Level 2
2–12 Al en Street
Wel ington 6011, New Zealand
PO Box 3806, Wellington 6140
14 October 2019
Nic Lane
[FYI request #11193 email]
Dear Nic
Official information request for information related to Creative New Zealand's peer assessors (ref.
249)
I refer to your official information request dated 11 September 2019 for information related to
Creative New Zealand’s peer assessors. Your request has been addressed under the provisions of the
Official Information Act 1982 (herein the Act), which is based on the concept that information held
by government agencies should be made available on request unless there is good reason for
withholding it.
Information within the scope of your request is enclosed as
Appendix 1. You requested:
• the number of assessors
• the age of assessors, by brackets (<18, 19-24, 25-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, 61-70, 71+)
• the location of assessors by district
• the number of peer assessors with lived experience of disability
• the number of peer assessors who speak Te Reo, New Zealand Sign Language or have English as
their second language
• the number of peer assessors who are also paid as Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa
staff.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact Pip O’Flaherty on 04 498 0737
or via email to
: [email address]
Yours sincerely
David Pannett
Senior Manager, Strategy & Engagement
Encl
Level 2
2–12 Al en Street
Wel ington 6011, New Zealand
PO Box 3806, Wellington 6140
Appendix 1
1.
the number of assessors
Creative New Zealand currently has 505 peer assessors registered for assessing funding decisions.
2. the age of assessors, by brackets (<18, 19-24, 25-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, 61-70, 71+)
Age of
Number of
assessor
assessors
<18
0
19-24
4
25-30
28
31-40
97
41-50
141
51-60
86
61-70
52
71+
13
3. the location of assessors by district
Overseas
27 Hamilton
8
Auckland
199 Wanganui
2
SI West Coast
Wellington
122 region
1
Bay of Plenty
Christchurch
38 region
8
Dunedin
21 Wairarapa
8
Otago region
5 Nelson/Tasman
5
Canterbury region
3 New Plymouth
6
Northland
8 Palmerston North
9
Waikato region
8 Stewart Island
1
Manawatu region
1 Unknown
15
Hawkes Bay region
10
TOTAL
505
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Wel ington 6011, New Zealand
PO Box 3806, Wellington 6140
Oban (on Stewart
Alexandra
1
Island)
1
Ashurst
1
Otaki
3
Auckland
192
Oxford
1
Bay of Islands
1
Paekakariki
1
Cambridge (New Zealand)
1
Palmerston North
7
Christchurch
38
Paraparaumu
3
Cromwell
1
Piha
1
Dunedin
21
Porirua
6
Feilding
2
Port Chalmers
1
Gisborne
2
Pukerua Bay
1
Hamilton
8
Queenstown
1
Havelock North
1
Rarotonga
1
Hawkes Bay
1
Raumati
1
Helensville
1
Reporoa
1
Hokitika
1
Rotorua
3
Kaeo (New Zealand)
1
Ruakaka
1
Kaiapoi
1
Tauranga
3
Kaitaia
1
Te Awamutu
2
Kapiti
1
Brisbane (AUS)
1
Kapiti Coast
1
Cairns (AUS)
1
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Wel ington 6011, New Zealand
PO Box 3806, Wellington 6140
Katikati
1
Canberra (AUS)
1
Kerikeri
2
Sydney (AUS
2
Levin
1
Melbourne (AUS)
5
Lower Hutt
7
NSW (AUS)
1
Lyttelton
1
Athens (GREECE)
1
Manukau
1
CANADA
1
Martinborough
1
FRANCE
1
Masterton
1
Hamburg (GER)
1
Motueka
1
England (UK)
7
Napier
6
Scotland (UK)
1
Nelson
4
POLAND
1
New Plymouth
4
Honolulu (USA)
1
Massachusetts
1
Ngaruawahia
1
(USA)
North Shore City
1
TOTAL
505
4. the number of peer assessors with lived experience of disability
Creative New Zealand does not currently collect or hold this information.
5.
the number of peer assessors who speak Te Reo, New Zealand Sign Language or have English as
their second language
Creative New Zealand does not currently collect or hold this information.
6. the number of peer assessors who are also paid as Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa staff.
Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa staff are not eligible to be peer assessors for Creative New
Zealand as this would create a conflict of interest in their role with Creative New Zealand.
