30 April 2019
Te Ringa Manu Mihaka
[FYI request #9896 email]
CCDHB Reference: OIA 2019/072
Tēnā koe Te Ringa Manu Mihaka,
Request under the Official Information Act
Thank you for your request for official information, received by the Ministry of Health on 21 March
2019. This request was transferred to Capital & Coast District Health Board (CCDHB) on 17 April 2019
by the Ministry of Health.
You have requested
“…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 (NHEW), 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".”
CCDHB has investigated this request and finds that:
1.
CCDHB has not had any contractual dealings, communications or applications for funding, from
or with 'Nga Hau E Wha'.
2.
CCDHB has not had any communication with the Chairperson (or former Chairperson) Victoria
Roberts, and others associated with NHEW including Jak Wild and Tui Taurua Peihopa.
3.
CCDHB has not had any communication with Tui Taurua Peihopa or anyone from the organisation
NHEW regarding a letter sent to her in about June last year regarding her misleading claim to
being a "clinician".
Nāku noa, nā
Arawhetu Gray
Director Māori
Māori Health Development Group
Capital & Coast District Health Board
Capital & Coast DHB | Private Bag 7902, Wellington South
Wellington Hospital, Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington 6021
Phone: 04 385 5999
| Fax: 04 385 5856