April 2024
Name: T Murray
By email:
[email address] Official Information Act 1982 request – Cost of External Meetings
Dear T Murray
This letter responds to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request received by Sport New
Zealand (Sport NZ) on 17 February 2024 requesting the below information:
Can you please provide the dates and the cost of any staff meetings held at external
venues for Sports NZ and High Performance Sports NZ from 1 January 2023. For
clarification - costs should include the venue and equipment hire, and catering costs for
each meeting.
Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ do not hold information regarding all external meetings
in a readily retrievable format. To provide a full response all business units would have to go back
through all records and confirm all external meetings and assess all costings attached to that
meeting which would require substantial collation and research. Therefore, your request is partially
refused under section 18(f) of the OIA.
However, we do hold readily retrievable information for all external staff meetings and Board
meetings. The following table sets out the expenditure for all staff and board meetings costings
from 1 January 2023 to 17 February 2024. The total cost includes; catering, venue hire, equipment
and other.
Date:
Total Cost:
29-30/11/23
54,303.78
13-14/09/23
2,523.07
12-13/07/23
3,260.33
03/04/2023-
04/04/2023
3,523.88
13/02/2024
651.30
12/02/2024
1,346.85
12/12/2023
12,061.46
5/12/2023
1,090.00
21/11/2023
1,422.00
P +64 4 472 8058 Level 1, Harbour City Centre, 29 Brandon Street, Wellington 6011
PO Box 2251 Wellington 6140, New Zealand
sportnz.org.nz
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26/10/2023
1,071.50
15/08/2023
10,907.02
15/06/2023
794.32
17/05/2023
17,291.27
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with us, including this decision, please feel free to
contact
[Sport and Recreation New Zealand request email]. Kind regards,
Katy Cook Group Policy Manager
Sport NZ Ihi Aotearoa