[IN-CONFIDENCE - RELEASE EXTERNAL]
 
John Luke 
[FYI request #34387 email]  
4 May 2026 
Tēnā koe John 
OIA: GEMS-47577 – Notice of Vacancy – Teaching Council of Aotearoa New 
Zealand 
Thank you for your email of 6 April 2026 to the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) 
requesting the following information:  
I noted, https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2026-go1409 
Teaching Council: closed by 5.00pm on 26 March 2026. 
The appointments will be for terms lasting up to three years, will include 
appointment of the Chair and Deputy Chair, and may include reappointments. 
1.  May I ask how you called for public nomination and on what platform you 
have cal  for public nominations e.g. gazette website.  
2.  A copy of your ad and pay rate for chair and deputy chair.  
3.  Also, how many applications you have received from the public and  
4.  How many you have received from other nominating agencies such as 
TPK or Ministry of women etc for your role.  
5.  How many you have shortlisted and  
6.  How many you have interviewed for each role. 
Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). 
Regarding the information requested, we note the closing date of applications for 
these positions was recent. 
Regarding part one of your request, as suggested in your email, the call for public 
nominations was through the Gazette Notice, which served as the official platform for 
publishing the vacancy and informing the public of the nomination process. This can 
be found here: https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2026-go1409.  
Regarding part two of your request, the copy of the ad is provided in the link above, 
however in terms of pay rate – fees for these members have yet to be confirmed, 
 
Wellington – National Office, PO Box 1666, Wellington 6140 
Phone: +64 4 463 8000 
education.govt.nz 
[IN-CONFIDENCE - RELEASE EXTERNAL]

---

[IN-CONFIDENCE - RELEASE EXTERNAL]
 
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. 
However, we can confirm that the pay rate would be consistent with the fees range 
for General Governance Boards, as set out on Page 27 of the Cabinet Fees 
Framework (CFF). You can find the Cabinet Fees Framework on the Department of 
the Prime Minister and Cabinet website at the following link: 
https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2025-09/co-25-2-cabinet-fees-
framework-v3.pdf. 
Regarding parts three and four of your request, the appointment process is still 
underway and applications from the public and nominating agencies are yet to be 
finalised. As such, these parts of your request are also therefore refused under 
section 18(g) of the Act, as set out above. 
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 to [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 – System, Connections and Early Learning Policy 
 
education.govt.nz 
 
Page 2 of 2 
OIA: GEMS-47577 
[IN-CONFIDENCE - RELEASE EXTERNAL]

---