MANATU
HAUORA
MINISTRY or HEALTH
133 Molesworth Street
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
T +64 4 496 2000
13 March 2024
John Luke
By em ail: f yi-request-25896-e3f 6a0f 4@req uests.f y i.org. nz
Ref:
H2024036697
Tena koe John
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Ministry of
Health - Manat0 Hauora (the Ministry) on 26 February 2024 for information regarding the recent
request for nominations for the Mental Health Review Tribunal. Each part of your request is
copied and responded to below:
I noted, you have recently call for nomination for your member role.
https://www.health.govt.nz/new-zealand-health-system/key-health-sector-organisations
and-peoplelmental-health-review-tribunal
May I ask how you called for public nomination and on what platform you have call for
public nominations e.g. govt.jobs website.
The advertisement was listed on a number of platforms including the Ministry's intranet, Ministry
of Health careers website, NZ Govt Jobs website, RANZCP Job Hub (for psychiatrists), the NZ
Law Society (for lawyers), Seek and Linkedln.
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 for each
of your role,
We received a total of 59 applications. This included 30 applications for the community member
role, 21 for the lawyer member role, and 8 for the psychiatrist member role.
Please note, we did not approach other government agencies for nominees as we advertised
the positions publicly.
I understand you have call for both community member role and none- community
member role.
Yes, I can confirm we advertised for community member roles, psychiatrist member roles and
lawyer member roles.