Board meeting minutes and attachments re: culture change and bullying and harassment complaints processes

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From: J Price

Dear Fire and Emergency New Zealand,

In response OIA request 16626 on 6th March 2025, you released copies of the minutes of Board meetings from 1 March 2022 to 19 December 2024.

Further to that request, please could you publish:

1. Copies of the minutes of Board meetings from 20 December 2024 to the current date.

2. Copies of relevant sections of all attachment papers provided to the Board meetings from 1 March 2022 to the current date, that contain any information relating to:

a) the Behaviour and Conduct Office (e.g. Chief Executive's Reports, other relevant reports by DCEs)

b) updates on the Positive Workplace Culture programme and its successor, Eke Taumata

c) the PSC review into bullying and harassment and complaints handling processes

d) the replacement scheme for the Behaviour and Conduct Office, operated by Fairway. (including any presentation or reports given by Fairway at the Feb 2025 Board meeting, referenced in point 10.1 of the meeting minutes for 29 Nov 2024).

e) complaint statistics and performance reporting provided for cases handled by the Behaviour and Conduct Office, its successor independent scheme, and data on any cases of bullying, harassment or sexual harm not managed by the BCO or its successor scheme (e.g. cases managed directly by People Branch)

3. Copies of the People and Culture sub-committee papers referred to in action point 2 of item 4 of the Board meeting minutes of 28 April 2023.

4. Meeting minutes of the People and Culture Committee where the "complaints management workstream" or Eke Taumata has been discussed (including the meeting referred to by point 3 of item 2 at the Board meeting on 28 July 2023), with any related attachments.

5. Copies of the data referred to in the Management Actions of section 2.2, point 2 of the Board meeting on 1 Dec 2023

Yours sincerely

J Price

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Tēnā koe J Price  
 
We write to acknowledge receipt of your information request dated 19 May
2025. Our commitment is to provide a response to your request as soon as
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