5/08/2025
Dan
[FYI request #31522 email]
Tēnā koe Dan
I write in response to your request dated 9 July 2025 to Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities for
the following information under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (the Act):
1. A list of al current roles/job titles at Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities.
2. The salary bands or remuneration ranges associated with each role including the salary in
New Zealand dollar.
3. The number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees currently employed in each role.
4. The median and average salary paid for each role.
5. Any additional benefits commonly provided to employees (e.g. car allowance, employer
KiwiSaver contributions above the minimum, etc.).
Please provide this information in a spreadsheet format (e.g. Excel or CSV) if possible.
Your request has been considered under the Act. In relation to questions one-three, please see the
attached spreadsheet, which details the staff employed by Kāinga Ora as at 8 July 2025, broken
down by job title and salary band range.
It is important to note that Kāinga Ora is currently transitioning to a new organisational structure
with a reduced FTE count. Details of this change are available on the Kāinga Ora website here:
Kāinga Ora confirms new structure for its reset :: Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities.
Although the new structure took effect on 1 July 2025, implementation is still under way. During this
transitional period, we are temporarily carrying positions that are
in addition to those confirmed in
the new structure, as redeployment outcomes are finalised, redundancies are processed, and
notice periods are worked through. These processes should be much more complete by the end of
August, with data stabilising at this point.
As such, the headcount and number of roles provided in this response (as at 8 July 2025) will
decline in the coming weeks.
Please consider this important context in your review of what we have provided to you.
The data provides some positions that are vacant, however, represents an ‘active headcount’
which includes permanent and fixed-term employees but excludes those on long-term leave.
The attached list includes the Chief Executive but does not include their salary information. This
information is already publicly available on the Public Service Commission’s website here:
Chief
executive remuneration - Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission. The Chief Executive does
not have a ‘salary band’. Some individuals appear on this list in non-banded positions, where, due
to individual circumstances, the person is employed at a rate that falls outside of our formal
remuneration bands. This part of the request is therefore refused under section 18(d) of the Act, in
that the information requested is or wil soon be publicly available.
Kāinga Ora does not use remuneration ranges or pay steps commonly found in other public and
private sector. Employees at Kāinga Ora are paid the same remuneration rate to perform the same
job (in the past referred to as “100%” or “100% of the band”).
Kāinga Ora has a single rate of pay and therefore does not have ‘pay ranges’. Pay ranges have
however been created for the purposes of this request, by converting our single rates of pay to
$19k ranges. This has been done to protect the privacy of our employees so that their exact salary
is withheld. It is the view of Kāinga Ora that listing actual staff pay rate values by position title
would make it possible to identify the salary of individuals, particularly in cases where there is only
one individual fil ing a role.
Along the same lines, it is not possible to provide average and median salaries for each role while
maintaining privacy. This is because in almost all cases, both the average and median salary of
individuals in a position is equal to the single rate of pay for that position.
The information requested in question four is therefore, withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Act, in
order to ‘protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons’. In
making my decision, I have considered the public interest pursuant to section 9(1) of the Act. I do
not consider the withholding of the information from this response is outweighed by the public
interest in making that information available.
With respect to question five, this question is refused in part, under section 18(d) of the Act, in that
the information is publicly available. To view the benefits commonly provided to Kāinga Ora
employees, you can visit our website, here
: A great place to work : Kāinga Ora – Homes and
Communities
In addition to the benefits listed on our website, Kāinga Ora also offers free annual flu vaccinations,
and contributes to an employee’s Kiwisaver, where eligible.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. There
is information about how to make a complaint at
https:/ www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by
freephone
on 0800 802 602.
Please note that Kāinga Ora proactively releases some responses to official information requests
where possible. Our response to your request may be published
at
https://Kāingaora.govt.nz/publications/official-information-requests/, with your personal
information removed.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Tracey Taylor,
Chief People and Assurance Officer
