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John Luke
[FYI request #33979 email]
1 April 2026
Tēnā koe John
OIA: GEMS-47153 – New Zealand School Property Agency Board appointments
Thank you for your email of 6 March 2026 to the Ministry of Education (the Ministry)
requesting the following information:
1. May I ask how you called for public nomination and on what platform you
have call for public nominations e.g. govt.jobs website. A copy of your ad
as well and pay rate.
2. Also, how many applications you have received for each of the role from
the public and how many you have received from other nominating
agencies such as TPK or Ministry of women etc for your role.
3.
How many vacancies are you looking to fil for this round.
Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
In response to
part one of your request, Expressions of Interest for positions on the
New Zealand School Property Agency Board (the Board) were sought via the
Ministry’s website and through the Institute of Directors. Expressions of Interest
closed on 25 March 2025. Please find attached as
Appendix A a copy of the
advertisement seeking expressions of interest for the Board, which was posted on
the Ministry website on 23 February 2025, and the job description linked with the
advertisement.
Fees for members of the Board have yet to be confirmed, therefore I am refusing this
part of your request under section 18(g) of the Act, as the information you have
requested is not yet held by the Ministry, and I have no grounds for believing that it is
either held by, or more closely connected to the functions of, another department or
organisation subject to the Act.
We can confirm that the range of fees payable to Board members is $31,200 -
$66,200, as the fees wil be in the range of Level 2, Group 3a - General Governance
Boards as set out on Page 27 of the Cabinet Fees Framework. You can find the
Cabinet Fees Framework on the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Wel ington – National Office, PO Box 1666, Wellington 6140
Phone: +64 4 463 8000
education.govt.nz
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website at the following link:
https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2025-
09/co-25-2-cabinet-fees-framework-v3.pdf. While an appointments process for the Board has commenced, it will take many
months to be completed. The establishment of the New Zealand School Property
Agency (NZSPA) is part of the Education and Training (System Reform) Amendment
Bill (the Bill) that is currently before Parliament. Appointments to the Board will only
be confirmed once the Bil comes into force.
You can find more information about the Bil , including the full text, on the Parliament
website at the following link
: https:/ bil s.parliament.nz/v/6/65445e46-256b-4800-
37f2-08de25831691?lang=en&Tab=history. You are welcome to resubmit your request for information relating to this appointment
once decisions regarding the appointment to the Board have been finalised.
In response to
part two of your request, the appointment process is stil underway
and applications from the public and nominating agencies are yet to be finalised. As
such, I am refusing these parts of your request under section 18(g) of the Act as the
information you have requested is not held by the Ministry.
In response to
part three of your request, as the Bill providing for the establishment
of NZSPA (and its Board) has not yet been passed into legislation, there technically
are no vacancies at this time. Subject to the Bil becoming legislation, the Board can
have up to nine members (see section 517D of the Bill). The number of members it
wil have when it is established wil be confirmed in due course by the Minister of
Education, along with the fees for members of the Board. I am therefore refusing this
part of your request under section 18(e) of the Act, as the information requested does
not exist.
Please note, we may publish this response on our website after five working days.
Your name and contact details wil be removed.
Thank you again for your email. You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to review
my decision on your request, in accordance with section 28 of the Act. You can do
this by writing t
o [email address] or to Office of the Ombudsman,
PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.
Nāku noa, nā
Jennifer Heersping
Director, Monitoring and Appointments
Te Pou Kaupapahere | Policy
education.govt.nz
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