29 April 2019
WHANGANUI
DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD
Te Poari Hauora o
Whanganui
Te Ringa Manu Mihaka
100 Heads Road, Private Bag 3003
Whanganui 4540, New Zealand
Via email: [email address]
Dear Te Ringa Manu Mihaka
Official Information Act Request - All information regarding Nga Hau E Wha and Chair
Victoria Roberts, Jak Wild and Tui Taurua Peihope re her misleading claim to being a
clinician
Under section 14 of the Official Information Act, the Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB) received
a partial transfer of your request from the Ministry of Health. You requested the following information:
" .
.. all information regarding funding/ contracts/ communications/ applications for funding/ contracts/
provision of services and all other matters/ made to the Ministry of Health or any of its subsidiaries
including District Health Boards/ to an organisation known as 'Nga Hau E Wha� including a copy of the
contract number 356272/00 -Management and co-ordination of Nga Hau E Wha (NHEWJ and all
previous contracts with this organisation. I further request all information held by the Ministry of Health
or any of its subsidiaries including District Health Boards regarding the Chairperson (or former
Chairperson) Victoria Roberts/ and others associated with NHEW including Jak Wild and Tui Taurua
Peihopa -
in particular any and all communication with Tui Taurua Peihopa or anyone from the
organisation NHEW regarding the letter sent to her in about June last year regarding her misleading
claim to being a "clinician'� "
Whanganui District Health Board's response:
We have no record of a past or current contract with Nga Hau e Wha.
We also have no record of any communications relating to the named individuals.
Should you have any further queries, please contact, contact our acting OIA co-ordinator Maree Langford
at [email address]
Yours sincerely
Russell Simpson
Chief Executive
Chief Executive I
Phone 06 348 3140 I
Fax 06 345 9390
wdhb.org.nz
