19 February 2019
Melanie Lorraine Petrowski
[FYI request #9447 email]
Dear Melanie
Thank you for your email of 22 January 2019 to the Ministry of Education requesting the
following information:
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“…copies of minutes of committee/board meetings leading up to this amendment
decision, who attended these meetings, whose idea it was to reduce this allowance,
who decided on the age of 40 (as opposed to 45, 47, or 50 years of age) and who
voted on this change, if I may. And was there education (MOE) reports provided or any
financial reporting given to those who made the changes before the amendments were
made? And if so, may I have copies of these?”
Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
The Ministry needs to extend the timeframe of our response to your request, pursuant to
section 15A(1)(b) of the Act, as 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. For this reason, you can expect to receive a response to your request by 20 March
2019. I expect that we wil be able to respond to you before this date.
Please be advised that should you have any concerns regarding this extension you have the
right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate our decision to extend the timeframe. You can do
this by writing to
[email address] or Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box
10152, Wellington 6143.
Yours sincerely
Lorraine Monahan
Manager
Government, Executive and Ministerial Services
OIA: 1175275
National Of ice, Mātauranga House, 33 Bowen Street, Wellington 6011
PO Box 1666, Wel ington 6140. Phone: +64 4 463 8000 Fax: +64 4 463 8001
education.govt.nz