18 June 2025

Pat
[FYI request #31006 email]

Tēnā koe Pat

Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00088333

Thank you for your email on 18 May 2025, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora (Health NZ)
for the following under the Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA):

“Hato Hone St John has recently commissioned an ambulance remuneration review report
from PWC (PricewaterhouseCoopers), this was started in February, and is now understood to
be complete. For clarity, I am referring to the new report completed in 2025, not any previous
PWC reports.
1.  Has the Ambulance Team at Health New Zealand (or any other area of Health New
Zealand) received a copy of this report?
2.  If Health New Zealand has received a copy of this report, can a copy please be
provided?
3.  If available to Health New Zealand, please provide any other documentation associated
with this report, such as the scoping documents.
4.  4. Please provide any communication held with PWC or Hato Hone St John regarding
this report.”

Response

For the sake of clarity, I will address each question in turn.

1.  Has the Ambulance Team at Health New Zealand (or any other area of Health New
Zealand) received a copy of this report?
2.  If Health New Zealand has received a copy of this report, can a copy please be provided?

The Ambulance Team is aware of the report’s existence. At the date of your request, the
Ambulance Team had not received a copy of the report.

3.  If available to Health New Zealand, please provide any other documentation associated
with this report, such as the scoping documents.

Health NZ had no scoping or other input into the report, therefore, your request for this information
is refused under section 18(g) of the OIA as this information is not held by Health NZ.

Please note, it is not unusual for the Ambulance Team to not always be consulted in the
preparation of independent reports like this.

4.  4. Please provide any communication held with PWC or Hato Hone St John regarding this
report.

Please refer to Appendix One which provides our decision on the release of correspondence
within scope of your request. The information we are able to release is attached as Appendix
Two. Some information within the correspondence has been withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the
OIA to protect the privacy of natural persons.

We have considered the countervailing public interests in the release of this information but do not
believe that the public interests outweigh the need to withhold, in this instance.

How to get in touch

If you have any questions, you can contact us at [email address].

If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the
Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
by phoning 0800 802 602.

As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, Health NZ may proactively
release a copy of this response on our website. All requester data, including your name and
contact details, will be removed prior to release.

Nāku iti noa, nā

Danielle Coe
Manager (OIAs) – Government Services
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

Appendix One

No.
Date
Title
Decision on release
1.
12 May 2025
Email: RE: AT recipients  Released with some information withheld under
of PWC MUCA Roles
9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural persons
Rem review

TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Health NZ, PO Box 793,
Wellington 6140, New Zealand

Appendix Two
From:
Greg Williams
To:
Cc:
S(9)(2)(a)
Subject:
RE: AT recipients of PWC MUCA Roles Rem review
Date:
Monday, 12 May 2025 10:14:00 am
Attachments:
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Hi
Thanks for this.
Named roles (let me know if you need titles for these names?)
Me and Dave
Martin Hefford – (Health NZ)
Robert McIver (Health NZ)
Eng Chew (Health NZ)
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I will also include
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– Acting Head of Health Partnerships – ACC – who is acting forS(9)(2)(a)while he is
acting up as DCE.
Thanks
Greg
Greg Williams
Team Leader, Road Ambulance – Living Well
Planning, Funding and Outcomes
From: S(9)(2)(a)
Sent: Friday, 9 May 2025 7:53 am
To: Greg Williams <[email address]>
Cc:
Under the Offcial Information Act 1982
S(9)(2)(a)
Subject: AT recipients of PWC MUCA Roles Rem review
Morning Greg,
As an outcome of the last round of negotiations for the Ops MUCA HHStJ agreed to undertake a
review (market test), of all the remuneration for all the roles covered by the MUCA. Once the
report was finalised, HHStJ committed to sharing the report with our Purchasers.
Released
We currently have you and Dave listed as recipients. Could you please confirm if there are any
additional individuals from AT you would like the report shared with?
If so, can you please provide their full names and role titles. Please note that the report can
only be shared with individuals who have signed the ‘hold harmless’ letters, in line with PwC’s

standard approach for external distribution.

Thanks S(9)(2)(a)

S(9)(2)(a)
Commissioning Operations Lead
Hato Hone St John | Aotearoa New Zealand
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South Island Region Headquarters
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Christchurch Justice & Emergency Services Precinct (CJESP)
40 Lichfield Street, Christchurch 8041
PO Box 1443, Christchurch 8041
www.stjohn.org.nz
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