30/09/2025
Dr Claire Coleman
[FYI request #32206 email]
Tēnā koe Dr Coleman
OIA: 1352862 – arts curriculum development
Thank you for your email of 3 September 2025 to the Ministry of Education (the Ministry)
requesting the following information:
1. I am respectfully requesting all written documents, reports, memos, letters, notes, emails
and draft documents [on Arts Curriculum Development];
a) non-written documentary information, such as material stored on or generated by
computers and databases, video and tape recordings, maps and photographs; and
b) information which is known to an agency but which has not yet been recorded in writing
or otherwise relevant to the rewriting of the arts curriculum document and associated
support documents between March 2025 and September 2025.
2. I specifically want the answers to the following questions
a) Who internally within the Ministry of Education is responsible for the development and
management of the Arts Curriculum? What qualifications and expertise do that person/s
hold?
b) What are the names and qualifications of external contractors who have contributed
content to the writing of the Arts Curriculum since March 2025?
c) What are the names and expertise of the contributing group and review group for the
arts and how many do you have for each specific artform and sector of the school?
Your request has been considered under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (the Act).
Regarding
part one of your request, the scope of information requested is extremely broad,
effectively seeking everything writ en and not written as it relates to the arts curriculum
development for a six-month period.
Wellington National Office, 1 The Terrace, Levels 5 to 14, Wellington 6011
PO Box 1666, Wel ington 6140, DX SR51201 Phone: +64 4 463 8000
As it is currently worded, the information relevant to this part of your request cannot be made
available without substantial resources being applied to its collation, to the extent that it would
interfere with the Ministry’s other operations. We considered imposing a charge or attempting to
refine your request; however it appears that the second part of your request is in effect a
clarification of the information that is most important to you. I am therefore refusing
part one of
your request under section 18(f) of the Act, as the information requested cannot be made available
without substantial collation or research.
Regarding
part two of your request, the Ministry needs to extend the timeframe for responding
pursuant to section 15A(1)(b) of the Act, as consultations necessary to make a decision on the
request are such that a proper response cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit.
You can now expect to receive a response to your request on or before 30 October 2025, which is
an extension of 20 working days.
Thank you again for your email. You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to review my decision
on your request, in accordance with section 28 of the Act. You can do this by writing to
[email address] or to Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.
Nāku noa, nā
Cindy McDonald
Principal Advisor
Government, Executive and Ministerial Services
OIA: 1352862
