13 May 2025
John Luke
[FYI request #30665 email]
Official Information Request – Disciplinary Bodies
Tēnā koe John,
Thank you for your email dated 9 April 2025 requesting information as follows:
I would like to know the current member of Complaints Assessment Committee (CAC) and their
term of appointment. Please label them if they are chair, vice-chair or lay member etc.
Their job description, pay rate and how much they have been paid each month since 1st Jan
2022.
Are you anticipate to call any public expression of interest this year?
A sample of CAC's appointment letter they received when appointed. One recent example would
be sufficient.
On 14 April 2025 the Ministry of Justice transferred the following request from you to the Teaching
Council:
I would like to know the current member of New Zealand Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal and
their term of appointment. Please label them if they are chair, vice-chair or lay member etc.
Their job description, pay rate and how many days they attend New Zealand Teachers
Disciplinary Tribunal business each year since 1st Jan 2020.
Are you anticipate to call any public expression of interest this year?
Sample of their appointment letter, once would be sufficient.
We have considered these requests under the Official Information Act 1982 and can advise as follows.
Complaints Assessment Committee (CAC)
The current members, including their role, is available on the CAC website here
: Our members —
teacherscomplaintsassessmentcommittee.nz. Section 61 of the Teaching Council Rules 2016 sets out
the term of appointment to disciplinary bod
y: Teaching Council Rules 2016 (LI 2016/122) (as at 29 July
2023) 61 Term of appointment to disciplinary body, Competence Authority, or Registration Panel – New
Zealand Legislation
A copy of the position description of a CAC panel member has been attached to this response.
The Council pays all Panel members a daily meeting fee for their services as follows:
• CAC Chair daily rate: $475.00
• Chair preparation fee (2 hours for work that takes 4 hours): $237.50
• CAC Member daily rate: $385.00
• Member preparation fee (2 hours for work that takes 4 hours): $192.50
These rates are all inclusive of GST, if any.
Your request for the pay these members have been paid each month since 1 January 2022 is declined
under section 9(2)(a) of the OIA to protect the privacy of an individual. Information on operating
expenses, including panels is available in the Teaching Council’s annual reports.
The Council is not anticipating a call for public expressions of interests in 2025.
Your request for a copy of an appointment letter is declined under section 18(e) of the OIA as the
information does not exist, or despite reasonable efforts to locate it, cannot be found.
Disciplinary Tribunal
The current members, including their role, is available on the DT website her
e: Disciplinary Tribunal
members — New Zealand Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal. Section 61 of the Teaching Council Rules
2016 sets out the term of appointment to disciplinary bod
y: Teaching Council Rules 2016 (LI
2016/122) (as at 29 July 2023) 61 Term of appointment to disciplinary body, Competence Authority, or
Registration Panel – New Zealand Legislation
Your request for a job description is declined under section 18(e) of the OIA as the information does not
exist, or despite reasonable efforts to locate it, cannot be found.
Disciplinary Tribunal Member Daily Rates per Hearing are as follows, these rates are inclusive of GST, if
any.
Chair and Deputy Chairs
• Hearing fee: $900.00
• ‘On paper’ fee (no actual hearing): $450.00
• Preparation Fee: $450.00
• Writing up case decisions, per hour: $112.50
These rates are all inclusive of GST, if any.
Members
• Hearing fee: $415.00
• ‘On papers’ hearing fee (no actual hearing): $207.50
• Preparation Fee: $207.50
These rates are all inclusive of GST, if any.
‘On paper’ hearing refers to the situation where there is no actual hearing. The two parties submit
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everything in written format.
Preparation fee based on 2 hours work, that may take up to 4 hours.
There have been 247 DT hearings (includes in person, on papers, and AVL) since 1 January 2022. We
are unable to provide the number of hearings that took place between 1 January 2020 and 1 January
2022. We are unable to provide the number of days that DT panel members undertook other business
related to DT matters, such as reading the papers or writing decisions.
The Council is anticipating a call for public expressions of interests in 2025.
A copy of a welcome letter for the Chair and Deputy Chairs of the DT is provided with this response.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this response. Information
about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802
602.
Nāku noa, nā
Clive Jones
Pou Kaiāwhā | Deputy Chief Executive
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