Dear Ruby,

 

As consultations necessary to make a decision on your request are such
that a response cannot reasonably be given within the original time limit,
the University has extended the time limit for your request under section
15A(1)(b) of the OIA. The new maximum time limit for the University’s
response is 9 July 2024; we will respond to your request as soon as
reasonably practicable. You have the right to make a complaint to an
Ombudsman if you are dissatisfied with this extension.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Landon Watt

Legal Advisor

Office of the Vice-Chancellor

Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland  

 

 

From: Ruby Walsh <[1][FOI #26628 email]>
Sent: Sunday, May 5, 2024 2:03 PM
To: legal <[2][University of Auckland request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Summary of financial relations
with Israel

 

Dear University of Auckland,

I am writing today on behalf of Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa in
order to make a request for the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982.

We would prefer the information to be submitted in a searchable format,
though this is not mandatory.

For your convenience, we have split the request into two sections:
financial and academic.

Financial information we would like to request:
1.The details of any form of funding (including endowments, investments,
and donations) moving from the University of Auckland to any Israeli owned
or based, public or private entities (including businesses, companies,
corporations, organisations, and charities). The specific information we
are requesting includes:
a) The name of each entity.
b) The total amount paid by the University of Auckland to each entity in
the last five years (from May 1st 2019 to May 1st 2024), and the dates
they were paid on.
c) If the payments from the University of Auckland to each entity are
regular or scheduled in any way.
2. The details of any form of funding (including endowments, investments,
and donations) moving from the University of Auckland to any individuals
that are known to be currently residing in Israel. The specific
information we are requesting includes:
a) The name(s) of each individual.
b) The total amount paid by the University of Auckland to each individual
in the last five years (from May 1st 2019 to May 1st 2024), and the dates
they were paid on.
c) If the payments from the University of Auckland to each individual are
regular or scheduled in any way.
3. The details of any form of funding (including endowments, investments,
and donations) moving from the University of Auckland to any of the
following: Obela Hummus, Sodastream, HP (Hewlett-Packard), BP (British
Petroleum), SIEMENS, Caltex, RocketLabs and McDonalds. The specific
information we are requesting includes:
a) The total amount paid by the University of Auckland to each company in
the last five years (from May 1st 2019 to May 1st 2024), and the dates
they were paid on.
b) If the payments from the University of Auckland to each company are
regular or scheduled in any way.
4. The details of any non-financial relationships (including educational
schemes, recruitment, promotional activities, and apprenticeships) between
the University of Auckland and any of the following: Obela Hummus,
Sodastream, HP (Hewlett-Packard), BP (British Petroleum), SIEMENS, Caltex,
RocketLabs and McDonalds. The specific information we are requesting
includes:
a) The nature of any current non-relationship between the University of
Auckland and each company, including:
b) The name of the agreement/scheme/relationship.
c) What the agreement/scheme/relationship permits each of the
aforementioned companies to do on campus.
5. The details of any form of funding (including endowments, investments,
and donations) moving from the University of Auckland to any of the
following universities: Technichron - Israel Institute of Technology,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Weizmann Institute of Science, Bar-Ilan
University, Tel Aviv University, University of Haifa, Ben-Gurion
University of Negev, Open University of Israel, Ariel University, and
Reichman University. The specific information we are requesting includes:
a) The total amount paid by the University of Auckland to each university,
in the last five years (from May 1st 2019 to May 1st 2024), and the dates
they were paid on.
b) If the payments from the University of Auckland to each university are
regular or scheduled in any way.

Academic requests:
1. The details of any schemes or programs that allow students to study at,
visit, or be hosted by the University of Auckland from any of the
following universities: Technichron - Israel Institute of Technology,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Weizmann Institute of Science, Bar-Ilan
University, Tel Aviv University, University of Haifa, Ben-Gurion
University of Negev, Open University of Israel, Ariel University, and
Reichman University. The specific information we are requesting includes:
a) The name of each scheme (if applicable).
b) What each scheme entails.
c) The universities that the scheme covers.
d) The number of students from each of the aforementioned universities
that visited in the academic year of 2023.
e) The number of students from each of the aforementioned universities
that visited in the academic year of 2024.
2. The details of any schemes that allow for university staff (including
academic, administrative, or managing staff) to visit or be hosted by the
University of Auckland from the following universities: Technichron -
Israel Institute of Technology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv University, University
of Haifa, Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Open University of Israel, Ariel
University, and Reichman University. The specific information we are
requesting includes:
a) The name of each scheme (if applicable).
b) The number of staff members from any of the aforementioned universities
that have visited the University of Auckland in the academic year of 2023.
c) The number of staff members from any of the aforementioned universities
that have visited the University of Auckland in the academic year of 2024.

