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info@tepūkenga.ac.nz
tepūkenga.ac.nz
19 January 2024
John Luke
By email:
[FYI request #24956 email]
Tēnā koe John
Request under the Official Information Act 1982 – Air NZ and NMIT ǀ Te Pūkenga
I refer to your email of 30 November 2023 sent to the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC)
requesting information about a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Nelson
Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) ǀ Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skil s and
Technology and Air New Zealand (Air NZ).
Your request was transferred to NMIT ǀ Te Pūkenga on 1 December 2023.
You provided a weblink to an Event Backgrounder that the TEC prepared for the former Minister of
Education’s attendance at a signing ceremony in Blenheim
: www.tec.govt.nz/assets/Ministerial-
papers/E-23-00724-MoU-signing-ceremony-event-for-Air-NZ-and-NMIT-in-Blenhiem-Response-
Signed.pdf and requested:
.. the full copy of this MOU mentioned within the document.
This letter provides a formal decision on your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA).
The decision
A copy of the MoU between NMIT ǀ Te Pūkenga and Air NZ is attached at
Appendix One. Kaimahi
(staff) names, contact details and signatures have been withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the OIA to
protect the privacy of natural persons. We do not believe the need to withhold this information is
outweighed by the public interest in its release.
You have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the OIA if you are
not happy with this response. Information about how to do this is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by cal ing 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi
Andrew McSweeney
Tumuaki Taupua | Acting Chief Executive
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