4 April 2025
Susan Kennedy
[FYI request #30303 email]
Tēnā koe Susan
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00081237
Thank you for your email on 3 March 2025, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for the
fol owing under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
I would like to review all complaints pertaining to racism between staff members within
Health New Zealand Southern from December 2023 to present. In addition please send me
evidence of investigation and outcomes of these complaints.
Response
Apologies for the time it has taken to get this response to you. We can confirm that we have had
no formal complaints of racism between staff members of Health NZ Southern for the period
December 2023 to March 2025. Complaints of such a nature would be raised formally with the
Human Resources (HR) department and may require investigation based on the information
provided. We can however advise that according to our HR records, there have been no
complaints of such a nature during this period.
We therefore refuse your request under section 18(e) as this information does not exist.
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Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
by phoning 0800 802 602.
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contact details, wil be removed prior to release.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Ngā mihi
Hamish Brown
Group Director of Operations
Southern
T
eWhatuOra.govt.nz
Private Bag 1921, Dunedin 9054
Waea: +64 3 474 0999