3 May 2021
Mr John Luke
[FYI request #15036 email]
Talofa lava John
RESPONSE TO AN OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT REQUEST
On 31 March 2021, you contacted the Ministry for Pacific Peoples (the Ministry)
requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:
•
May I request the following information in relation to all OIA requests you
have received from 1 March 2021 to 1 March 2018:
The Extract should have the following details in a single row for each
request that was submitted:
o
Title (summary of information asked for)
o
Completed date
o
Extension days
In response to your request, please find enclosed the following table
‘Official
Information Act Requests received from 1 March 2018 – 1 March 2021 by date
received, title of request, date response sent and extensions days (if applicable)’.
In support of the principles and purposes of the Act, the Ministry now proactively
publishes its responses to Official Information Act requests. As such, this letter and the
attachments will be published on the Ministry for Pacific Peoples’ website. Your
personal details will be removed, and the Ministry will not publish any information that
would identify you as the person who requested the information.
Should you wish to discuss this response with us, please feel free to contact the
Ministry at:
[MPP request email].
If you are dissatisfied with this response, you have the right, under section 28(3) of the
Act, to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman. Information about how to
make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800
802 602.
Soifua ma ia manuia
Tofilau Iris Webster
Deputy Chief Executive,
Office of the Chief Executive
Table - Official Information Act Requests received from 1 March 2018 – 1 March 2021 by date received, title of request, date response sent and
extensions days (if applicable).
Date request
Number of days extended (if
Title of request
Date response was sent
received
applicable)
24/02/2021
OIA statistics
24/03/2021
17/02/2021
Copies of previous correspondence, emails and documents in
30/03/2021
relation to the invitation to the meeting held between our
Ministry and the Rotuman community
9
10/02/2021
Details of use of NZSL within the Ministry
Request withdrawn
8/02/2021
Ministry’s process for appointing community groups to lead a
23/03/2021
Pacific Language Week
15/01/2021
GDS information
15/02/2021
23/12/2020
Copies of all relevant correspondences to the Ministry for
12/03/2021
Pacific Peoples which led to the Ministry’s withdrawal of the
funds
14
7/12/2020
Information regarding Pacific employment statistics
Request transferred
7/12/2020
Ministry's Financial controls
22/01/2021
7/12/2020
Ministry’s expenditure
21/01/2021
20/11/2020
Ministry's Payroll System and associated service costs
17/12/2020
2/11/2020
Sensitive expenditure
30/11/2020
3/08/2020
Information regarding the Ministry's nominations process
9/10/2020
Due to an issue with Fyi.org the Ministry
did not receive the requestor’s original
request.
21/09/2020
Amount spent on MPP funding in the last five years for
13/11/2020
Palmerston North
7
14/09/2020
Information regarding the recruitment of Pacific people in the
12/10/2020
Public sector
30/07/2020
Copies of all information on Rotuma
Request transferred
19/07/2020
The number of OIA requests received in the last financial year
22/07/2020
where charges were demanded or paid
7/07/2020
Agency's total greenhouse gas footprint
31/07/2020
29/06/2020
Briefings, analyses and cabinet papers related to climate
27/07/2020
migration
23/06/2020
Briefings, analyses and cabinet papers related to climate
21/07/2020
migration
17/06/2020
What proportion of the workforce had flexible working
14/07/2020
Date request
Number of days extended (if
Title of request
Date response was sent
received
applicable)
arrangements/ were working from home prior to Covid-19?
