Reviews of Health-Related Programs
Rodney Parsons made this Official Information request to Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology
Response to this request is long overdue. By law Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology should have responded by now (details and exceptions). The requester can complain to the Ombudsman.
From: Rodney Parsons
Dear Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology,
A number of reviews have been taken of health programs taught at Te Pukenga since the formation. Please provide these reports, including the recent reports at Whitireia, WelTec and UniTec
Yours faithfully,
Rodney Parsons
From: OIA
Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology
Kia ora Rodney
Thank you for your email below, dated 20 October 2024, requesting
information from Te Pûkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and
Technology.
As per section 12(2) of the Official Information Act any request for
information needs to be specified with due particularity.
As of 1 January 2023, all 16 of New Zealand’s provider-based Institutes of
Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) subsidiaries and more than eight
Industry Training Organisations (also previously known as Transitional
Industry Training Organisations or TITOs) officially became one entity,
operating as Te Pûkenga. The former ITPs and TITOs operate as business
divisions of Te Pûkenga. You can find our full network through our website
at: [1]www.tepûkenga.ac.nz/our-work/our-network/.
As you can imagine there is a vast amount of ‘health programmes’ and
courses taught across Te Pûkenga. Unfortunately, we are not able to
ascertain from your email which health programmes across our business
divisions your request is related to, nor identify what information is
being requested.
Noting your specific reference to Unitec and Whitireia and WelTec, we
approached these three business divisions, however, the teams were not
able to identify the reports you are requesting.
We require more detail to assist us to identify what you are interested
in.
Please can you let us know which specific reports you are interested in
from Unitec, Whitireia and WelTec – via the titles of the reviews you
refer to and the date of the reviews/reports?
The more detail you can provide the better. Once we receive detailed
information and understand what information you are seeking, we can begin
to process your request.
Ngâ mihi
Cat
Office of the Chief Executive
Level 2, Wintec House
Cnr Anglesea & Nisbet Streets
Hamilton 3204
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[2]tepûkenga.ac.nz
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From: Rodney Parsons
Dear OIA,
Please provide any reviews of nursing, midwifery or paramedicine, from Whitirereia and WelTec, undertaken within the last year.
Yours sincerely,
Rodney Parsons
From: OIA
Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology
Kia ora Rodney
Thank you for your reply providing further details about your information
request.
Your request is being considered under the Official Information Act 1982.
You can expect a decision on your request within 20 working days.
Ngâ mihi
Cat
Office of the Chief Executive
Level 2, Wintec House
Cnr Anglesea & Nisbet Streets
Hamilton 3204
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[1]tepûkenga.ac.nz
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From: OIA
Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology
Kia ora Rodney
Please see attached Te Pûkenga response to your request for information
dated 20 October and clarified on 24 October 2024.
Ngâ mihi
Cat
Office of the Chief Executive
Level 2, Wintec House
Cnr Anglesea & Nisbet Streets
Hamilton 3204
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[1]tepûkenga.ac.nz
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From: Rodney Parsons
Dear Cat,
To further assist with your enquiries, below is an excerpt from the introduction of the executive summary. As you can see, this report refers to Dr Ivil and Ms Haggerty. Please provide both the executive summary and full report:
"This project was initiated by the Whitireia WelTec (WW) Director Teaching and Learning and the Head of School
Health and Wellbeing with the aim to ensure the current Paramedic programme suite provision aligns effectively
both with suitable pathways into the programmes and with appropriate employment pathways, meets the needs
of ākonga who enrol and the industry sector the programmes serve, provides the necessary learning
environment, and is operationally viable and sustainable.
The work began with the following questions:
• What specific programmes are involved, how do they fit together, general entry requirements, any
progression arrangements i.e. pathways available through flexible learning and recognition of prior
learning?
• What is the value proposition these programmes provide for Whitireia WelTec, for the ākonga who
enrol in them, and for the industry sector employers?
