28 July 2025
File Ref: 250683
MT
[FYI request #31657 email]
Dear MT,
I refer to your Official Information Act request received on 20 July 2025. You requested:
1.
each inspectorate team’s location (and area of responsibility if different)
- All Area Managers
- The three Regional Managers and the National Manager.
(For example, from the Organisational Chart previously supplied, there appears to
be seven Area Managers in the North Region. I would like to know where each
team is based).
2.
the inspectorate remuneration information for Area Managers, Regional Managers,
National Managers, Chief Inspectors and the Head of Inspectorate.
Please include the Bottom, Mid-point and Top amounts of the salary bands and what
position each band is for.
We have provided our response to your request in two parts, as outlined below:
1. Each inspectorate team’s location
WorkRegion
Job Title
WorkRegion
Job Title
Albany
AREA MANAGER
Hamilton
CHIEF INSPECTOR EXTRACTIVES
Auckland
AREA MANAGER
Wellington
CHIEF INSPECTOR HIGH HAZARDS
Christchurch
AREA MANAGER
Wellington
HEAD OF INSPECTORATE
Dunedin
AREA MANAGER
Timaru
NATIONAL MANAGER HHEPS
Hamilton
AREA MANAGER
Napier
REGIONAL MANAGER - CENTRAL
Manukau
AREA MANAGER
Hamilton
REGIONAL MANAGER - NORTH
Napier
AREA MANAGER
Christchurch
REGIONAL MANAGER - SOUTH
Nelson
AREA MANAGER
New Plymouth
AREA MANAGER
Palmerston North
AREA MANAGER
Rotorua
AREA MANAGER
Tauranga
AREA MANAGER
Timaru
AREA MANAGER
Wellington
AREA MANAGER
Whangarei
AREA MANAGER
PO Box 165, Wellington 6140
2. Salary Band
Chief
Chief
Area
Regional
Head of
National
Inspector –
Inspector-
Managers
Managers
Inspectorate Manager
High
Extractives
Hazards
Band
COG20
I&S20
PS-19
PS-21
PS-22
PS-20
Bottom
$259,276
$220,693
$151,211
$205,997
$239,749
$177,996
Mid-Point
$286,868
$243,998
$167,382
$227,669
$265,171
$196,846
Top
$342,052
$290,608
$199,351
$271,013
$316,015
$234,025
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision, and further
information is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
If you require further assistance, please con
tact [email address].
Yours sincerely
Charlie Mather
Chief People Officer
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