14 May 2020
Tania Te Whenua
By email: [FYI request #12659 email]
Reference: OIA-2019/20-0472
Dear Tania Te Whenua
Official Information Act request relating to applications received by Maori women for
Tier 2 and higher roles
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request received on 20 April 2020.
You requested:
“In the past three years:
a) How many Maori women (and what percentage of the total number of applicants)
applied for Tier 2 roles or above?
b) How many Maori women (and what percentage of the total number of successful
applicants) were successfully appointed to the jobs which they applied for at Tier 2 or
above?”
From April 2017 to April 2020 the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)
recruited for one permanent and two fixed term Tier 2 roles. One applicant identified as being
both female and of Maori descent, equating to 2.33 per cent of all applications received for
the Tier 2 positions recruited for in that period. This applicant was not appointed to that role.
With regard to Tier 1 recruitment at DPMC, this recruitment is managed by the State
Services Commission (SSC). It would have been necessary, therefore, to transfer the part of
your request relating to Tier 1 recruitment to SSC, however I understand you have already
made a request directly to SSC for this information, and that this part of your request wil be
included in the response from SSC.
With regard to recruitment and diversity at DPMC more generally, we are striving to ensure
there is no bias in HR processes, including recruitment and promotion. Our Strategic
Intentions document for 2018-2022 includes further information regarding inclusion and
diversity at DPMC; this can be found online at
https://dpmc.govt.nz/about-dpmc/who-we-
are/our-strategic-intentions.
We see our efforts in inclusion and diversity as important enablers to support our strategic
intention of having “an ambitious, resilient and well governed New Zealand”. We have
established goals and measures that align our efforts with the direction articulated by the
State Services Commission with a particular focus on improving our Māori capability, gender,
ethnicity and mental health.
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Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011
64 4 817 9698 www.dpmc.govt.nz
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under
section 28(3) of the Act.
This response wil be published on the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s
website during our regular publication cycle. Typically, information is released monthly, or as
otherwise determined. Your personal information including name and contact details wil be
removed for publication.
Yours sincerely
Clare Ward
Executive Director, Strategy, Governance and Engagement
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