Kia ora Oliver

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 of 27
Dec 2025 seeking the following information:

 

I request copies of any documents held by NZQA that record or relate to
any decision to decline, refuse, not grant, suspend, or withdraw approval
and/or accreditation for Ara Institute of Canterbury to:



deliver NZQA-approved programmes or NZQF qualifications in China, and/or 
award NZQF qualifications (or any NZQA-regulated qualification outcomes)
via offshore programme delivery in China (including delivery through any
partner organisation in China).



Please include (but not limited to):



Any decision letters/notices (including dates, reference numbers, and
stated reasons).



Correspondence (emails/letters) between NZQA and Ara about any
application(s), assessment, refusal, withdrawal, or compliance issues.



Any assessment reports, evaluation notes, recommendations, internal
briefings, or minutes used to inform or record such decision(s).



Timeframe: 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025 (or the latest available
records).



If any information is withheld, please provide the remainder and specify
the relevant withholding grounds under the OIA. Please provide the
information electronically (PDF copies) via this website.

 

You can expect to receive a response to your request on or before 13 Feb
2026. You will be contacted again if there is a likelihood that this
timeframe cannot be met.

 

As you may know requests for official information become official
information once received.  As part of the processing of requests for
official information, NZQA may need to consult with relevant third
parties.  During the consultation, a third party may ask for the identity
of the individual/organisation requesting the information. If you are an
individual making a request, please advise us whether or not you would
have an objection to disclosing your identity if a third party asks for
your identity, and the reasons for your objection.   If you are an
individual making a request on behalf of an organisation please advise us
both whether you personally have an objection to disclosing your identity,
and the reasons for your objection, as well as any objection to
identifying the organisation, together with reasons. NZQA will consider
your reasons and whether they fit with any withholding grounds under the
Privacy Act 2020 or the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Requests from an organisation for information about the organisation will
be processed under Part 4 of the Official Information Act.

 

As part of the commitment to open and transparent government, NZQA is
proactively releasing responses to Official Information Act requests which
are of public interest. We publish OIA responses on a quarterly basis. We
will include advice about the publication of your request in our final
response letter. Your name and contact details will be removed before
publication.

 

In some circumstances after scoping a request, NZQA may decide to charge
for making the requested information available. If this is the case, we
will write to you again with details and seek confirmation you wanted to
proceed on that basis.

  

For any enquiries about your request,  please contact
[1][email address].

 

If you are dissatisfied with our response, you have the right, under
section 28(3) of the Official Information Act 1982, to lodge a complaint
with the Office of the Ombudsman at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. You
can also telephone 0800 802 502 or write to the Ombudsman at PO Box 10152,
Wellington, 6143.

 

NZQA Ministerials team

 

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