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Kia ora

 

We’ve received your official information request.

 

On 06 June 2025 you sent us a request for the following official
information:

 

In a previous OIA request you have detailed stationary costs as $90,264
over a 12-month period to April 2023.Under the OIA please provide RBNZ's
stationary costs for the period of January 1st 2024 to December 2024.

Please provide the current number of Full-time employees as of February
10th 2025.

Please provide how many FTE's paid for extra leave in the 2023, 2024.

Given the current government's focus on staff returning to the office,
please detail how many staff, if any applied to work from home in 2023 and
2024.

Please detail how many staff requests to work from home were denied in
2023 and 2024.

Please detail how many if any staff currently work from more than 1 day
per week.

Please provide the total cost of subscriptions/information services in
2023 and 2024 (for the 12 months to April 2023 it was $640,499)

Please provide the total cost of home equipment subsidies in 2023 and
2024.

Please provide the total of wellness reimbursements in 2023 and 2024.

Please provide the total spent on Ubers and taxis in 2023 and 2024.

Please provide the total spent on flights in 2023 and 2024.

Please provide the total amount spent on accommodation in 2023 and 2024.

Please provide the total spent morning teas in 2023 and 2024.

 

What happens next?

We expect to have a response to you within 20 working days of your
original request. Some responses require more time, and we’ll be in touch
with you if we need to extend the timeframe.

Is there a cost?

We usually provide official information to requestors for free. However,
when a request is particularly complex or requires our staff to spend a
lot of time collating information, we may need to pass on some of that
cost. This is provided for under the Official Information Act (see the
Ombudsman’s [1]Guide to Charging).

If your request falls into this category, we’ll be in touch with you to
discuss how you might be able to refine your request to avoid, or
minimise, any costs to you.

What happens to the information you ask for?

Responses to official information requests are published on the Reserve
Bank’s website after they have been sent to the requestor. We do this as
part of Open Government – because all public sector agencies have a
responsibility to be open and transparent about what they’re doing and the
decisions they’re making.

More information

You can find more information on our website:
[2]www.rbnz.govt.nz/research-and-publications/official-information-requests.

 

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