30 September 2024
Mitchel matchbox
By email
: [FYI request #28295 email]
Dear Mitchel matchbox
Official Information Act request OIA 24.145
I refer to the Official Information Act (the Act) request dated 2 September 2024 for information relating to
Executive Deans of the Faculty of Law at the University of Canterbury (UC). You have specifical y requested.
Can I request the names and dates of their tenure, for the Executive Deans of the UC Faculty of Law going back
as far as possible, preferably back to 1873.
The role of Amo Matua I Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law has been held by three individuals. Professor
John Page from 9 January 2022 to 28 April 2023. Professor Karen Scott was the Acting Executive Director from
1 May 2023 to 2 February 2024. Professor Petra Butler is the incumbent Amo Matua I Executive Dean and has
been in the role from 5 February 2024.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about
how to make a complaint is available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Information and Records Management
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