11 December 2025
OIAD-1830
Merritt Drake
Tēnā koe Merritt,
Thank you for your email of 17 November 2025 requesting the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act) of the Ministry for the Environment (the Ministry):
I am requesting the following information under the Official Information Act 1982. Please
provide the following information as at 17 December 2025:
1. For all roles within the mid-level tiers or equivalent levels of your agency's organisational
structure (for example, team managers, principals, seniors, analysts and advisors, etc), the
minimum, maximum, and median salaries currently being paid for each position title.
2. For the same group of roles, the number of employees in each pay band/grade that is
currently being used for each position title. I am not seeking personal information, so
anonymised data is fine. If any part of the request must be withheld, please release the
remainder. I would prefer the information in a simple table or spreadsheet if possible, please.
The information you have requested is attached in the appendix below.
Please note that requests under the Act cannot be made for future information, so I am unable to
provide you with information as of 17 December 2025. The information below is current as of 30
November 2025.
Where the release of information could identify salaries of individuals, this has been withheld under
section 9(2)(a) of the Act, to protect the privacy of natural persons. This is indicated by an <5 in
the table.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Office of the Ombudsman of my
decisions relating to this request, in accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. The relevant details
can be found at: www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Please note that due to the public interest in our work, the Ministry publishes responses to requests
for official information shortly after the response has been sent on our website at:
https://environment.govt.nz/about-us/official-information-act-requests/. If you have any queries
about this, please feel free to contact our Ministerial Services team at: [email address].
Tracey Kaio
General Manager – People and Capability
Ministry for the Environment | Manatū Mō Te Taiao
PO Box 10362, Wellington 6143 | Freephone 0800 499 700 | environment.govt.nz
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Appendix 1: Ministry for the Environment position and salary information as of 30 November 2025
Position Title
No of Employees
Minimum Salary Band
Median Salary Band
Maximum Salary Band
(Anonymised)
Principal Advisor
20
$110,501.66
$122,314.76
$134,128.88
<5
$119,974.45
$132,841.10
$145,706.73
78
$142,185.11
$157,519.83
$172,853.54
Principal Analyst
<5
$110,501.66
$122,314.76
$134,128.88
<5
$142,185.11
$157,519.83
$172,853.54
Senior Advisor
13
$80,712.37
$89,217.80
$97,721.21
157
$110,501.66
$122,314.76
$134,128.88
<5
$119,974.45
$132,841.10
$145,706.73
Senior Analyst
<5
$80,712.37
$89,217.80
$97,721.21
25
$110,501.66
$122,314.76
$134,128.88
Senior Specialist
<5
$80,712.37
$89,217.80
$97,721.21
17
$110,501.66
$122,314.76
$134,128.88
15
$119,974.45
$132,841.10
$145,706.73
9
$142,185.11
$157,519.83
$172,853.54
Team Leader
<5
$70,217.47
$77,554.78
$84,892.08
<5
$80,712.37
$89,217.80
$97,721.21
<5
$110,501.66
$122,314.76
$134,128.88
10
$119,974.45
$132,841.10
$145,706.73
Note: Data for segments with fewer than five staff members has been withheld to protect individual privacy.
PO Box 10362, Wellington 6143 | Freephone 0800 499 700 | environment.govt.nz
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