Dear Ministry of Education,

I am requesting the following information under the Official Information Act 1982.

This request relates to any funding, contracts, grants, sponsorships, procurement arrangements, partnership agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other financial support provided by your organisation to Pūhoro Charitable Trust, Pūhoro STEMM Academy, or Pūhoro.

Please provide information for the period 1 July 2023 to the date of this request.
Please provide:

- A list of all funding arrangements with Pūhoro, including the name of the arrangement, start and end date, total approved value, amount paid by financial year, and whether the funding was contestable or non-contestable.

- Copies of the relevant funding agreements, contracts, data-sharing agreements, grant agreements, variations, memoranda of understanding, schedules of deliverables, reporting requirements, and performance measures.

- Copies of reporting received from Pūhoro, including milestone reports, performance reports, monitoring reports, evaluation reports, acquittals, invoices, and evidence of delivery.

- Any outcome data held by your organisation relating to Pūhoro, including the number of participants who entered tertiary study, degree-level study, engineering, technology, IT/computer science, science, health, other STEMM pathways, or STEMM employment.

- Any substantive correspondence, including emails, between your organisation and Pūhoro relating to:
* renewal, extension, variation, or increase of funding;
* reporting, performance measures, or outcome data;
* definitions of “transition to tertiary”, “STEMM pathway”, “science qualification”, or similar outcome measures;
* concerns or issues with delivery, reporting, payment, invoicing, or contract performance.

If any part of this request is too broad, please contact me before refusing it so I can refine the scope.

Yours faithfully,

Joel Robinson