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20 May 2019
Te Ringa Mangu Mihaka
Email: [FYI request #9896 email];
Dear Sir
RE Official Information Act request CDHB 10083
I refer to your email dated 21 March 2019 to Ministry of Health which they subsequently partially transferred to us
on 17 April 2019 requesting the following information under the Official Information Act from Canterbury DHB
Specifically.
All information regarding funding, contracts, communications, applications for funding, contracts, provision
of services and all other matters, made to an organisation known as 'Nga Hau E Wha' 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 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".
The Canterbury DHB does not hold any information pertaining to an organisation known as 'Nga Hau E Wha'
Management and co- ordination of Nga Hau E Wha (NHEW) or anyone associated with that organisation as
detailed above in your request. We are therefore declining your request under section 18(g) of the Official
Information Act.
I trust that this satisfies your interest in this matter.
If you disagree with our decision to withhold information you may, under section 28(3) of the Official Information
Act, seek an investigation and review of our decision from the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a
complaint is available a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz; or Freephone 0800 802 602.
Please note that this response, or an edited version of this response, may be published on the Canterbury DHB
website after your receipt of this response.
Yours sincerely
Carolyn Gullery
Executive Director
Planning, Funding & Decision Support
