabled People. This process
aligns with the requirements and processes, which are publicly available on the Department of
the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s (DPMC) website:
https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/appointments-process. We received seven nominations from the Ministry for Women, six from the Ministry of Disabled
People, and two from the Ministry of Pacific Peoples.
The term of appointment for New Zealand Government representatives to the Tokelau
International Trust Fund is three years, commencing 1 November 2022, potentially renewable for
up to two further three-year terms.
The New Zealand Government representatives to the Tokelau International Trust Fund were
assessed as being at the upper range of Level 2 Members of a board under the “Group 4: All
Other Committees and Other Bodies” category of the Cabinet Fees Framework, as set out in
Cabinet Office circular CO (22)(2) available on the DPMC website:
https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/co-22-2-revised-fees-framework-members-appointed-
bodies-which-crown-has-interest#revised-fees-framework-for-members-appointed-to-bodies-in-
which-the-crown-has-an-interest
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Their daily rate has therefore been set at NZD$560. Actual remuneration for a meeting to be paid
at either at the full daily rate, or half the daily rate, depending on the actual time spent, including
preparation time and travel time.
Please note that it is our policy to proactively release our responses to official information
requests where possible. Therefore, our response to your request (with your personal information
removed) may be published on the Ministry website:
www.mfat.govt.nz/en/about-us/contact-
us/official-information-act-responses/ If you have any questions about this decision, you can contact us by email at:
[email address]. You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the
Ombudsman of this decision by contacting
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone
0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Sarah Corbett
for Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade
