24 January 2024
John Luke
[FYI request #25045 email]
REF: DOIA-2324-0403
Tēnā koe John
Thank you for your email of 6 December 2023 to the Ministry for Ethnic Communities (the
Ministry) requesting the fol owing information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act):
…Can you please supply the title of all your internal polices, I don't need the actual
policy documents, just the name list of your current policies. e.g. privacy policy,
compliant policy etc…
In response to your request, it is important to note that the Ministry is a departmental
agency of the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), and as such, Ministry policies are in line
with those of DIA. Please see the attached Appendix which lists all DIA policies that the
Ministry adheres to.
The Ministry also has four additional internal policies, listed below:
• Media Policy
• Social Media Policy
• Wellbeing, Health and Safety Policy
• COVID-19 Vaccination Policy.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of our response
to your request. Information about how to contact the Ombudsman’s office is available at:
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone: 0800 802 602.
Please note, due to the public interest in our work, the Ministry may publish responses to
requests for official information on our website, 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].
Ngā mihi
Edward Firth
Director of Ministerial Services
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Appendix: DIA Policy names
Organisational Capability and Services
Māori, Strategy
& Performance
Finance
Human Resources
Workplace Services
Asset Accounting
A l owances Policy
Business Continuity Management A ssurance Policy
P olicy
P olicy
Asset Management
C
OVID-19 Policy
Digital Information Protection
D
elegations Policy
P olicy
P olicy
Cash Receipts and
D
isciplinary Policy
Health and Safety Contractor
Information
Accounts Receivable
Mana
gement Policy
G
athering Policy
P olicy
Foreign Exchange
Employee Assistance
Health and Safety Employee
Managing
P olicy
P rogramme Policy
P articipation Policy
W
rongdoing Policy
Mot
or Vehicle Policy Gifts and Hospitality
Health and Safety Emergency
Risk Management
P olicy
Mana
gement Policy
P olicy
P rocurement Policy
J ob Evaluation Policy Health and Safety Hazard
Mana
gement Policy
Purchasing and
Leav
e Policy
Health and Safety Incident
Paying for Goods
Response and Investigation
and
Services Policy
P olicy
Sensitive
Managing
Health and Safety Information
E xpenditure Policy
Unacceptable
T raining and Supervision Policy
B ehaviour Policy
T ravel Policy
P arental Leave Policy ICT Access Control and
Mana
gement Policy
Performance
Inf
ormation Management Policy
Impr
ovement Policy
Performance Planning P rivacy Policy
and
Review Policy
Personal Grievance
Proactive Release of DIA
P olicy
Inf
ormation Policy
R
ecruitment Policy
S ecure ICT Assets Policy
R
emuneration Policy
S ecurity Classification Policy
Sa
fe Driving Policy
Wellbeing Health and Safety
P olicy
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