Dear Requestor,

 

I refer to your request of 14 March 2025.  We apologise for the delay in
our response.  The University’s response follows:

 

‘With regard to the proposed merger of the Law and Business faculties,
please provide:

 

- A summary of all responses to the proposal, including responses to the
proposal document…’

 

Please find attached, document ‘1402 Law and B&E Proposal Review Committee
Summary Report.pdf’ which provides a summary of all feedback and
submissions received by the University during the feedback period (12
November 2024 and 20 January 2025).

 

‘…and any other public or internal notice of the merger (e.g. email
newsletter, press releases, etc), that have been received by any member of
the senior leadership team up until the present date;

 

To process your request without engaging in substantial collation or
research, we reviewed communications between the Vice-Chancellor and:

•                   members of her Office;

•                   members of the University’s Executive Committee;

•                   the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics,
Professor Watson;

•                   the acting Deans of the Faculty of Law, Professor
Swain and (subsequently) Professor King; and

•                   members of the University’s Council,

from 1 July 2024 to 14 March 2025 to make a decision on this part of the
request.  Please find attached the following documents:

 

•                   0601 UEC Memo 5 Nov 2024.pdf

•                   0603 VC Memo to Senate re Law and BandE Proposal 3
March 2025.pdf

•                   0702 FW_Vice-Chancellor’s Update_Friday 24 January
2025_Redacted.pdf

•                   1_0703 Law _ BE.pdf

•                   0704 Re_Draft Memo from you to UEC re the Faculties of
Law and Business & Economics_.pdf

•                   0705 Re_VC Memos and Comms (Law_B&E) for Review.pdf

•                   2301 Re_Email to VC -Review Committee report.pdf

 

Some information has been redacted under s 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy
of natural persons. As this represents a narrower scope than your original
request, the University’s response constitutes a partial refusal of that
request under section 18(g) of the OIA.

 

- Any other analysis undertaken by the university of those responses and
any documents or communications developed in response to that analysis.’

 

Please refer to the attached documents:

•                   0603 VC Memo to Senate re Law and BandE Proposal 3
March 2025.pdf

•                   19_Law_B&E future faculty arrangements communications
to send this week.pdf

•                   19a_Law_BandE Faculty Arrangements Proposal Review
Committee – Recommendation Report FINAL.pdf

•                   2501 06.1ai VC memo to Senate re Law and BandE
proposal Review Committee.docx (002).pdf

 

A document has been withheld under s 9(2)(ba)(i) to protect information
which is subject to an obligation of confidence.

 

You have the right to complain to an Ombudsman if you are dissatisfied
with this response.

 

Yours sincerely,

Farleigh Quinlivan

 

-----Original Message-----

From: K Jack <[1][FOI #30420 email]>

Sent: Friday, 14 March 2025 11:44 am

To: legal <[2][University of Auckland request email]>

Subject: Official Information request - Responses to the Law/Business
Faculty merger

 

Kia ora University of Auckland,

 

With regard to the proposed merger of the Law and Business faculties,
please provide:

 

- A summary of all responses to the proposal, including responses to the
proposal document and any other public or internal notice of the merger
(e.g. email newsletter, press releases, etc), that have been received by
any member of the senior leadership team up until the present date;

- Any other analysis undertaken by the university of those responses and
any documents or communications developed in response to that analysis.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

K

 

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