Dear Alanah        

Thank you for your email dated 18 September 2018 requesting the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982:

Can you please provide the following information:

a.  Does your organisation have legal responsibilities under the Treaty of
Waitangi?

b.  Does your organisation have legal responsibilities to engage with te
reo Maori in some way or another?  Does your organisation have a duty
(such as in its charter, or its empowering legislation) to reflect New
Zealand's cultural identity?

c.  Does your organisation have a formal policy, strategy, or commitment,
relating to te reo Maori ability and proficiency for staff? (If so, can
you please provide a copy of it)?

d.  Does your organisation have a policy on diversity and inclusion? (If
so, can you please provide a copy of it)?

e.  How many staff in your organisation are recorded as being fluent in te
reo Maori?

f.  Has your organisation provided any te reo Maori lessons or education
to staff in the past 12 months?  (If so, how many staff has it provided
those to, and what was the format of the lessons?)

g.  Does your organisation have any te reo Maori lessons or education
scheduled to be provided to staff in upcoming 12 months?  (If so, how many
staff does it intend to provide those to?)

h How many personnel does your organisation currently engage? (Please
include full-time staff, part-time, employees, and volunteers)

i.  Does your organisation have any personnel who manage the relationships
between your organisation and Maori communities?  (If so, how many
personnel are engaged for that purpose?)

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H201806389.

As required under the Act we will endeavour to respond to your request no
later than 16 October 2018, being 20 working days after the day your
request was received.  

If we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we
will notify you of an extension of that time frame.

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.

 
Yours sincerely,

Jan Torres
Advisor
Ministerial Services (OIA)
[Ministry of Health request email]
Ministerial Services  l  Government Services  l  Office of the Director
General

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Dear Alanah

Please find attached our response to your Official Information Act
request, reference number H201806389.

All the best

Claudia Ibbotson
Senior Advisor
Ministerial Services (OIA)
[Ministry of Health request email]  

Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
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