Dear K Jack,

 

I refer to your request of 18 October 2024.  We apologise for the delay in
our response.  The University’s response follows.

 

“The percentage at which annual student tuition fees, the student levy,
and the Vice-chancellor's salary respectively have been raised for each
year from 2018-2024 (including the raises for 2025 recently decided on in
council meeting 09/10/2024)”

 

The actual amount of the student levy, the Vice-chancellor's salary, and
the average annual tuition fee each year from 2018-2024 (including the new
amounts for 2025 recently decided on in council meeting 09/10/2024)”.

 

The University’s Council holds a fees-setting meeting in October each
year. Documents for the proposed Compulsory Student Services Fee (CSSF)
(which you refer to as the “student levy”) and proposed domestic and
international fees are included in the agenda documents for those
meetings. Council’s minutes record its decisions on the CSSF and tuition
fees and are publicly available on the University’s website here for
2019-2025:
[1]https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about-us/a....
These documents provide you with the University’s domestic tuition fees
and CSSF for 2020-2025. Percentage increases are either directly provided
in these documents or derivable from the information in them. I note that
at the time of your request, the minutes for the October 2024 fees-setting
meeting had not been approved, as these are approved at the following
meeting (which is held in December).  As of today, the online archive
holds agenda and minutes for all Council meetings from 2019-2024.  This
constitutes a partial refusal of your request under section 18(d) of the
Official Information Act 1982.

 

We have attached the agenda, relevant agenda papers, and minutes for
Council’s fee-setting meetings for 2017 and 2018. These documents provide
you with the University’s domestic tuition fees and CSSF for 2018-2019.
Percentage increases are either directly provided in these documents or
derivable from the information in them.

 

Although it isn’t clear what figure you intend to request as the “average
annual tuition fee”, averages can be derived from the detailed information
provided in Council’s fee-setting meeting documents.

 

The Vice-Chancellor’s salary is published at
[2]https://www.publicservice.govt.nz/system....
This constitutes a partial refusal of your request under section 18(d) of
the Official Information Act 1982.

 

“All communications (including but not limited to meeting minutes and
agendas) from the offices of senior management and council members
regarding actual or proposed student tuition fee, student levy, and
Vice-chancellor salary increases between 2020-present.”

 

The University cannot provide the requested information it holds without
substantial collation or research and your request is refused under
section 18(f) of the Official information Act 1982. The agenda documents
and minutes provided to you are detailed records of the University’s
decision-making on tuition fees and the CSSF. If you wish to make a more
targeted request for documents after reviewing that material the
University will respond to it under the Official Information Act.

 

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  

 

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From: K Jack <[3][FOI #28809 email]>

Sent: Friday, 18 October 2024 3:03 pm

To: legal <[4][University of Auckland request email]>

Subject: Official Information request - Student fee, levy, and management
salary increases

 

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Kia ora University of Auckland,

 

Please provide:

- The percentage at which annual student tuition fees, the student levy,
and the Vice-chancellor's salary respectively have been raised for each
year from 2018-2024 (including the raises for 2025 recently decided on in
council meeting 09/10/2024)

- The actual amount of the student levy, the Vice-chancellor's salary, and
the average annual tuition fee each year from 2018-2024 (including the new
amounts for 2025 recently decided on in council meeting 09/10/2024)

- All communications (including but not limited to meeting minutes and
agendas) from the offices of senior management and council members
regarding actual or proposed student tuition fee, student levy, and
Vice-chancellor salary increases between 2020-present.

 

Please provide this information in an accessible, searchable format.

 

I understand that a decision on a request for information under the OIA
should be made within 20 working days of receiving that request. If you
require any further information from me, please let me know as soon as
possible.

 

Ngā mihi

 

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