Office of the Vice-Chancellor
The University of Waikato
Phone +64 7 837 9472
Private Bag 3105
www.waikato.ac.nz
Hamilton 3240
New Zealand
15 November 2024
Miss W Forest
Email: [email address]
Dear Miss Forest,
Official Information request – 2020 report submissions
I refer to your request for official information of 17 October 2024 in which you have requested the
following information:
“(a) Plan of action that was said to be developed after the Gardiner-Parata review and (b) Taskforce membership
panel structure and (c) Minutes of this Taskforce and (d) Reports by the Taskforce”.
Under the Official Information Act 1982 (Act) the University of Waikato (University) has considered
your request and responds as follows.
1. The University refuses your request for the information referred to in questions a) and b) under
section 18(d) of the Act as the information is publicly available at
https://www.waikato.ac.nz/about/major-projects/the-taskforce/.
2. The University refuses your request for minutes of the Taskforce under section 18(e) of the Act as
the document alleged to contain the information does not exist.
3. The University refuses your request for reports by the Taskforce under section 18(d) of the Act
as the information is publicly available at
https://www.waikato.ac.nz/about/governance/docs/annual-report/#downloads.
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
Jim Mercer
Chief Operating Officer