If you would like reasonable assistance with the request, please get in
contact.

Ngā mihi,
Ruby Walsh (she/her).

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Dear Ruby,

 

I refer to your request of 5 May 2024. The University’s response follows.

 

“1.The details of any form of funding (including endowments, investments,
and donations) moving from the University of Auckland to any Israeli owned
or based, public or private entities (including businesses, companies,
corporations, organisations, and charities).”

 

The University does not have any partnerships with the State of Israel and
its public entities, except a Letter of Understanding for general academic
collaboration between the Faculty of Science and the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, which runs until 2025. The University does not fund the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem. The University does not have a list of Israeli
owned or based private entities. This part of your request is partially
refused under section 18(g) of the OIA.

 

“2. The details of any form of funding (including endowments, investments,
and donations) moving from the University of Auckland to any individuals
that are known to be currently residing in Israel”

 

The University does not hold a list of individuals “known to be currently
residing in Israel”.  This part of your request is refused under section
18(g) of the OIA.

“3. The details of any form of funding (including endowments, investments,
and donations) moving from the University of Auckland to any of the
following: Obela Hummus, Sodastream, HP (Hewlett-Packard), BP (British
Petroleum), SIEMENS, Caltex, RocketLabs and McDonalds.”

 

The University does not have any investments or make endowments or
donations to companies.

 

“4. The details of any non-financial relationships (including educational
schemes, recruitment, promotional activities, and apprenticeships) between
the University of Auckland and any of the following: Obela Hummus,
Sodastream, HP (Hewlett-Packard), BP (British Petroleum), SIEMENS, Caltex,
RocketLabs and McDonalds.”

 

The term “non-financial relationships” is unworkably broad. The University
is not a recruitment agent and does not provide apprenticeships. In
respect of Rocket Lab, as stated on the University’s website
([1]https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2021/...):

 

“Te Pūnaha Ātea-Auckland Space Institute, based at the University of
Auckland, has joined with Rocket Lab and a team of the country’s leading
atmospheric and remote-sensing researchers on New Zealand’s first space
mission funded by the Government”.

 

See also [2]https://apss.space.auckland.ac.nz/ and
[3]https://www.mbie.govt.nz/science-and-tec....
This part of your request is partially refused under section 18(d) of the
OIA.

 

“5. The details of any form of funding (including endowments, investments,
and donations) moving from the University of Auckland to any of the
following universities: Technichron - Israel Institute of Technology,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Weizmann Institute of Science, Bar-Ilan
University, Tel Aviv University, University of Haifa, Ben-Gurion
University of Negev, Open University of Israel, Ariel University, and
Reichman University.”

 

See the response to question 1, above.

“1. The details of any schemes or programs that allow students to study
at, visit, or be hosted by the University of Auckland from any of the
following universities: Technichron - Israel Institute of Technology,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Weizmann Institute of Science, Bar-Ilan
University, Tel Aviv University, University of Haifa, Ben-Gurion
University of Negev, Open University of Israel, Ariel University, and
Reichman University.”
“2. The details of any schemes that allow for university staff (including
academic, administrative, or managing staff) to visit or be hosted by the
University of Auckland from the following universities: Technichron -
Israel Institute of Technology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv University, University
of Haifa, Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Open University of Israel, Ariel
University, and Reichman University.”

 

The University of Auckland does not have any such schemes. Information
about the University’s global partnerships is publicly available on our
website at
[4]https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about-us/a....

 

You have the right to make a complaint to an Ombudsman if you are
dissatisfied with this response.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Landon Watt
Legal Advisor
Office of the Vice-Chancellor

Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland  

 

 

From: Landon Watt <[5][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 9:11 PM
To: [6][FOI #26628 email]
Cc: legal <[7][email address]>
Subject: RE: 2024-OIA-0097-Walsh

 

Dear Ruby,

 

As consultations necessary to make a decision on your request are such
that a response cannot reasonably be given within the original time
limit, the University has extended the time limit for your request under
section 15A(1)(b) of the OIA. The new maximum time limit for the
University’s response is 9 July 2024; we will respond to your request as
soon as reasonably practicable. You have the right to make a complaint
to an Ombudsman if you are dissatisfied with this extension.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Landon Watt

Legal Advisor

Office of the Vice-Chancellor

Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland  

 

 

From: Ruby Walsh <[8][FOI #26628 email]>
Sent: Sunday, May 5, 2024 2:03 PM
To: legal <[9][University of Auckland request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Summary of financial relations
with Israel

 

Dear University of Auckland,

I am writing today on behalf of Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa in
order to make a request for the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982.