Under Level, 3 2 and 1
12/07/2020
Advice given to the Minister for Pacific Peoples relating to the
7/08/2020
Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction
20
10/06/2020
Advice given to the Minister for Pacific Peoples relating to the
7/07/2020
Armed Response Teams
2/06/2020
Details of all monitoring/productivity measuring software/tools
26/06/2020
used to monitor staff
30/04/2020
Population counts for Pacific communities
4/05/2020
18/04/2020
Increases/Remuneration
15/05/2020
11/03/2020
All correspondence that contain key words Rotuma/Rotuman
29/05/2020
34
4/03/2020
10 Highest remunerated staff
1/04/2020
27/02/2020
Use of Clarke Gayford for any Ministry events
5/03/2020
27/01/2020
Use of Tik Tok app on work mobiles
11/02/2020
10/01/2020
Sexual Harassment complaints
14/01/2020
6/11/2019
Use of surveillance cameras
21/11/2019
4/11/2019
Copy of a report on the nationwide review of Pasifika Futures
18/11/2019
21/10/2019
Median of total REM of all employees as at 30 June 2015 and
14/11/2019
30 June 2016
4/10/2019
Accessing blocked sites
9/12/2019
Due to an internal issue this response is
considered as late
29/08/2019
The use and costs of psychometric testing
23/09/2019
22/08/2019
Policies for Private Secretary role
13/09/2019
1/08/2019
Privacy Act Access requests
28/08/2019
1/08/2019
Online advertising spend
28/08/2019
24/07/2019
Types on leave entitlements
12/08/2019
18/07/2019
Information on PBT
14/08/2019
18/06/2019
Information on diversity
9/07/2019
29/05/2019
Attempted hacks
12/06/2019
24/05/2019
Salary of CEO
Request transferred
17/05/2019
Details of any payments made to social media influencers by
6/06/2019
the department in return for posts
16/04/2019
Amount of (formal and verbal) personal grievances and
14/05/2019
workplace bullying complaints have been laid by current/former
staff at The Ministry for Pacific Peoples.
Date request
Number of days extended (if
Title of request
Date response was sent
received
applicable)
11/04/2019
Parental Policies and Procedures
14/05/2019
1/04/2019
Any advice and/or communications about the use of April fools
12/04/2019
jokes by staff on official social media accounts
11/03/2019
Approximate cost estimate of the average response to an OIA
1/04/2019
6/03/2019
Total amount paid out in compensation
1/04/2019
1/03/2019
Information regarding climate change
28/03/2019
18/02/2019
Demographic breakdown of MPP staff
18/03/2019
15/02/2019
Organisation's policy on information and records management
5/03/2019
4/02/2019
Total cost of the Pacific Aotearoa Summit in 2018
28/02/2019
30/01/2019
Total amount of spending on advertising
27/08/2019
29/01/2019
Information relating to any reviews of Polyfest and/or its
27/02/2019
funding and strategic outlook.
16/01/2019
A copy of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed
07/02/2019
with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)
03/01/2019
Requesting information on diversity, cohesion and integration
7/02/2019
18/09/2018
The total amount spent by the Ministry on hold music
12/10/2018
3/09/2018
All correspondence between Laulu Mac Leauanae and Peter
19/10/2018
Fa’afiu.
12/07/2018
Information on Polyfest
19/07/2018
4/07/2018
Information on Polyfest
10/07/2018
25/07/2018
Information regarding the PESS Advisory Group's quarterly
12/09/2018
Due to the limited number of resources
meetings
and other contributing factors this
response was considered as late
3/12/2018
Copy of all correspondence between the Ministry and Minister
22/01/2019
23/11/2018
Number of sexual harassment incidents, personal grievances,
19/12/2018
complaints or otherwise where the victim/complainant has
entered into a non-disclosure agreement with your agency
23/11/2018
Amounts spent on Koha and any other donations
19/12/2018
20/11/2018
Personal Grievance Payments
17/12/2018
20/11/2018
Total amount spent on Koru membership
17/12/2018
4/11/2018
GDS information
27/11/2018
2/11/2018
Total estimated cost to the Crown of Talanoa, the Pacific
15/11/2018
Aotearoa website, the Pacific Vision Summit
8/10/2018
Copies of qualifications of the employees working at the
2/11/2018
Date request
Number of days extended (if
Title of request
Date response was sent
received
applicable)
Ministry for Pacific Peoples.
7/09/2018
Information relating to the Pacific Business Trust programme
4/10/2018
HATCH.
31/08/2018
MPP’s engagement with external consultancies including
28/09/2018
McKinsey and Company, Boston Consulting Group, Bain and
Company, PWC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY
20/08/2018
Information on Pacific Vision / Pacific Aotearoa
13/09/2018
25/07/2018
Gender discrimination
21/08/2018
18/07/2018
Information relating to changes to the Pacific Providers
14/08/2018
Development Fund
5/04/2018
Information regarding WannaCry ransomware attack
3/05/2018
