File Ref: OIA 88116
15 December 2025
Merritt Drake
C/-
[FYI request #32896 email]
Tēnā koe Merritt
Official Information Act request
Thank you for your information request via email dated 17 November 2025. You requested the following
information as at 17 November 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.”
Your request has been considered in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) and
the information requested is attached at Appendix 1.
I trust my response satisfies your request.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this response. Information
about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802
602.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with us, including this decision, please feel free to
contact us a
t [email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Lucy Bolton
Acting Director, Policy, Corporate & Technical Services
APPENDIX 1
Table 1 shows the number of employees within in each pay band and the pay ranges for these.
Table 2 explains how the position titles have been grouped to standardise titles.
• For the same group of roles, the number of employees in each pay band/grade that is currently being
used for each position title. Includes permanent and fixed-term employees; excludes those on
extended leave (Parental, LWOP, etc).
• ''Mid-level' roles have been defined as roles within pay bands J04- J08.
• All data is shown based on the employee's substantive role; three employees were seconded into a
different position.
• '
S' indicates where values have been withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act
1982 to protect the privacy of natural persons (including deceased persons). Salary data is only
shown where there were more than five substantive employees to ensure data privacy.
Table 1 – data as at 17 November 2025
Count of
Annualised Base Salary
Substantive Grouped substantive position
substantive
pay band
title
Minimum
Median
Maximum
employees
Analyst (Level 1)
5
S
S
S
J04
Executive Support
2
S
S
S
Advisor
3
S
S
S
J05
Senior Executive Support
1
S
S
S
Analyst (Level 2)
12
$86,431
$98,582
$103,254
Historian (Level 2)
5
S
S
S
J06
Implementation Co-Ordinator
1
S
S
S
Land Advisor
3
S
S
S
Solicitor (Level 2)
2
S
S
S
under the Official Information Act 1982
Senior Advisor
4
S
S
S
J07
Senior Analyst
1
S
S
S
Legal Executive
1
S
S
S
Principal Advisor
1
S
S
S
Project Manager
3
S
S
S
J08
Senior Analyst
25
$121,804
$139,369
$144,388
Senior Historian
10
$36,860
$141,878
$145,697
Released
Senior Solicitor
1
S
S
S
Total
80
Table 2 – data as at 17 November 2025
Te Tari Whakatau grouped position title against actual position title
Grouped position title
Actual Position Title
Advisor
Advisor Corporate
Advisor Funding
Advisor Information and Records
Analyst (Level 1)
Analyst (Level 1)
Analyst (Level 1)
Analyst (Level 2)
Analyst (Level 2)
Analyst (Level 2)
Executive Support
Executive Support
Historian (Level 2)
Historian (Level 2)
Implementation Co-Ordinator
Implementation Co-Ordinator
Land Advisor
Land Advisor
Legal Executive
Legal Executive
Principal Advisor
Principal People Advisor
Project Manager
Project Manager
Senior Advisor
Senior Advisor Funding
Senior Advisor Maori Capability
Senior Advisor Reporting
Senior Land Advisor
Senior Analyst
Senior Analyst
Senior Geospatial Analyst
Senior Executive Support
Senior Executive Support
Senior Historian
Senior Historian
Senior Solicitor
Senior Solicitor
Solicitor (Level 2)
Solicitor (Level 2)
under the Official Information Act 1982
Released
