5 November 2024
Miss W Forest
[FYI request #28763 email]
Tēnā koe,
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00068824
Thank you for your email on 17 October 2024, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for the
following under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (the Act):
‘Please provide the CV and Cover Letter of David Bunting who was involved in authoring
the Waikato memo on "English language only" as the Director of Quality and Patient Safety.
The CV and Cover letter should exist when David Bunting sought employment from
Waikato District Health Board and especially as to the clinical qualifications and making
policy decisions pertaining to patient safety.
I note that the memo is already widely published, the public has the right to know who
makes and how these decisions are made affecting the public at large and what reasons
were used to justify such decisions.’
Response
The information you have requested is personal and our employees would expect that we maintain
their privacy in such circumstances. We recognise the public interest in gaining information about
the decision in question, however we do not consider that releasing the information you have
requested achieves that.
However, a summary of the information contained in the information requested is publicly available
here. This should be considered a summary of the information requested under section 16(1)(e) of
the Act, and we are refusing the remainder of the information under section 16(2)(c) of the Act with
reference to section 9(2)(a), to protect the privacy of Mr Bunting.
How to get in touch
If you have any questions, you can contact us at
[email address].
If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the
Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at
Ombudsman New Zealand | Tari o te
Kaitiaki Mana Tangata or by phoning 0800 802 602.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Danielle Coe
Manager (OIAs) – Government Services
Office of the Chief Executive
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Health NZ, PO Box 793,
Wel ington 6140, New Zealand