Ref: 207858
Monday, 19 July 2021
John Luke
By email t
o [FYI request #15399 email]
Tēnā koe John,
Partial response to your request for Official Information
On 13 April 2021, you requested from the Human Rights Commission (“the Commission”)
the following information:
1.
For the 2017-2021 financial year, the total amount spent by the Office on koha, the
names of those who received it,
2.
the amount spent on any other donations and the names of those who received
these donations; and
3.
The events current commissioner Meng Foon attended since he took the office.
On 4 June 2021, we provided our response to your first two question.
On 9 July we provided a partial response to you last request, namely events attended by
Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon between January 2021 – June 2021.
Please see below a table on the public events Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon
has attended between August 2019 – December 2019.
We are working through the final list of events for the 2020 calendar year and will aim to
provide that to you by
23 July 2021.
Alternative avenues
If you are unhappy with this response, under the Official Information Act you are entitled to
complain to the Ombudsman’s Office. Information about how to make a complaint is
available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or on freephone 0800 802 602.
If you have any further queries about this response, please feel free to contact me directly.
Nāku noa, nā
Jaimee Paenga
Legal Adviser
Level 8, 44 The Terrace, Wellington
PO Box 10424, The Terrace, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
Waea Telephone +64 4 473-9981 Waea Whakaahua Facsimile +64 9 377-3593
Infoline Toll free 0800 496 877 / TTY
[Human Rights Commission request email] www.hrc.co.nz
Date of Event
Location
Meeting/Event
Description/Invitation received from
Weds, 28 Aug
Auckland
2019 Diversity Awards NZ Gala Dinner
CEO, Diversity Works NZ
Thurs, 29 Aug
Wellington
Multi-faith Welcome
Religious Communities Leadership
Mon, 2 Sept
Wellington
Speaking Invitation at Wellington High School
Librarian, Wellington High School
Tues, 3 Sept
Wellington
Speaking Invitation at Waterloo School
Principal, Waterloo School
Tues, 10 Sept
Wellington
Prime Minister's Education Excellence Awards
Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister of Education
Weds, 11 Sept
Rotorua
Te Arawa Launch: Anne Frank - Te Rātaka a Tētahi Kōhine
Chairman, Anne Frank NZ and local Rotorua Sponsor
Keynote Speaker at Kīngitanga Day. Annual celebration of the partnership
Thurs, 12 Sept
Hamilton
Pou Tuhono, University of Waikato
between the University of Waikato and the Kīngitanga
Thurs, 12 Sept
Hamilton
Guest Speaker at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Raroera Campus re Te Reo Maori
Kaiako, Te Haputanga O Te Reo L5, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Fri, 13 Sept
Te Puke
Speaking invitation re Te wiki o te reo Maori
Te Pou Hononga Maori, EastPack Growers
Tues, 17 Sept
Wellington
Religious Diversity Launch
Office of Ethnic Communities
Fri, 20 Sept
Napier
Speaking Invitation at Kāpō Māori Aotearoa NZ Biennial Hui Taumata
CEO, Kāpō Māori Aotearoa NZ
Guest Speaker Invitation at Opportunities Without Discrimination Diversity
Sat, 21 Sept
Gisborne
President, Tairawhiti Multicultural Council
Dinner
Mon, 23 Sept
Dunedin
Anne Frank Travelling Exhibition Invitation
Chairman, Anne Frank NZ
Invitation to participate in a panel discussion on hate speech for PHIL 103
Tues, 24 Sept
Auckland
Zach Penman, University of Auckland
"Freedom, Rights, and Justice"
Weds, 25 Sept
Christchurch
Speaking invitation at Canterbury Resettlement Services AGM
Board, Canterbury Resettlement Services
Speaking invitation at 70th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China
Sun, 29 Sept
Auckland
Chairman, Auckland Chinese Community Centre Inc.