• What contractual/other relationships with external stakeholders are involved and how are these
managed?
• How are these programmes delivered and managed? What challenges and issues do they face?
• What is known about the possible future Health landscape that would be useful for WW future
planning?
Two Teaching and Learning project managers were appointed to manage the work of gathering and analysing
information and feedback and to produce a report with recommendations for the future."
Yours sincerely,
Rodney Parsons
From: OIA
Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology
Kia ora Rodney
Thank you for your email, dated 12 November 2024, requesting further
information from Whitireia and WelTec ǀ Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute
of Skills and Technology.
Your query is being considered as a new request under the Official
information Act 1982.
You can expect a decision on your request within 20 working days, by 10
December 2024.
Ngā mihi
Cat
Office of the Chief Executive
Level 2, Wintec House
Cnr Anglesea & Nisbet Streets
Hamilton 3204
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[1]tepūkenga.ac.nz
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From: Rodney Parsons
Dear Cat,
Can you please clarify, I'm sure you must mean that you're extending the existing OIA request for which this provides further clarification of.
Yours sincerely,
Rodney Parsons
From: OIA
Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology
Kia ora Rodney
As a decision has already been provided in response to your previous OIA
request (our letter dated 12 November 2024) that request has been closed.
We are considering your emailed reply containing a request for the
executive summary and full report of a specific project, for which you
quote an introductory excerpt from, as a new request received 12 November.
You can expect a decision on your request within 20 working days, by 10
December, but please be assured we will provide a response prior to this
date if at all possible.
Ngā mihi
Cat
Office of the Chief Executive
Level 2, Wintec House
Cnr Anglesea & Nisbet Streets
Hamilton 3204
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From: Rodney Parsons
Dear Cat,
You misunderstand. It's clear that you had the information I requested, but stated that you did not. Rather than immediately progress a concern about that to the Ombudsman, I've provided clarification of one of the specific things that I'm requesting, that I know that you have.
Please clarify whether you would prefer to continue to treat the clarification as a second request or as a clarification of the first. In the case of the former, I will be notifying the ombudsman that you held the information but declined the request.
Yours sincerely,
Rodney Parsons
From: OIA
Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology
Kia ora Rodney
We have noted you consider this request as further clarification of your
previous request, and therefore subject to the same response timeframe as
the previous request.
The Ombudsman’s guidelines state that amended or clarified requests can be
treated as a new request that replaces the original one (specifically
pages 13 and 14):
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/resources/oia-ministers-and-agencies-guide-processing-official-information-requests
On this basis we will continue to treat this as a new request.
Ngâ mihi
Cat
Office of the Chief Executive
Level 2, Wintec House
Cnr Anglesea & Nisbet Streets
Hamilton 3204
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[2]tepûkenga.ac.nz
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From: Rodney Parsons
Dear OIA,
Thank you, the Ombudsman guidelines also allow me to dispute your decision, which I will do.
Yours sincerely,
Rodney Parsons
From: OIA
Te Pūkenga—New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology
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Kia ora Rodney
Please see attached a notification of extension from Te Pūkenga regarding
your request for information dated 12 November 2024.
Ngā mihi
Cat
Office of the Chief Executive
Level 2, Wintec House
Cnr Anglesea & Nisbet Streets
Hamilton 3204
—
[1]tepūkenga.ac.nz
Important Notice: This is an e-mail from Te Pūkenga. Any opinions stated
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From: Rodney Parsons
Dear Cat,
As per my previous request, the data requested exists and falls squarely within the OIA request.
I've referred the treatment of the clarification as a new request, to the ombudsman, because it appears distinctly as though Te Pukenga are delaying the release of information which you know you have, and that is official information.
This subsequent delay reinforces the appearance that Te Pukenga is delaying. I will be requesting all documentation related to the request, as well as referring this further delay to the ombudsman.
Yours sincerely,
Rodney Parsons
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