OC240275
19 April 2024
John Luke
[FYI request #26118 email]
Tēnā koe John,
I refer to your email dated 16 March 2024, requesting the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
“May I ask how you called for public nomination and on what platform you have call for
public nominations 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
for your role. How many you have shortlisted and how many you have interviewed.
What is the fees for this Chairperson role.”
The original timeframe for responding to your request was 16 April 2024. This was extended
to 19 April 2024 in accordance with section 15A(1)(b) of the Act.
The table below outlines the Ministry of Transport’s (the Ministry) response to each part of
your request. Please note that the Minister of Transport is responsible for appointing the
New Zealand Transport Agency Chair and the Ministry facilitates the appointments process
on his behalf.
Requested Information
Response
How you called for public
On behalf of the Minister of Transport, the Ministry sought nominations
nominations and on what
through public advertisement on Treasury’s appointments database and on
platform
our LinkedIn page. We also sought nominations from Te Puni Kōkiri,
Ministry for Pacific Peoples, Ministry for Women, Ministry for Ethnic
Communities and Whaikaha – Ministry of Disabled People.
The Minister of Transport also sought nominations from his caucus
colleagues and coalition partners.
How many applications you
Fifty-five nominations were received in total. Of those, one was endorsed
have received from the public
by the Ministry for Ethnic Communities and the rest of them were received
and how many you have
from the wider public.
received from nominating
agencies
How many you have shortlisted
The Ministry recommended that four candidates were shortlisted for an
interview.
How many you have interviewed The Minister agreed that al four shortlisted candidates be interviewed.
What is the fee for the Chair
$78,540 per annum.
person
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Nāku noa, nā
Harriet Shelton
Manager, Crown Entity Monitoring
