The number and outcome of formal staff on student complaints of sexual harassment.
CL Rainwater made this Official Information request to University of Auckland
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From: CL Rainwater
Dear University of Auckland,
The following request applies to the period of 2021-25.
During that time, how many formal complaints of sexual harassment did the University receive from students that was allegedly committed by a member of staff?
In how many of the cases of those formal complaints did the University conduct an internal investigation of the complaint?
In how many of the cases of those formal complaints did the University contract an external investigation of the complaint?
In how many of the cases of those formal complaints did the University bring disciplinary charges against the alleged perpetrator(s)?
What was the outcome of those disciplinary proceedings:
In how many was the complaint found to be unsubstantiated?
Was any discipline imposed on the complainant?
In how many was the complaint found to be substantiated?
What was the discipline imposed?
In how many of those cases did the University or any member of staff create an internal record of a notifiable injury, illness, incident, or event?
In how many of those cases did the University or any member of staff notify WorkSafe of a notifiable injury, illness, incident, or event?
In how many of those cases did the University or any member of staff contact Police?
Yours faithfully,
CL Rainwater
From: CL Rainwater
Dear University of Auckland,
As this request is now past the deadline for response, I am following up to ask for a prompt response to my request.
Yours faithfully,
CL Rainwater
From: Legal
University of Auckland
Dear requester,
Your requests of 24 and 26 April were extended until 15 July 2026. See the
list below:
2026-OIA-0076-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment, student against student,
2021-2025: 24 April 2026
2026-OIA-0077-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment, staff against student,
2021-2025: 24 April 2026
2026-OIA-0078-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment (informal), student
against student, 2021-2025: 24 April 2026
2026-OIA-0079-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment (informal) staff against
student, 2021-2025: 24 April 2026
2026-OIA-0080-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment, student against staff,
2021-2025: 24 April 2026
2026-OIA-0081-Rainwater: OIA: Sexual harassment, staff against staff,
2021-2025: 24 April 2026
2026-OIA-0082-Rainwater: OIA: 2025 Staff Engagement Survey, responses to
free-text harassment questions: 26 April 2026
2026-OIA-0083-Rainwater: OIA: Sexual harassment (informal), staff against
staff, 2021-2025: 26 April 2026
2026-OIA-0084-Rainwater: OIA: Sexual harassment (informal), student
against staff, 2021-2025: 26 April 2026
Yours sincerely,
Landon Watt
Legal Advisor
Office of the Vice-Chancellor
Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland
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From: CL Rainwater <[FOI #34534 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 4:25 PM
To: Legal <[University of Auckland request email]>
Subject: Re: Official Information request - The number and outcome of
formal staff on student complaints of sexual harassment.
Dear University of Auckland,
As this request is now past the deadline for response, I am following up
to ask for a prompt response to my request.
Yours faithfully,
CL Rainwater
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From: Legal
University of Auckland
Dear requester,
I refer to your requests of 18 April, 24 April, 26 April, 2 May, 5 May and
11 May, as listed below:
1. 2026-OIA-0066-Rainwater: OIA - VSPs for senior management: 18 April
2026
2. 2026-OIA-0067-Rainwater: OIA - Performance-based salary review: 18
April 2026
3. 2026-OIA-0068-Rainwater: OIA - Expenditure on external consultants,
2022-2026: 18 April 2026
4. 2026-OIA-0069-Rainwater: OIA - Procurement contracts, 2021-2025: 18
April 2026
5. 2026-OIA-0076-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment, student against
student, 2021-2025: 24 April 2026
6. 2026-OIA-0077-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment, staff against
student, 2021-2025: 24 April 2026
7. 2026-OIA-0078-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment (informal), student
against student, 2021-2025: 24 April 2026
8. 2026-OIA-0079-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment (informal) staff
against student, 2021-2025: 24 April 2026
9. 2026-OIA-0080-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment, student against
staff, 2021-2025: 24 April 2026
10. 2026-OIA-0081-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment, staff against staff,
2021-2025: 24 April 2026
11. 2026-OIA-0082-Rainwater: OIA - 2025 Staff Engagement Survey, responses
to free-text harassment questions: 26 April 2026
12. 2026-OIA-0083-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment (informal), staff
against staff, 2021-2025: 26 April 2026
13. 2026-OIA-0084-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment (informal), student
against staff, 2021-2025: 26 April 2026
14. 2026-OIA-0095-Rainwater: OIA - Report for 2024 Gender Pay Gap: 2 May
2026
15. 2026-OIA-0096-Rainwater: OIA - Bullying and harassment policy
questions: Notification of Police: 2 May 2026
16. 2026-OIA-0097-Rainwater: OIA - Bullying and harassment policy
questions: Decisions on scope of investigation: 2 May 2026
17. 2026-OIA-0098-Rainwater: OIA - Various bullying and harassment policy
questions: 2 May 2026
18. 2026-OIA-0099-Rainwater: OIA - Various bullying and harassment policy
questions: 2 May 2026
19. 2026-OIA-0102-Rainwater: OIA - Staff discipline process: standard of
proof: 5 May 2026
20. 2026-OIA-0110-Rainwater: OIA - Staff salary information: 11 May 2026
21. 2026-OIA-0111-Rainwater: OIA - "Strategic Advisers": 11 May 2026
22. 2026-OIA-0112-Rainwater: OIA - External legal expenditure: 11 May 2026
The purpose of this email is to consult with you about these requests. You
have requested a very large amount of information from the University and
it cannot be provided without the expenditure of excessive staff time.
