30 January 2018
Mol y McCarthy, via FYI.org.nz
Email: [FYI request #6990 email]
Dear Ms McCarthy
On 12 December 2017 the Reserve Bank of New Zealand has received your request, made
under the terms of section 12 of the Official Information Act (the OIA), seeking:
In the recent recruitment process to appoint a new Governor of RBNZ (which resulted
in the Board recommending to the Minister of Finance that Adrian Orr be appointed
as Governor), please advise:
1. How many of the total applicants/individuals considered for the role were:
a) women; or
b) non-Pakeha; or
c) both.
2. What was the total number of applicants/individuals considered?
3. If there is a shortlisting process, how many of the individuals who were included on
that shortlist were:
a) women; or
b) non-Pakeha; or
c) both.
4. If there was a shortlisting process, how many individuals were included on the
shortlist in total?
The Reserve Bank is extending the time limit for a decision on your request to 16 February
2018, as permitted under section 15A(1)(b) of the OIA, because consultations necessary to
make a decision on the request are such that a proper response to the request cannot
reasonably be made within the original time limit.
You have the right, under section 28 of the OIA, to make a complaint to the Ombudsman
about the Reserve Bank’s decisions relating to your request.
Yours sincerely
Angus Barclay
External Communications Advisor
2 The Terrace, PO Box 2498, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Telephone 64 4 472 2029 Online at www.rbnz.govt.nz