PLEASE NOTE: Hon Chris Penk no longer holds the Associate Immigration,
Small Business and Manufacturing and Land Information portfolios.

If you wish to raise a matter regarding the Associate Immigration and/or
Small Business and Manufacturing delegations, please refer your email to
the office of Hon Cameron Brewer ([1][email address]), and Hon
Mike Butterick ([2][email address]) for Land Information
queries.
 
 
On behalf of Hon Chris Penk, thank you for your correspondence.
 
While Hon Penk considers all correspondence to be important, and every
message is carefully read and considered, it is not always possible to
reply personally to all emails.  As such, the following guidelines apply: 
 

* If you are a constituent in the Kaipara ki Mahurangi electorate
getting in touch about a local issue, please refer your email to
[3][email address] and the electorate office team will
get back to you.

 

* Invitations and meeting requests will be considered as soon as
possible, and a staff member will be in contact with you in due
course.

 

* If your email message falls outside of Hon Penk's portfolio
responsibilities, expresses a personal view, or is copied to multiple
Members of Parliament, your correspondence will be noted and/or
transferred to the appropriate office.

 

* Requests for Official Information and requests made under the Privacy
Act will be managed in accordance with the provisions of the Official
Information Act 1982 and Privacy Act 2020 respectively.

 
Thank you, again, for taking the time to write.
 
Kind regards,
Office of Hon Chris Penk

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Dear John,

On behalf of Hon Chris Penk, I confirm receipt of your request for official information.

Kind regards,

Office of Hon Chris Penk
Minister for Building and Construction
Minister of Defence
Minister for Veterans
Minister Responsible for GCSB and NZSIS
Minister for Space
Associate Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery

Email: [Chris Penk request email]
Website: www.Beehive.govt.nz
Private Bag 180.41, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

Authorised by Hon Chris Penk, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
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Dear John,

 

I refer to your request for official information received by this office
on 7 July in which you sought:

 

‘Reappointments to the Engineering Associates Registration Board
[1]https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gaze...

 

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. 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.
How many you have shortlisted and how many you have interviewed.

 

Also, can I request to view the appointment letter if there is one sent to
the following:

 

Danny Muthmala, of Wellington

 

Colette McCartney, of Tauranga

 

Phil Huse-White, of Auckland

 

Bruce Hurley, of Auckland

 

Jo Johnston, of Wellington

Richard Dove, of Christchurch

 

I am happy for you to remove any relevant personal information.

 

Besides meeting fees, do they receive any other benefits, such as expense
reimbursement (If so, may I request to view your expense reimbursement
policy in relation to your board member), a laptop, ID card, phone, or
similar provisions?’

 

It’s been identified that the information requested is more closely
related to the functions of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and
Employment (MBIE, the agency). We have therefore transferred your request
in full to the agency in accordance with section 14(b)(ii) of the Official
Information Act (OIA).

 

MBIE has the usual timeframes upon receipt of this notification to make a
decision on your request.

 

You have the right under section 28(3) of the OIA to file a complaint with
the Ombudsman regarding this transfer.

 

Kind regards,

 

Alex

 

Office of Hon Chris Penk

Minister for Building and Construction

Minister of Defence

Minister for Veterans

Minister Responsible for GCSB and NZSIS

Minister for Space

Associate Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery

 
Email: [2][Chris Penk request email]

Website: [3]www.Beehive.govt.nz

Private Bag 180.41, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

Authorised by Hon Chris Penk, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is
confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by
replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.

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Kia ora John,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your request of 7 July 2026 sent to Minister Hon Chris Penk
requesting under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the
following:

 

Reappointments to the Engineering Associates Registration Board
[1]https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gaze...

 

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. 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.
How many you have shortlisted and how many you have interviewed.

 

Also, can I request to view the appointment letter if there is one sent to
the following:

 

Danny Muthmala, of Wellington

 

Colette McCartney, of Tauranga

 

Phil Huse-White, of Auckland

 

Bruce Hurley, of Auckland

 

Jo Johnston, of Wellington

Richard Dove, of Christchurch

 

I am happy for you to remove any relevant personal information.

 

Besides meeting fees, do they receive any other benefits, such as expense
reimbursement (If so, may I request to view your expense reimbursement
policy in relation to your board member), a laptop, ID card, phone, or
similar provisions?

 

Your request has been transferred to the Ministry of Business, Innovation
and Employment from Minister Hon Chris Penk on 14 July 2026 and is being
processed in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982. A response
will be sent to you in due course. 

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 11 August 2026, being 20 working days after the day your
request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then,
we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.  If you have any
enquiries regarding your request feel free to contact us via email
to [2][email address]

 

Nāku noa, nā
Ministerial Services
Strategy and Assurance
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140

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