
5 March 2026
T Hayden
[FYI request #33937 email]
Dear T Hayden
Official Information Act Request
Our Ref: OIA 2026-0042
I refer to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request received on 3 March 2026 for:
“…the number of staff in public relations or communications roles at the Public
Service Commission for 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.
the number of contractors in public relations or communications roles at the Public
Service Commission for 2026, 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.
This information for 2026 will be published within the Public Service Commission 2026/27
Estimates for Vote Public Service Governance and Administration Committee response on
the NZ Parliament’s website.
Item Date
Document Description
Website Address
1
12 June 2025
The Commission’s 2025/26
https://www3.parliament.nz/res
Estimates Response
ource/en-
NZ/54SCGOA_EVI_d7846180-
2b1a-4ac6-cdc7-
08dd9cbad1c0_GOA37369/8e1d4
377704521120205640646600321
40b3e609
Level 10, Te Iho | 1 Lambton Quay | PO Box 329
Wellington 6140 | New Zealand
Phone +64 4 495 6600

Accordingly, I have refused your request for the documents 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]. 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
Document Outline
- Background and Wording of the Request
- Record of Decision
- Documents Table
- Consultations that have occurred