Tēnā koe Matthew,

Thank you for your email received 6 May 2024, under the Official Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate officials at National Office to respond.

Ngā manaakitanga,

Official and Parliamentary Information Team | Ministerial and Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to help themselves to be safe, strong and independent
Ko ta mātou he whakamana tangata kia tū haumaru, kia tū kaha, kia tū motuhake

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From: Matthew <[FOI #26645 email]>
Sent: Monday, May 6, 2024 4:49 PM
To: OIA_Requests (MSD) <[MSD request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Cost of Cultural Specialists

Dear Ministry of Social Development,

I understand that your employing a team of cultural specialists/advisors in your organisation. With respect to this group, could you supply me:

a) Total amount of Remuneration paid to this group

b) Total number of projects that were assigned or opened by this team since 1 October 2020

c) out of the ones that were opened, the total number of projects that were completed by this team

d) evidence or results from projects completed by this team that shows how there projects improved services at WINZ for beneficiaries

Yours faithfully,

Matthew

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Tēnā koe Matthew,

We refer to your below request made to the Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).

Your request is broad in scope and is likely to be refused under section 18(f) of the Act as substantial manual collation and research would be required to provide the information requested.

As such, we are asking you to clarify your request for information. Are you wanting cultural information, for instance the Ministry's organisational or strategic culture or are you wanting information from an ethnicity in the Ministry, lens.

If you can please clarify your request by 17 May 2024. Please note that once you have refined your request, under section 15(1AA) of the Act, the Ministry will treat your refined request as a new request that replaces the original request. This restarts the 20-working day response period. This is required to ensure that the Ministry has enough time to process your request.

If you do not refine your request, the Ministry will proceed with your original request. Please note that this is likely to result in a partial refusal of your original request.

Please confirm whether you agree with the refinement proposed.

Ngā mihi,

Celia

Official Information team | Ministerial and Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to be safe, strong and independent.
Manaaki Tangata, Manaaki Whānau.

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew <[FOI #26645 email]>
Sent: Monday, May 6, 2024 4:49 PM
To: OIA_Requests (MSD) <[MSD request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Cost of Cultural Specialists

Dear Ministry of Social Development,

I understand that your employing a team of cultural specialists/advisors in your organisation. With respect to this group, could you supply me:

a) Total amount of Remuneration paid to this group

b) Total number of projects that were assigned or opened by this team since 1 October 2020

c) out of the ones that were opened, the total number of projects that were completed by this team

d) evidence or results from projects completed by this team that shows how there projects improved services at WINZ for beneficiaries

Yours faithfully,

Matthew

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #26645 email]

Is [MSD request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to Ministry of Social Development? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA page.

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Tçnâ koe Matthew,

 

Please find attached the Ministry’s response to your Official Information
Act request.

 

Nâ mâtou noa, nâ

 

Official Information Team  |  Ministerial and Executive Services

Ministry of Social Development

 

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to be safe, strong and independent
Manaaki Tangata, Manaaki Whânau

 

This email and any attachments may contain information that is
confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended
recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this
email and attachments is prohibited. If you have received this email in
error please notify the author immediately and erase all copies of the
email and attachments. The Ministry of Social Development accepts no
responsibility for changes made to this message or attachments after
transmission from the Ministry.