We would prefer the information to be submitted in a searchable format,
though this is not mandatory.

For your convenience, we have split the request into two sections:
financial and academic.

Financial information we would like to request:
1.The details of any form of funding (including endowments, investments,
and donations) moving from the University of Auckland to any Israeli
owned or based, public or private entities (including businesses,
companies, corporations, organisations, and charities). The specific
information we are requesting includes:
a) The name of each entity.
b) The total amount paid by the University of Auckland to each entity in
the last five years (from May 1st 2019 to May 1st 2024), and the dates
they were paid on.
c) If the payments from the University of Auckland to each entity are
regular or scheduled in any way.
2. The details of any form of funding (including endowments,
investments, and donations) moving from the University of Auckland to
any individuals that are known to be currently residing in Israel. The
specific information we are requesting includes:
a) The name(s) of each individual.
b) The total amount paid by the University of Auckland to each
individual in the last five years (from May 1st 2019 to May 1st 2024),
and the dates they were paid on.
c) If the payments from the University of Auckland to each individual
are regular or scheduled in any way.
3. The details of any form of funding (including endowments,
investments, and donations) moving from the University of Auckland to
any of the following: Obela Hummus, Sodastream, HP (Hewlett-Packard), BP
(British Petroleum), SIEMENS, Caltex, RocketLabs and McDonalds. The
specific information we are requesting includes:
a) The total amount paid by the University of Auckland to each company
in the last five years (from May 1st 2019 to May 1st 2024), and the
dates they were paid on.
b) If the payments from the University of Auckland to each company are
regular or scheduled in any way.
4. The details of any non-financial relationships (including educational
schemes, recruitment, promotional activities, and apprenticeships)
between the University of Auckland and any of the following: Obela
Hummus, Sodastream, HP (Hewlett-Packard), BP (British Petroleum),
SIEMENS, Caltex, RocketLabs and McDonalds. The specific information we
are requesting includes:
a) The nature of any current non-relationship between the University of
Auckland and each company, including:
b) The name of the agreement/scheme/relationship.
c) What the agreement/scheme/relationship permits each of the
aforementioned companies to do on campus.
5. The details of any form of funding (including endowments,
investments, and donations) moving from the University of Auckland to
any of the following universities: Technichron - Israel Institute of
Technology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Weizmann Institute of
Science, Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv University, University of Haifa,
Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Open University of Israel, Ariel
University, and Reichman University. The specific information we are
requesting includes:
a) The total amount paid by the University of Auckland to each
university, in the last five years (from May 1st 2019 to May 1st 2024),
and the dates they were paid on.
b) If the payments from the University of Auckland to each university
are regular or scheduled in any way.

Academic requests:
1. The details of any schemes or programs that allow students to study
at, visit, or be hosted by the University of Auckland from any of the
following universities: Technichron - Israel Institute of Technology,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Weizmann Institute of Science, Bar-Ilan
University, Tel Aviv University, University of Haifa, Ben-Gurion
University of Negev, Open University of Israel, Ariel University, and
Reichman University. The specific information we are requesting
includes:
a) The name of each scheme (if applicable).
b) What each scheme entails.
c) The universities that the scheme covers.
d) The number of students from each of the aforementioned universities
that visited in the academic year of 2023.
e) The number of students from each of the aforementioned universities
that visited in the academic year of 2024.
2. The details of any schemes that allow for university staff (including
academic, administrative, or managing staff) to visit or be hosted by
the University of Auckland from the following universities: Technichron
- Israel Institute of Technology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Weizmann Institute of Science, Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv University,
University of Haifa, Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Open University of
Israel, Ariel University, and Reichman University. The specific
information we are requesting includes:
a) The name of each scheme (if applicable).
b) The number of staff members from any of the aforementioned
universities that have visited the University of Auckland in the
academic year of 2023.
c) The number of staff members from any of the aforementioned
universities that have visited the University of Auckland in the
academic year of 2024.

If you would like reasonable assistance with the request, please get in
contact.

Ngā mihi,
Ruby Walsh (she/her).

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