Kia ora
 
Thank you for your email.  The University is closed for the Summer break
between 20 December 2025 and 4 January 2026 (inclusive).  We will respond
to your email as soon as possible after that date.
 
For the purposes of the Official Information Act 1982, please note that
the statutory holiday period is 25 December 2025 to 15 January 2026
(inclusive). Any requests submitted after 27 November 2025 will be due in
the new year.
 
Ngā mihi
OIA Team
Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington

Kia ora

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982
(OIA) request of 23 December 2025.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and not
later than 12 February 2026, being 20 working days after the date your
request was received.

 

If you have any questions or concerns relating to your request in the
meantime, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Kayana Shaw (she/her)

Senior Advisor, Official Information and Privacy | Legal Services

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington

[1]www.wgtn.ac.nz | 0800 04 04 04

 

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Kia ora Saran

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982  (OIA) request of 23
December 2025, in which you requested:

 

“I seek the following information for the 2025 academic year:

 

 1. The number of students that recieved each grade (ie. no. of A+, A, A-
etc.) for all papers offered by Victoria University of Wellington.
 2. AND the average grades for all papers offered by Victoria University
of Wellington.
 3. AND The number of students enrolled in each course offered by Victoria
University of Wellington.”

 

Your request as currently framed would require substantial collation and
research to respond. There are more 1,900 courses that the University
offers. To collate all information requested would create significant and
unreasonable impact on the University's ability to carry out its other
operations. Accordingly, your request is likely to be refused under
section 18(f) of the OIA.

 

Additionally, as post-graduate courses typically have low numbers of
students, there are significant risks of the information identifying
personal information about individuals, which would need to be withheld
under section 9(2)(a) of the OIA.

 

In order to assist us in preparing a response, can you please confirm
whether you are happy to amend your request to be limited to around 10
courses of your choosing, and specify if you want a full breakdown of the
grades for each or if you are comfortable with aggregated data to avoid
risks to individual privacy.

 

If there is any additional information you can provide that can assist us
to narrow the scope of your request, please let us know.

 

Please reply with confirmation of the above by Friday 9 January 2026. If
we do not hear back from you in this time, we will proceed with your
original request.

 

Please note, any clarification or amendment of a request is considered to
be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory
timeframe for response—see section 15(1AA) of the Official Information
Act.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Kayana Shaw (she/her)

Senior Advisor, Official Information and Privacy | Legal Services

E: [1][email address] | P: +64 4 886 4460

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington

 

From: OIA Requests <[VUW request email]>
Sent: Monday, 5 January 2026 10:01 am
To: Saran <[FOI #33370 email]>
Subject: Acknowledgement: OIA 12-23 Saran - Grade distributions

 

Kia ora

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982
(OIA) request of 23 December 2025.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and not
later than 12 February 2026, being 20 working days after the date your
request was received.

 

If you have any questions or concerns relating to your request in the
meantime, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Kayana Shaw (she/her)

Senior Advisor, Official Information and Privacy | Legal Services

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington

[2]www.wgtn.ac.nz | 0800 04 04 04

 

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Kia ora
 
Thank you for your email. 
 
If you are making a request under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA),
the University will be in touch to acknowledge your request and discuss
further if necessary.
 
Please note that the OIA statutory holiday period is 25 December 2025 to
15 January 2026 (inclusive), and any requests made during this period will
have a decision due date of 13 February 2026.
 
The University is currently experiencing high volumes of OIA requests.
Accordingly, we would be grateful if you could please instead consider the
following alternative methods to answer commonly requested information:

* If you are a prospective student seeking information to apply to study
with us, please contact the University’s Student Success Advisers for
admissions advice:
[1]https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/study/apply-enrol...
* If you are a student seeking advice on studies, student
administration, support services, and student life in general, please
contact Tîtoko—Centre for Student Success:
[2]https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/students/tools-an...
* If you are seeking grade distributions or copies of test papers,
please contact your course coordinator or lecturer. Contact details
can be found on the relevant course page, which you can search for on
the University’s website here:
[3]https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/study/programmes-...
* If you are seeking agendas and minutes from the University Council,
you can find these on the University’s website as follows:

* Meeting dates and agendas:
[4]https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/about/governance/...
* Minutes:
[5]https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/about/governance/...

*  If you are seeking agendas, papers, and minutes from the University’s
Academic Board, you can find these on the University’s website here:
[6]https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/about/governance/...
* If you are seeking other key University documents, such as our Annual
Report, Ki te râ—Student Wellbeing Outcomes Framework, Strategic Plan
and more, you can find these on the University’s website here:
[7]https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/about/governance/...

 
If you have found the information through any of the alternative means,
please confirm by email if you would like to withdraw your OIA request.
Otherwise, if we do not hear back from you, we will proceed with your
request as normal.
 
Thank you.
 
Ngâ mihi
OIA Team
Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington

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Kia ora

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your amended OIA request of 6
January 2026. As noted below, any clarification or amendment of a request
is considered to be a new request for the purpose of calculating the
maximum statutory timeframe for response—see s15(1AA) of the OIA.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and not
later than 13 February 2026, being 20 working days after the date your
amended request was confirmed.

 

If you have any questions or concerns relating to your request in the
meantime, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Kayana Shaw (she/her)

Senior Advisor, Official Information and Privacy | Legal Services

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington

 

 

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