
9 July 2025
Mr Edwin Read
By email: s9(2)(a)
Dear Edwin
Thank you for your contribution to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Board (NZSO)
over the past three years. I am pleased to advise that you have been reappointed as a board
member of the NZSO for a short term expiring 30 April 2026.
I enclose the notice of the appointment as required under the Crown Entities Act 2004.
Please email Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage officials at
[email address] to confirm acceptance of the notice.
As you may be aware, remuneration for Board members is determined by the Cabinet Fees
Framework. The current remuneration for a member is $14,850 per annum.
I would appreciate if you would respect the confidentiality of this information until I receive
your acceptance of the notice. Details of your appointment wil be published in the New
Zealand Gazette.
Thank you for continuing to serve on this board.
Yours sincerely
Hon Paul Goldsmith
Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage
cc. Carmel Walsh, Chair, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, s9(2)(a)
cc. Marc Feldman, Chief Executive, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, s9(2)(a)
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
Appointment to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Board
Pursuant to section 28 of the Crown Entities Act 2004, the Minister for Arts, Culture
and Heritage appoints
Edwin Read of Greytown
as a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Board, for a term of office
commencing on 14 July 2025 and expiring 30 April 2026.
Dated at Wellington this
9th day of July 2025.
HON PAUL GOLDSMITH, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage
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