IN-CONFIDENCE

Tēnā koe James,

Thank you for your email received 14 December 2025, under the Official Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate officials at National Office to respond.

The information you have requested may contain the names and contact details of our staff. Please let us know by 16 December 2025 whether you require these names and contact details. We will need to consult our staff before deciding whether we can release this information, and this will take a bit more time. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that you do not require staff names and contact details.
Please note that over the holiday period, there are three weeks that are not classified as working days. In accordance with Section 2 of the Official Information Act 1982, this period is 25 December 2025 to 15 January 2026 (inclusive). As such, OIA requests received on or after 27 November 2025 may take longer than you might expect. For more information on the latest date you can expect a response, please find the OIA Calculator on the Ombudsman website here: http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/agenc....
Ngā manaakitanga,

Official Information Team | Ministerial and Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to be safe, strong and independent
Ko ta mātou he whakamana tangata kia tū haumaru, kia tū kaha, kia tū motuhake

-----Original Message-----
From: James <[FOI #33258 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 14 December 2025 12:24 pm
To: OIA_Requests (MSD) <[MSD request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Better Pathways

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Dear Ministry of Social Development,

Under the OIA please provide the following:

What contracts if any, were award to the Manukau Urban Māori Authority under the Whakawatea te ara scheme between September 20222 and April 1st, 2023?

Please specify the dollar amount of the contracts and contract length.

What contracts if any, were awarded to the Manukau Urban Māori Authority under the same scheme after the 2nd of April 2023 until 12th December 2025.

Please specify the dollar amount of the contracts and contract length.

Please provide MSD's guidelines for managing conflicts of interest.

Has MSD provided MUMA with Pak n'Save vouchers for distribution in the last 4 years? If so, please provide the number of vouchers for each year, the dollar value and the expiry date for batch,

Please provide the expectation and terms of distribution for these vouchers that MUMA adhere to.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

James

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IN-CONFIDENCE

 

Kia ora James

 

Please find attached the Ministry’s response dated 26 February 2026 to
your Official Information Act request.

 

The Minsitry’s response dated 26 February 2026 addressed three concurrent
requests you made, in one response (including  questions you also made to
the Minister for Social Developement and Employment).

 

Please see our responses to your questions 11 to 14, which address the
part of your request for information about the Whakawatea te Ara Poutama
scheme.  

 

Yours sincerely

 

Official Information team | Ministerial and Executive Services

Ministry of Social Development

 

Our Purpose:
We help New Zealanders to be safe, strong and independent.
Manaaki Tangata, Manaaki Whânau.

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: James <[1][FOI #33258 email]>
Sent: Monday, 13 April 2026 9:15 am
To: OIA_Requests (MSD) <[2][MSD request email]>
Subject: Re: 20251215 Acknowledgement JAMES

 

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Dear OIA_Requests (MSD),

 

By law, this OIA request is now well, well overdue.

 

Please provide the information requested without delay.

 

Thank you.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

James

 

-----Original Message-----

 

IN-CONFIDENCE

 

Tçnâ koe James,

 

Thank you for your email received 14 December 2025, under the Official
Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate
officials at National Office to respond.

 

The information you have requested may contain the names and contact
details of our staff. Please let us know by 16 December 2025 whether you
require these names and contact details. We will need to consult our staff
before deciding whether we can release this information, and this will
take a bit more time. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that you
do not require staff names and contact details.

Please note that over the holiday period, there are three weeks that are
not classified as working days. In accordance with Section 2 of the
Official Information Act 1982, this period is 25 December 2025 to 15
January 2026 (inclusive). As such, OIA requests received on or after 27
November 2025 may take longer than you might expect. For more information
on the latest date you can expect a response, please find the OIA
Calculator on the Ombudsman website here:
[5]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo....

Ngâ manaakitanga,

 

Official Information Team | Ministerial and Executive Services Ministry of
Social Development

 

Our Purpose:

We help New Zealanders to be safe, strong and independent Ko ta mâtou he
whakamana tangata kia tû haumaru, kia tû kaha, kia tû motuhake

 

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