22 April 2024
J Bythell
[FYI request #26340 email]
Mālō ‘e lelei J Bythell
RESPONSE TO AN OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT REQUEST (REF: DOIA055-2023/24)
On 6 April 2024, you contacted the Ministry for Pacific Peoples (the Ministry) requesting under
the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), information relating to the Ministry’s financial
appropriation and restructure. I have outlined your specific requests and my responses below.
1. Is your department at risk of overspending its financial appropriation this year? If it is yes:
a. all correspondence with and information supplied to Treasury about this
b. all correspondence with and information supplied to your Minister and your Minister’s
office about this
c. all correspondence with and information supplied to the Public Services Commission
about this
d. all correspondence with and information supplied to the Auditor-General or his office
about this
e. al papers to or considered by your leadership team about this
f. all papers to or considered by your risk and audit committee about this
g. all papers to or considered by any other of your governance groups about this
I can confirm that the Ministry is not at risk of overspending against its appropriations.
2. Have you set aside an allowance in this financial year for redundancies or other costs of
restructuring? a. If so, how much is that allowance? b. If not, do you anticipate any costs for these in this financial year?
In response to the Government’s fiscal sustainability goals for agencies to identify savings, the
Ministry is working through options with staff which include significant changes to our
organisational structure. Accordingly, the Ministry plans to manage redundancies and
restructure changes by incurring costs within its current appropriated baseline.
Wellington (National Office)
Auckland
Christchurch
Level 1, ASB House
9 Ronwood Ave, Manukau
Level 1, BNZ Centre
101-103 The Terrace
PO Box 97005
120 Hereford St
PO Box 833, Wellington 6140
South Auckland Mail Centre 2240
Private Bag 4741
Ph: 04 473 4493
Ph: 09 265 3200
Christchurch 8011
Fax: 04 473 4301
Fax: 09 265 3202
Fax: 03 353 9499
As this work is currently under active consideration, I am withholding all information relating to
the current organisational change under section 9(2)(f)(iv) to maintain the constitutional
conventions that protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and officials. I am
satisfied that there are no other public interest considerations that render it desirable to make
the information withheld under section 9 of the OIA available.
In line with standard OIA practice, the Ministry proactively publishes some of its responses to
OIA requests. As such, this letter may be published on the Ministry for Pacific Peoples’ website.
Your personal details will be removed, and the Ministry will not publish any information that
would identify you or your organisation.
Should you wish to discuss this response with us, please feel free to contact the Ministry at:
[email address]. If you are dissatisfied with this response, you have the right, under section 28(3) of the OIA, to
seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a
complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Mālō ‘aupito
Danilo Coelho de Almeida
Deputy Secretary
Corporate Services
