5 March 2026
T Hayden
[FYI request #33898 email]
Dear T Hayden
Official Information Act Request
Our Ref: OIA 2026-0038
I refer to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request received on 28 February 2026 for:
“…the number of staﬀ in public relations or communications roles at the Public
Service Commission for 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.”
Information publicly available
The information you have requested is  found  in the Public Service Commission 2025/26
Estimates for Vote Public Service Governance and Administration Committee – Response to
Supplementary Written Questions (1–168) which is publicly available on the New Zealand
Parliament’s website at the link provided in the table below.  Please refer to question 44,
which can be  found on page 19.
Item  Date
Document Description  Website Address
1
12 June 2025  The Commission’s
https://www3.parliament.nz/resource/en-
2025/26 Estimates
NZ/54SCGOA_EVI_d7846180-2b1a-4ac6-
Response
cdc7-
08dd9cbad1c0_GOA37369/8e1d43777045211
2020564064660032140b3e609
Accordingly, I have refused your request for the document listed in the above table under
section 18(d) of the OIA on the grounds the information requested is or will soon be publicly
available.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact
[email address].
Level 10,  Te Iho |   1 Lambton Quay |   PO Box 329
Wellington 6140 |   New Zealand
Phone +64 4 495 6600

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
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Please note that we intend to publish this letter (with your personal details removed) on
the Commission’s website.
Yours sincerely
Nicky Dirks
Manager – Ministerial and Executive Services
Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission

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Background and Wording of the Request
Record of Decision
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