Please advise by 10 June whether you are willing to significantly narrow
these requests and, if so, how. Please also advise whether your requests
have a priority order between them, and then within each request, if there
are any specific parts of your requests which you wish the University to
prioritise.
If you do not narrow your requests, it is likely that the University will
refuse to provide a significant amount of the information requested on the
ground that it cannot be provided without substantial collation or
research. If you advise the University that you wish us to prioritise
specific requests or parts of requests, we will take that into account
when making a decision on your requests.
Yours sincerely,
Landon Watt
Legal Advisor
Office of the Vice-Chancellor
Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland
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From: Landon Watt <[email address]> on behalf of Legal
<[University of Auckland request email]>
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2026 7:41 PM
To: CL Rainwater <[email address]>
Cc: Legal <[University of Auckland request email]>
Subject: 2026-OIA-0066-Rainwater; 2026-OIA-0067-Rainwater;
2026-OIA-0068-Rainwater; 2026-OIA-0069-Rainwater
Dear requester,
I refer to your four requests of 18 April 2026. As consultations necessary
to make a decision on your requests are such that a response cannot
reasonably be given within the original time limit, the University has
extended the time limit for your request by under section 15A(1)(b) of the
OIA until 1 July 2026. We will respond to your requests as soon as
reasonably practicable.
You have the right to make a complaint to an Ombudsman if you are
dissatisfied with this extension.
Yours sincerely,
Landon Watt
Legal Advisor
Office of the Vice-Chancellor
Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland
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From: CL Rainwater <[email address]>
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2026 1:41 AM
To: Legal <[University of Auckland request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - The VSPs for senior management?
Dear University of Auckland,
The University makes Variable Supplementary Payments to senior academic
staff like Deans, Deputy Deans, Associate Deans, and Heads of School and
Department, purportedly as compensation for their additional
administrative roles (administrative VSPs).
How is the amount of these administrative VSPs determined and on what
criteria?
What is the process by which these administrative VSPs are awarded?
Who is involved in the decision making about the award of these
administrative VSPs?
Are the administrative VSPs reviewed on an annual or other periodic basis?
Are there performance criteria attached to these VSPs? If so, what are
they? Are they published?
How much has the University paid out (or is projected to pay out) total in
these administrative VSPs by year per faculty over the period of
2022-2026?
Is any member of staff receiving these administrative VSPs required to
teach a standard .4 FTE teaching load? If so, what percentage of the staff
receiving these administrative VSPs is teaching a standard .4 FTE teaching
load by faculty?
Are any of the staff who receive these administrative VSPs on a contract
for more than 1.0 FTE? If not, what is the justification for paying these
staff members more than their 1.0 FTE contract would require without the
VSP?
Yours faithfully,
CL Rainwater
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From: Legal
University of Auckland
Dear requester,
I refer to your requests of 11 May 2026 (our refs 2026-OIA-0110-Rainwater;
2026-OIA-0111-Rainwater; 2026-OIA-0112-Rainwater). As consultations
necessary to make a decision on these requests are such that a response
cannot reasonably be given within the original time limit, the University
has extended the time limit for your requests until 7 July 2026 under
section 15A(1)(b) of the OIA. We will respond to your requests as soon as
reasonably practicable.
You have the right to make a complaint to an Ombudsman if you are
dissatisfied with this extension.
