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Ngā Pātū o te / Whare Wall of Identity

Priya Delana made this Official Information request to Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand

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From: Priya Delana

This is a request under the Official Information Act 1982.

Please provide internal documents, meeting notes and emails pertaining to Ngā Pātū o te / Whare Wall of Identity. These are the specific requests:

1. Whose idea it was

2. Full development costs. Please breakdown a. staff time
b. consultant fees for the cultural experts including why and how these cultural experts were chosen.
c. design
d. platform integration on My Rawa

3. What else in this budget allocation could have been funded.

4. Provide documents on the
a. Ideological basis and approval process for these phrases used in the Facebook post Wednesday 17th December. ‘This wall is not to divide but to recognise the new and evolving stories upon which our nation will grow.’
‘it's an invitation to pause, reconnect and honour the identity you bring to your Mahi, and the way you create space for others to belong too.’
b. Does the Teaching Council consider itself to have a ‘nation-building’ role, as suggested by the phrase ‘the new and evolving stories upon which our nation will grow’. Provide all records, including emails or briefings, on the intended meaning of this phrase and its relation to the Council’s statutory mandate.

5. Why this was prioritised as core regulatory work under Section 479(1) of the Education and Training Act 2020.

6. Positioning as a "gift" or end-of-year initiative as per social media post on Facebook (Wednesday 17th December).

Yours sincerely,

Priya Delana

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Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand

Kia ora Priya,

Thank you for your below request. I can confirm we have received this. We will be in touch as soon as possible and no later than Wednesday 5 February 2026 with a decision.

Noho ora mai

Jess Ludgate (She/Her)
Tumu Pârongo | Lead Advisor – Privacy, Government, & Information
Te Ohu Kaupapahere | Policy & Implementation

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This is a request under the Official Information Act 1982.

Please provide internal documents, meeting notes and emails pertaining to Ngâ Pâtû o te / Whare Wall of Identity. These are the specific requests:

1. Whose idea it was

2. Full development costs. Please breakdown a. staff time b. consultant fees for the cultural experts including why and how these cultural experts were chosen.
c. design
d. platform integration on My Rawa

3. What else in this budget allocation could have been funded.

4. Provide documents on the
a. Ideological basis and approval process for these phrases used in the Facebook post Wednesday 17th December. ‘This wall is not to divide but to recognise the new and evolving stories upon which our nation will grow.’
‘it's an invitation to pause, reconnect and honour the identity you bring to your Mahi, and the way you create space for others to belong too.’
b. Does the Teaching Council consider itself to have a ‘nation-building’ role, as suggested by the phrase ‘the new and evolving stories upon which our nation will grow’. Provide all records, including emails or briefings, on the intended meaning of this phrase and its relation to the Council’s statutory mandate.

5. Why this was prioritised as core regulatory work under Section 479(1) of the Education and Training Act 2020.

6. Positioning as a "gift" or end-of-year initiative as per social media post on Facebook (Wednesday 17th December).

Yours sincerely,

Priya Delana

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