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Kia ora Nancy,

 

Thank you for your email received on 18 April 2025 for the following
information made under the Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA): 

 

“Under the Official Information Act 1982, I am requesting the following
information in relation to the public statement made by Health Minister
Simeon Brown on 17 April 2025, in which he stated that senior doctors
receive an average total remuneration of $343,500:

1. All correspondence, briefings, internal emails, or reports provided by
Health New Zealand to the Minister or his office that relate to or
informed the $343,500 figure.

2. Any documents outlining how this figure was calculated, including:
The data sources used (e.g. payroll systems, remuneration modelling, FTE
allocations)
The methodology used, including any formulas or assumptions
Whether this figure includes base salary only or also includes allowances,
CME, KiwiSaver, or discretionary payments.

3. Any internal communication within Te Whatu Ora discussing or reviewing
the $343,500 figure, prior to or following the Minister's public
statement.”

 

We are currently working on your request, however, as it is currently
worded, part 1 of your request (highlighted in yellow) is very broad and
substantial manual collation would be required to locate and prepare all
documents within scope of your request, particularly the collation of all
correspondence and internal emails. This is because there are multiple and
various IT systems and hence different emailing systems to access and
collate such information.

 

We appreciate you are under no obligation to amend your request, however,
requests that require substantial collation may be refused under section
18(f) of the OIA. 

 

We want to work with you to avoid this and ensure we are able to provide a
response that best meets your needs. As such, we ask if you could please
consider refining the scope of part 1 of your request, in order to allow
us to collate the information in a manner that is reasonably feasible. For
example:

 

* All official briefings and reports provided by Health New Zealand to
Hon Simeon Brown that relate to or informed the $353,500 figure. 

 

I would appreciate if you could please let us know by the end of Friday 9
May 2025 whether you are prepared to amend or clarify your request and, if
so, how. 

 

We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Government Services

Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora

 

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