Kia ora Marilyn Waring,
 
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 17/06/2025 requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982, the following:
What meetings have been held by the Minister, with representatives of
Business NZ since November 2023?
What representations - oral or written - have been received from Business
NZ since 2020, on the pay equity processes, and what issues were raised?
 
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 16/07/2025, being 20 working days after the day your request
was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe. If you have any enquiries
regarding your request feel free to contact us via email to
[1][MBIE request email].
 
Nāku noa, nā
Ministerial Services
Strategy and Assurance
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140

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Kia ora Marilyn,

Thank you for your request for information under the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act) from the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and
Employment (MBIE), requesting the following information:

What meetings have been held by the Minister, with representatives of
Business NZ since November 2023?
What representations - oral or written - have been received from Business
NZ since 2020, on the pay equity processes, and what issues were raised?

MBIE would like you to clarify some aspects of your request so that we can
determine how to answer it most effectively.

Does your reference to the ‘Minister’ specifically mean Minister van
Velden?
Do you mean Business NZ representations to MBIE, or to the Minister?

Please let us know by midday Friday 8 July.

Nga mihi,

 

Kia ora Marilyn, 

 

Thank you for your response. 

 

Following this clarification, MBIE understands your request as the
following:

 

 1. What meetings have been held by the Minister for Workplace Relations
and Safety, Hon Brooke van Velden (the Minister) or MBIE, with
representatives of Business NZ on pay equity processes since November
2023?
 2. What representations – oral or written – have been received by the
Minister or MBIE, from Business NZ on pay equity processes, and what
issues were raised? 

 

Please respond as soon as you are able if this is not an accurate
representation of your request, to further clarify what information you
are seeking. 

 

MBIE understands this request to effectively be a new request, which will
therefore replace your original request. 

 

Accordingly, the date to respond to your request is now 5 August 2025. 

 

Nga mihi,
 
Ministerial Services

 
 

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