22 January 2026
Trevor Mil s
Email: [FYI request #33574 email]
Tēnā koe Trevor
OFFICIAL INFORMATION REQUEST - 369055
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information request, received January 22,
2026, regarding staff wages and salaries, employee numbers and consultant expenditure for
2025.
Your request is as fol ows:
1. What was the total of salaries and wages paid out to employees
for the period 1st January 2025 to 31st December 2025 ?
2. What was the total number of employees - salaried and wages
workers - on the day before the current CEO Nedine Thatcher-
Swann commenced with the GDC ?
3. . What was the total payout for al consultants employed by the
GDC for the period 1st January 2025 to 31st December 2025 and
what projects were they employed on.?
We wil endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and no later than
February 20, 2026. This being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If
we are unable to respond to your request by then, we wil notify you of an extension of
that timeframe.
The response date shown takes into account:
1. Auckland Anniversary (26 January)
2. Waitangi Day (6 February 2026)
If you have any queries, feel free to contact us at [email address]. If any
additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to
contact us so that these can be taken into account.
Nga mihi,
Atiraira Thatcher
Official Information and Privacy Administrator