Yours sincerely,
Landon Watt
Legal Advisor
Office of the Vice-Chancellor
Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland
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Sent: Monday, June 08, 2026 1:45 PM
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Cc: Legal <[University of Auckland request email]>
Subject: Rainwater OIA requests 0066-0069, 0076-0084, 0095-0099, 0102,
0110-0112
Dear requester,
I refer to your requests of 18 April, 24 April, 26 April, 2 May, 5 May and
11 May, as listed below:
1. 2026-OIA-0066-Rainwater: OIA - VSPs for senior management: 18 April
2026
2. 2026-OIA-0067-Rainwater: OIA - Performance-based salary review: 18
April 2026
3. 2026-OIA-0068-Rainwater: OIA - Expenditure on external consultants,
2022-2026: 18 April 2026
4. 2026-OIA-0069-Rainwater: OIA - Procurement contracts, 2021-2025: 18
April 2026
5. 2026-OIA-0076-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment, student against
student, 2021-2025: 24 April 2026
6. 2026-OIA-0077-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment, staff against
student, 2021-2025: 24 April 2026
7. 2026-OIA-0078-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment (informal), student
against student, 2021-2025: 24 April 2026
8. 2026-OIA-0079-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment (informal) staff
against student, 2021-2025: 24 April 2026
9. 2026-OIA-0080-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment, student against
staff, 2021-2025: 24 April 2026
10. 2026-OIA-0081-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment, staff against staff,
2021-2025: 24 April 2026
11. 2026-OIA-0082-Rainwater: OIA - 2025 Staff Engagement Survey, responses
to free-text harassment questions: 26 April 2026
12. 2026-OIA-0083-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment (informal), staff
against staff, 2021-2025: 26 April 2026
13. 2026-OIA-0084-Rainwater: OIA - Sexual harassment (informal), student
against staff, 2021-2025: 26 April 2026
14. 2026-OIA-0095-Rainwater: OIA - Report for 2024 Gender Pay Gap: 2 May
2026
15. 2026-OIA-0096-Rainwater: OIA - Bullying and harassment policy
questions: Notification of Police: 2 May 2026
16. 2026-OIA-0097-Rainwater: OIA - Bullying and harassment policy
questions: Decisions on scope of investigation: 2 May 2026
17. 2026-OIA-0098-Rainwater: OIA - Various bullying and harassment policy
questions: 2 May 2026
18. 2026-OIA-0099-Rainwater: OIA - Various bullying and harassment policy
questions: 2 May 2026
19. 2026-OIA-0102-Rainwater: OIA - Staff discipline process: standard of
proof: 5 May 2026
20. 2026-OIA-0110-Rainwater: OIA - Staff salary information: 11 May 2026
21. 2026-OIA-0111-Rainwater: OIA - "Strategic Advisers": 11 May 2026
22. 2026-OIA-0112-Rainwater: OIA - External legal expenditure: 11 May 2026
The purpose of this email is to consult with you about these requests. You
have requested a very large amount of information from the University and
it cannot be provided without the expenditure of excessive staff time.
Please advise by 10 June whether you are willing to significantly narrow
these requests and, if so, how. Please also advise whether your requests
have a priority order between them, and then within each request, if there
are any specific parts of your requests which you wish the University to
prioritise.
If you do not narrow your requests, it is likely that the University will
refuse to provide a significant amount of the information requested on the
ground that it cannot be provided without substantial collation or
research. If you advise the University that you wish us to prioritise
specific requests or parts of requests, we will take that into account
when making a decision on your requests.
Yours sincerely,
Landon Watt
Legal Advisor
Office of the Vice-Chancellor
Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland
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From: Landon Watt <[email address]> on behalf of Legal
<[University of Auckland request email]>
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2026 7:41 PM
To: CL Rainwater <[email address]>
Cc: Legal <[University of Auckland request email]>
Subject: 2026-OIA-0066-Rainwater; 2026-OIA-0067-Rainwater;
2026-OIA-0068-Rainwater; 2026-OIA-0069-Rainwater
Dear requester,
I refer to your four requests of 18 April 2026. As consultations necessary
to make a decision on your requests are such that a response cannot
reasonably be given within the original time limit, the University has
extended the time limit for your request by under section 15A(1)(b) of the
OIA until 1 July 2026. We will respond to your requests as soon as
reasonably practicable.
You have the right to make a complaint to an Ombudsman if you are
dissatisfied with this extension.
Yours sincerely,
Landon Watt
Legal Advisor
Office of the Vice-Chancellor
Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland
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From: CL Rainwater <[email address]>
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2026 1:41 AM
To: Legal <[University of Auckland request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - The VSPs for senior management?
Dear University of Auckland,
The University makes Variable Supplementary Payments to senior academic
staff like Deans, Deputy Deans, Associate Deans, and Heads of School and
Department, purportedly as compensation for their additional
administrative roles (administrative VSPs).
How is the amount of these administrative VSPs determined and on what
criteria?
What is the process by which these administrative VSPs are awarded?
Who is involved in the decision making about the award of these
administrative VSPs?
Are the administrative VSPs reviewed on an annual or other periodic basis?
Are there performance criteria attached to these VSPs? If so, what are
they? Are they published?
How much has the University paid out (or is projected to pay out) total in
these administrative VSPs by year per faculty over the period of
2022-2026?
Is any member of staff receiving these administrative VSPs required to
teach a standard .4 FTE teaching load? If so, what percentage of the staff
receiving these administrative VSPs is teaching a standard .4 FTE teaching
load by faculty?
Are any of the staff who receive these administrative VSPs on a contract
for more than 1.0 FTE? If not, what is the justification for paying these
staff members more than their 1.0 FTE contract would require without the
VSP?
Yours faithfully,
CL Rainwater
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