10 June 2025
Ref: REQ-0014174
Sam
Email:
[FYI request #30952 email]
Tēnā koe Sam
Thank you for your email of 12 May 2025 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) requesting,
under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:
In an opinion piece published 12 May 2025
(https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fpolitics%2F360685338%2F
pay-equity-enough-slurs-now-some-
facts&data=05%7C02%7CMinisterialServices%40mbie.govt.nz%7Cb3196521e8b046699bed08dd926fdfa8%7C78b2bd1
1e42b47eab0112e04c3af5ec1%7C0%7C0%7C638827731365962188%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hc
GkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata
=i9dlyorG8cXhiwkjes8DtzAlnUs0GA%2BGP1KLeCHEfS0%3D&reserved=0), Minister of Finance Nicola Willis made the
claim (with regards to current pay equity claims:
"admin workers were being compared with civil engineers; social workers were being compared with detectives; and
librarians were being compared with fisheries officers."
Could I please request the information that was provided to the Minister that enabled her to make that claim, and (if
that claim is correct) the information that was provided to the Minister that showed those job comparisons were not in
line with the framework laid out in the 2020 amendment to the Equal Pay Act 1972?
This letter is to advise you that your request has been transferred to the Office of the Hon Nicola Willis .This is
because the information you have requested is not held by the MBIE. Section 14(b)(i) of the Act requires me to
transfer any request where the information is not held, but is believed to be held by another department,
organisation or Minister of the Crown.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to
make a complaint is availab
le at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, or if you require any further assistance, please
contac
t [email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Charlotte de Feijter
Policy Team Leader, Employment Relations Policy
Workplace Relations and Safety Policy
