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[UNCLASSIFIED]

Kia ora Karen

Thank you for the information request below. The Ministry will consider and respond to your request in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982 the Act).

Under section 15(1) of the Act, we are required to make and inform you of our decision on your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in any case not later than 20 working days after the day on which your request is received. You can therefore expect to receive our decision on your request on or before 1 December 2025. If more than 20 working days are needed due to the potential workload and/or consultations involved in answering your request, we will notify you accordingly.

The Ministry may publicly release on our website the response to your request five days after you have received it. Any personal information will be removed.

In the interim, if you have any questions about your request, please email [email address]

Ngā mihi

Enquiries National Team | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education | TW
education.govt.nz

We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent outcomes
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[IN-CONFIDENCE - RELEASE EXTERNAL]

Tēnā koe Karen

 

Thank you for your below email of 3 November 2025 requesting information
from the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) about the decision to
protect the privacy of people involved in curriculum writing. Your request
has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).

 

The Ministry is currently dealing with a significantly increased volume of
requests for official information on topic of the curriculum refresh, in
addition to an ongoing high volume of requests on a range of other topics.
Decisions on release or withholding of information have been made on
initial requests received, and that decision then replicated in future
responses to ensure consistency. While the Ministry has previously
released these details, and generally takes the approach of releasing the
names of officials, people involved in the development of the New Zealand
Curriculum have been subject to online harassment, and as the Ministry has
been releasing curriculum content, negative online commentary has
increased, along with claims in a public forum to which the Ministry does
not have the opportunity to reply. Therefore, the Ministry now considers
it necessary to protect the privacy of the individuals involved in this
work.

 

Identifying all communications on this matter across multiple requests and
in multiple formats is impractical and would require substantial
collation, so your request as currently worded is likely to be refused
under section 18(f) of the Act. Your email refers to previous responses,
so if you are able to identify the reference numbers of those specific
requests, we will be happy to collate and assess information relating to
decisions on those requests. Alternatively, if you are unsatisfied with a
decision on a request that you have made yourself, you can ask an
Ombudsman to review this, in accordance with section 28 of the Act. You
can do this by writing to [1][email address] or to Office of
the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.

 

We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Please note that, in line with section 15 (1AA) of the Act, if refinement
or clarification of a request is sought within seven working days of the
date on which the request was received, the Ministry may treat the amended
or clarified request as a new request that replaces the original request
for the purposes of calculating the timeframe.

 

Nāku noa, nā,

Official and Parliamentary Information | Ministry of Education | ED

[2]education.govt.nz

He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai
ōna huanga
We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent
outcomes
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