Hon James Meager
Minister for the South Island
Minister for Hunting and Fishing
Minister for Youth
Associate Minister of Transport
28 October 2025
John Luke
JMOIA-76
By email: fyi-reg uest-32461-7 a341 ceb@req uests. fyi. org. nz
Dear John,
Thank you for your email of 2 October 2025, requesting the following under the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act):
"Appointments of Members to the Civil Aviation Authority Board- 2025-go5483- New Zealand
Gazette
1. How you called for public nomination and on what platform you have call for public
nominations e.g. govt.jobs website.
2.
A copy of your ad as well.
3. How many applications you have received for each of the roles from the public and how
many you have received from other nominating agencies such as TPK or Ministry of
women etc for your role.
4. How many you have shortlisted and how many you have interviewed.
5.
The appointment letter if there is one sent to the previous appointee."
Please refer below to a reply to your request.
1. Public nominations were sought from:
a. the Treasury's board candidate database
b. Public service nominating agencies
i. Ministry for Women
ii. Ministry for Ethnic Communities
iii. Te Puni Kokiri
iv. Whaikaha, Ministry of Disabled People
v. Ministry for Pacific Peoples
c. Linkedln.
2. A copy of the advert is attached as
Document One (released in full).
3. A total of 84 applications were received for the two vacancies, 82 from the public (one of
which was endorsed by a nominating agencies).
4. Twenty-two applicants were short-listed and seven were interviewed.
5. A copy of appointment and acknowledgement of term letters, with accompanying materials,
are attached as
Documents Two - Five. Some information has been withheld from these
letters under the following sections of the Act:
9(2)(a)
to protect the privacy of natural persons
9(2)(ba)(i)
protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which
any person has been or could be compelled to provide under the authority
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