Thank you for your email.

 

Please accept this as acknowledgement that your email has been received by
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Good afternoon Mr Slater,

 

Please find attached a letter of response from Hon Chris Hipkins in
relation to your Official Information Request dated 19 April 2018.

 

Kind regards,
Jacque

 

 

Jacque Bernstein | Senior Private Secretary

Office of Hon Chris Hipkins

Minister of Education

Minister of State Services

Leader of the House

 

DDI +64 4 817 8877 | Email [1][email address]

 

Authorised by Hon Chris Hipkins MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

 

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I am writing on behalf of the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, to
acknowledge receipt of the transfer of your Official Information Act
request from the Minister of State Services, Hon Chris Hipkins.

 

Your request will be responded to under the provisions of the Official
Information Act 1982.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Dinah Okeby

Office of the Prime Minister

 

Authorised by Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern MP, Parliament Buildings  Wellington
6012

 

 

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Good morning Mr Slater,

 

Thank you for your OIA request, which was transferred to the Department of
Internal Affairs by the Minister Responsible for Ministerial Services, Hon
Chris Hipkins, and received by the Department on 4 May 2018.

 

You have requested:

 

1.       Who made the decision to outsource recruitment of the Chief Press
Secretary to the Prime Minister to JacksonStone & Partners?

2.       What advice was received, if any, of a potential conflict of
interest?

3.       Did the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister highlight a
potential conflict of interest?  if so, to whom?

4.       What advice was given by Ministerial Services regarding
recruitment processes for the Chief Press Secretary to the Prime Minister?

5.       How much has been paid to JacksonStone & Partners for recruitment
advice and processes?

6.       Who authorised any payments to JacksonStone & Partners for
recruitment advice and processes?

7.       Have any payments been made and how were they calculated?  if
they haven't been made, how will they be calculated?

8.       How many recruitment agencies were approached or offered a role
in sourcing candidates for the role of Chief Press Secretary to the Prime
Minister?

9.       Please provide any and all correspondence, this includes emails,
memos, aide memoires, reports, job descriptions, market rate advice,
between the Chief of Starr to the Prime Minister and any other person or
organisation in relation to the recruitment of the role of Chief Press
Secretary to the Prime Minister.

10.   Have JacksonStone & Partners been retained by Ministerial Services
for any other recruitment since 1 October 2017, and if so for what roles?

 

The Department will provide its response as soon as practicable and within
twenty working days.  The 20^th working day is 01 June 2018.

 

Kind regards,

 

Michelle Reed | Advisor – OIA 
The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua 
45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |
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Good morning Mr Slater,

Please refer to the acknowledgement email that was sent to you upon the transfer of your request, in which the timeframe for response is set out.

Your request was transferred from the Office of the Prime Minister to the Department of Internal Affairs (the agency that holds the information). The Official Information Act mandates that agencies and entities transfer in this manner when they do not hold the information requested but believe they know which agency/entity does hold it. According to the provisions of the Act, the timeframe for response is calculated from when an agency receives a request for the first time, including upon transfer of that request.

The transfer was received by the Department on 4 May 2018. The Department will be responding to your request as soon as practicable and prior to the 20th working day, which is 1 June 2018. There is a working-day calculator on the landing page of the website of the Office of the Ombudsman, which enables you to proof the timeframe cited by agencies, if you have concerns that they may have made an error in their calculation of the 20th working day.

Kind regards,

Michelle Reed | Advisor – OIA
The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua
45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand | www.dia.govt.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: Cam Slater [mailto:[FOI #7669 email]]
Sent: Sunday, 20 May 2018 9:48 AM
To: OIA
Subject: Re: Your Official Information Act request OIA17/18-0404

Dear OIA,

Your response as required by law is now late. Please correct this deficiency.

Yours sincerely,

Cam Slater

-----Original Message-----

Good morning Mr Slater,

 

Thank you for your OIA request, which was transferred to the Department of
Internal Affairs by the Minister Responsible for Ministerial Services, Hon
Chris Hipkins, and received by the Department on 4 May 2018.

 

You have requested:

 

1.       Who made the decision to outsource recruitment of the Chief Press
Secretary to the Prime Minister to JacksonStone & Partners?

2.       What advice was received, if any, of a potential conflict of
interest?

3.       Did the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister highlight a
potential conflict of interest?  if so, to whom?

4.       What advice was given by Ministerial Services regarding
recruitment processes for the Chief Press Secretary to the Prime Minister?

5.       How much has been paid to JacksonStone & Partners for recruitment
advice and processes?

6.       Who authorised any payments to JacksonStone & Partners for
recruitment advice and processes?

7.       Have any payments been made and how were they calculated?  if
they haven't been made, how will they be calculated?

8.       How many recruitment agencies were approached or offered a role
in sourcing candidates for the role of Chief Press Secretary to the Prime
Minister?

9.       Please provide any and all correspondence, this includes emails,
memos, aide memoires, reports, job descriptions, market rate advice,
between the Chief of Starr to the Prime Minister and any other person or
organisation in relation to the recruitment of the role of Chief Press
Secretary to the Prime Minister.

10.   Have JacksonStone & Partners been retained by Ministerial Services
for any other recruitment since 1 October 2017, and if so for what roles?

 

The Department will provide its response as soon as practicable and within
twenty working days.  The 20^th working day is 01 June 2018.

 

Kind regards,

 

Michelle Reed | Advisor – OIA 
The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua 
45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |
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Dear Cam

 

Please see attached letter regarding your Official Information Act request
of 4 May 2018

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Office of the Prime Minister

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Dear Cam Slater

 

Please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request
of 19 April 2018.

 

 

Kind regards

Sharon Scheffers

 

Sharon Scheffers| Senior Advisor Operational Policy and Performance |
Ministerial and Secretariat Services

Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua   

Direct: +64 4 817 8919
Level 18, Bowen House | 70-84 Lambton Quay, Wellington 6011, New Zealand |
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Dear Mr Slater

 

On behalf of Mike Munro, I attach a letter in response to your OIA request
received on 4^th May 2018.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

 

Jo Pettitt

Executive Assistant │Office of Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff

DDI  : + 64 4 817 9732 │Mobile : + 64 21 229 9436

9-038 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011

 

 

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