Kia ora

I refer to your response below.

Regarding your question relating to the costs for the websites, this information publicly via the Select Committee process. We refer you to page 23 of the following link: https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ...

You will note here that Manatū Taonga takes an integrated approach to operating its websites and shares content creation, development, and hosting costs across all sites. This means that providing details on specific sites is challenging and unlikely to be extractable in the format you have requested. If this publicly available information does not answer your question, are you able to provide more clarification on this point?

On the second part of your request, as your request is currently worded, this would include items such as advice on the drafting of WPQ's (of which the final answer is published online). This would take some time and resource to pull together. Based on guidance from the Office of the Ombudsman it is also likely that much of this material would be withheld.

With this in mind, could your request be refined to the following

All formal advice (Briefings, Aides Memoire and A3's) in relation to the disestablishment of historian roles and the future of the Te Ara resource at MCH.

We look forward to hearing from you

Ngā mihi
Te Pae Ratonga Pāremata | Parliamentary and Ministerial Engagement
Manatū Taonga | Ministry for Culture & Heritage
Ki te puāwai te ahurea, Ka ora te iwi
Culture is thriving, The people are well
Public Trust Building, 131 Lambton Quay, Wellington
PO Box 5364, Wellington 6140 | Ph +64 4 499 4229

-----Original Message-----
From: Maggie H <[FOI #31878 email]>
Sent: Monday, 4 August 2025 11:31 am
To: OIA <[Ministry for Culture and Heritage request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Yearly cost to operate Te Ara

Dear Ministry for Culture and Heritage,

Under the OIA, please provide the total cost to operate the Te Ara online encyclopedia https://teara.govt.nz/en including all sub sites such as dictionary of biographies.
Please break down costs by business group or service area, for the past decade (2015-2025).

Please also provide all advice, memos, briefings, A3s, emails and other correspondence to and from the Ministry to the Minister for Culture and Heritage in relation to the disestablishment of historian roles and the future of the Te Ara resource at MCH.

Yours faithfully,

Maggie H

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Kia ora

We are following up on our email below. We look forward to hearing from you so we can continue work on your request.

Ngā mihi
Te Pae Ratonga Pāremata | Parliamentary and Ministerial Engagement Manatū Taonga | Ministry for Culture & Heritage Ki te puāwai te ahurea, Ka ora te iwi Culture is thriving, The people are well Public Trust Building, 131 Lambton Quay, Wellington PO Box 5364, Wellington 6140 | Ph +64 4 499 4229

-----Original Message-----
From: OIA
Sent: Monday, 4 August 2025 2:38 pm
To: 'Maggie H' <[FOI #31878 email]>
Subject: Clarification required: Official Information request - Yearly cost to operate Te Ara

Kia ora

I refer to your response below.

Regarding your question relating to the costs for the websites, this information publicly via the Select Committee process. We refer you to page 23 of the following link: https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ...

You will note here that Manatū Taonga takes an integrated approach to operating its websites and shares content creation, development, and hosting costs across all sites. This means that providing details on specific sites is challenging and unlikely to be extractable in the format you have requested. If this publicly available information does not answer your question, are you able to provide more clarification on this point?

On the second part of your request, as your request is currently worded, this would include items such as advice on the drafting of WPQ's (of which the final answer is published online). This would take some time and resource to pull together. Based on guidance from the Office of the Ombudsman it is also likely that much of this material would be withheld.

With this in mind, could your request be refined to the following

All formal advice (Briefings, Aides Memoire and A3's) in relation to the disestablishment of historian roles and the future of the Te Ara resource at MCH.

We look forward to hearing from you

Ngā mihi
Te Pae Ratonga Pāremata | Parliamentary and Ministerial Engagement Manatū Taonga | Ministry for Culture & Heritage Ki te puāwai te ahurea, Ka ora te iwi Culture is thriving, The people are well Public Trust Building, 131 Lambton Quay, Wellington PO Box 5364, Wellington 6140 | Ph +64 4 499 4229

-----Original Message-----
From: Maggie H <[FOI #31878 email]>
Sent: Monday, 4 August 2025 11:31 am
To: OIA <[Ministry for Culture and Heritage request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Yearly cost to operate Te Ara

Dear Ministry for Culture and Heritage,

Under the OIA, please provide the total cost to operate the Te Ara online encyclopedia https://teara.govt.nz/en including all sub sites such as dictionary of biographies.
Please break down costs by business group or service area, for the past decade (2015-2025).

Please also provide all advice, memos, briefings, A3s, emails and other correspondence to and from the Ministry to the Minister for Culture and Heritage in relation to the disestablishment of historian roles and the future of the Te Ara resource at MCH.

Yours faithfully,

Maggie H

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #31878 email]

Is [Ministry for Culture and Heritage request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to Ministry for Culture and Heritage? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA page.

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