19/03/2025
Dylan Reeve
[FYI request #30144 email]
Tēnā koe Dylan
OIA: 1343265 – Ka Ora, Ka Ako and Compass Group
Thank you for your email of 19 February 2025 to the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) requesting
the following information:
1. Please provide copies of the contracts and agreements between the Ministry and Compass
Group for the provision of the "School Lunch Collective" program. Included documents
should include delivery and nutritional guidelines and requirements for the contract
provision, as well as details about how contract performance is evaluated and terms under
which the contract could be terminated.
2. Additionally please provide communications between the Ministry and Compass Group
since the 2025 school year began about the provision of the service, and any
communications within the Ministry about the same.
Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
I am refusing
part one of your request under section 18(d) of the Act, as the information request is
publicly available. It was provided in response to a previous request, which is published at the
following links:
OIA 1338537 – Respons
e: https://web-assets.education.govt.nz/s3fs-public/2025-
02/1338537%20Response.pdf?VersionId=Onjr4gD0onc.xLAp5Wi_MI9uil9tZqey
OIA 1338537 – Appendix A:
https://web-assets.education.govt.nz/s3fs-public/2025-
02/Service%20Agreement%20MoE%20-
%20Compass%20Group%20New%20Zealand%20Limited_0.pdf?VersionId=Mj74VgA6e5n
pqrpdhYatfroqtyA0_jGH OIA 1338537 – Appendix B:
https://web-assets.education.govt.nz/s3fs-public/2025-
02/1338537%20Appendix%20B.pdf?VersionId=4_wYhXRlXiID5oYHL5KrLSsQtuCA_34G
OIA 1338537 – Appendix C:
https://web-assets.education.govt.nz/s3fs-public/2025-
02/1338537%20Appendix%20C.pdf?VersionId=.CtJ9m76rkF.v9nB2RQrJVV21Gi23ivQ
8 Gilmer Terrace, Levels Ground floor, 1, 2, and 6-14, Wellington
PO Box 1666, Wellington 6140 Phone: +64 4 463 8000
Please note that some of the information has been withheld under the following sections of the Act:
• 9(2)(a), to protect the privacy of natural persons.
• 9(2)(b)(ii), to protect information where the making available of the information would be
likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who
is the subject of the information.
• 9(2)(f)(iv), to maintain the constitutional conventions for the time being which protect the
confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the Crown and officials.
• 9(2)(g)(i), to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank
expression of opinions by or between or to Ministers of the Crown or members of an
organisation or officers and employees of any public service agency or organisation in the
course of their duty.
As required under section 9(1) of the Act, I have considered the public interest in releasing the
information withheld. I do not consider the public interest considerations favouring the release of
this information are sufficient to outweigh the need to withhold it at this time.
The Ministry needs to extend the timeframe for responding to
part two of your request, pursuant to
section 15A(1)(b) of the Act, as consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are
such that a proper response cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit. You can now
expect to receive a response to your request on or before 16 April 2025, which is an extension of
20 working days.
You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to investigate our decision to extend the timeframe for
responding to this request, in accordance with section 28 of the Act. You can do this by writing to
[email address] or Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.
Nāku noa, nā
Cindy McDonald
Principal Advisor
Government, Executive and Ministerial Services
