45 Pipitea Street
Wellington
3 February 2026
Phone 0800 25 78 87
dia.govt.nz
John Luke
[FYI request #33278 email]
Tēnā koe John
Your Official Information Act request, reference OIA 2526-0682
Thank you for your email of 16 December 2025 to the Department of Internal Affairs
(Department) requesting the following information under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (the
Act):
“I noted, Water Services Authority – Taumata Arowai Board
Expression of Interest Form - Word (DOCX, 108KB)
Candidate Information Sheet - PDF (PDF, 176KB)
CLOSED
5:00PM, 5 December 2025
Water Services Authority – Taumata Arowai Māori Advisory Group
Expression of Interest Form - Word (DOCX, 108KB)
Candidate Information Sheet - PDF (PDF, 241KB)
CLOSED
5:00PM, 5 December 2025
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dia.g
ovt.nz%2FAppointments-to-Statutory-
Bodies&data=05%7C02%7CJennifer.Dixon%40dia.govt.nz%7C9dd06d19dcc246
abbced08de3c3cc390%7Cf659ca5cfc474e96b24d14c95df13acb%7C0%7C0%7
C639014428855737126%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGki
OnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyf
Q%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RlxtiIvPh1reXVzWnJ1J0p%2B0aWcj3%
2BjkWMINdD1q%2BkU%3D&reserved=0
May I ask how you called for public nomination and on what platform you have
call for public nominations e.g. govt.jobs website. A copy of your ad and pay rate
as well. Also, how many applications you have received from the public and how
many you have received from other nominating agencies such as TPK or Ministry
of women etc for your role. How many you have shortlisted and how many you
have interviewed.”
Response to the request
Calls for nominations for the
Water Services Authority – Taumata Arowai Board and
Water
Services Authority – Taumata Arowai Māori Advisory Group closed on 5 December 2025.
Calls for nominations for both statutory bodies were publicly advertised on the Department’s
website and jobs.govt.nz. There were no direct costs associated with putting up the
advertisements. A copy of the advertisement is attached as
Appendix A.
link to page 2
Te Tari Taiwhenua
Department of Internal Affairs
In total, 17 nominations were received for the
Water Services Authority – Taumata Arowai
Board. Of the total,
three were received from nominating agencies
1.
In total, seven nominations were received for the
Water Services Authority – Taumata Arowai
Māori Advisory Group. None were received from nominating agencies.
Information on
Cabinet Fees Framework for members appointed to bodies in which the Crown
has an interest referenced in Cabinet Of ice Circular [CO (25) 2] provides guidance for
determining and reassessing the fees paid to member of statutory and other bodies in which
the Crown has an interest. This circular is found linked here:
www.dpmc.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2025-09/co-25-2-cabinet-fees-framework-v3.pdf.
Shortlisting is currently being considered with the numbers yet to be confirmed. No interviews
have taken place to date.
Accessing the Ombudsman
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Jade Badcock
Manager, Ministerial Services
Water Services Reform Programme
1 A list of nominating agencies is found on the Public Service Commission website linked here:
www.publicservice.govt.nz/guidance/guide-board-appointment-and-induction-guidelines/recruiting-candidates.
