133 Molesworth St
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6145
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
Michaela Wilson
By email:
[FYI request #12627 email]
Ref:
H202002290
Dear Ms Wilson
Response to your request for official information Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Ministry of
Health (the Ministry) on 15 April 2020 for:
“Would you please be able to provide me with a list of the ethnicities and numbers of
doctors of each ethnicity working in New Zealand.
In particular, I would like to know how many doctors there are of Czech ethnicity/origin
and which district health board they are employed in.”
Your request for this information is refused under section 18(g) of the Act as this information
is not held by the Ministry or another agency subject to the Act.
However, you may wish to contact the Medical Council of New Zealand directly as they may
be able to provide you with this information using the following email address:
[email address]. For your reference, information on the proportion of doctors broken down by ethnicity is
outlined in the
New Zealand Medical Workforce in 2018 survey, which is publicly available
on the Medical Council of New Zealand website:
https://www.mcnz.org.nz/assets/Publications/Workforce-Survey/434ee633ba/Workforce-
Survey-Report-2018.pdf. Please note, this information was provided as part of the renewal of
practising certificates.
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision
made on this request.
Yours sincerely
Zoe Royden
Manager (Acting) OIA Services
Office of the Director-General