Celebration Function
Speaking invitation at Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand
Weds, 2 Oct
Christchurch
Office Assistant, AMINZ
Inc. (AMINZ) Christchurch Network Meeting
Level 8, 44 The Terrace, Wellington
PO Box 10424, The Terrace, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
Waea Telephone +64 4 473-9981 Waea Whakaahua Facsimile +64 9 377-3593
Infoline Toll free 0800 496 877 / TTY
[Human Rights Commission request email] www.hrc.co.nz
Date of Event
Location
Meeting/Event
Description/Invitation received from
Invitation to attend Preventing Family Harm Gala Dinner. Global Women
Friday, 4 Oct
Auckland
Breakthrough Leadership Programme Cohort of 2019 in support of the
Deloitte in support of Ghandi Nivas programme
Serenity Foundation
Sat, 5 Oct
Gisborne
Community Powhiri to welcome the waka hourua of the Tuia 250 flotilla
Tuia 250 ki Tūranga
Public talk as part of Gus Fisher Gallery’s exhibition programme for The
Public Programmes and Engagement Officer, Gus Fisher
Thurs, 10 Oct
Auckland
Slipping Away: Interrogating the Borders Between Us
Gallery and the University of Auckland
Thurs, 10 Oct
Auckland
Chinese NZ Herald 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner
Communications Manager, Event Partners Ltd
Sat, 12 Oct
Rotorua
Presentation to Robert Gillies - Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Ngati Whakaue
Sun, 13 Oct
Auckland
War Refugee Celebration Lunch 80th Anniversary
NZ Chinese Association Auckland
Invitation from The Ambassador of Ireland to Aotearoa New Zealand to an
Mon, 14 Oct
Wellington
Embassy of Ireland
informal ‘One Night Only’ Gathering with Ms. Sinéad Burke
Tues, 15 Oct
Wellington
CrimeStoppers 10 year anniversary
Crimestoppers
Sat, 19 Oct
Auckland
VIP Invitation to opening ceremony of Taiwan Day
The Perparatory Committee of NZ Taiwan Day Trust
Tues, 22 Oct
Wellington
Bicentenary of the Birth of the Báb Celebration
Bahá'í National Office
General Secretary, New Zealand Indian Central Association
Weds, 23 Oct
Wellington
Speaking invitation at NZ Indian Central Assoc Exec meeting
Inc.
Weds, 23 Oct
Wellington
Parliamentary Diwali Celebration
Minister for Ethnic Communities
Thurs, 24 Oct
New Plymouth
Community Korero for Common Good Filming Project
Charlotte Postlethwaite
Mon, 28 Oct
Waitara
Speakers Panel Invitation for Te Pūtake o Te Riri: He Rau Maumahara 2019
Project Manager, Pūtake o Te Riri Working Party
Speaking invitation at Ministry of Health's forum - Delivering equity of health
Tues, 29 Oct
Wellington
and wellbeing in Aotearoa
Office of the Director-General, Ministry of Health
Weds, 30 Oct
Wellington
Speaking invitation at 2019 (11th) Chinese Film Festival in New Zealand
Chairperson, Multicultural Council of Wellington
Thurs, 31 Oct
Wellington
Anne Frank Travelling Exhibition Opening at Foxton Museum
Chairman, Anne Frank NZ
Fri, 1 Nov
Auckland
ANZ Diwali Celebration
ANZ
Fr, 1 Nov
Gisborne
Sunrise Foundation 5th Anniversary
Trust Tairawhiti
Sat, 2 Nov
Christchurch
Embracing Love and Peace Concert
Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple NZ
Speaking invitation at 2019 NZ Combined Law Agency Group Annual
Mon, 4 Nov
Wellington
NZ Police
Conference
Weds, 6 Nov
Wellington
Invitation to Launch of “Te Huringa o Te Tai” The Turning of Tide
Maori, Pacific and Ethnic Services, NZ Police
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Date of Event
Location
Meeting/Event
Description/Invitation received from
Weds, 6 Nov
Wellington
2019 School of Government Prize-giving
School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington
Invitation to attend the official Pōwhiri being held at Te Tii Marae for Tuia
Fri, 8 Nov
Paihia
Te Au Mārie Trust | Tuia 250 ki Te Taitokerau
250 ki Tai Tokerau Northland
Sat, 9 Nov
Auckland
Te Mahurehure Cultural Marae Society Inc 50yrs Celebration
Chairperson, Te Mahurehure Cultural Marae Society Inc
Human Rights Commission, Office of Ethnic Community and
Thurs, 14 Nov
Auckland
Religious Diversity Statement Launch
Relgious Diversity Centre
2019 Sino-New Zealander Entrepreneurs Face-to-face Exchange and
Fri, 15 Nov
Auckland
Organising Committee of The Summit, NZCITAI
Investment Cooperation Dinner
Sat, 16 Nov
Auckland
Invite to participate in panel discussion at Pacific Women’s Watch Conference Pacific Women’s Watch
Invitation to National Commemoration of the Birth of Prophet
Sun, 17 Nov
Auckland
South Auckland Muslim Association
Muhammad
Mon, 18 Nov
Auckland
Launch of a study by the Superdiversity Institute
Chair, Superdiversity Institute for Law, Policy and Business
Capturing the Diversity Dividend of Aotearoa NZ (based at
Tues, 19 Nov
Auckland
Arahia he Ara – Pathways Conference 2019
the University of Waikato)
Invitation to open the New Zealand Portrait Gallery’s major summer
Weds, 20 Nov
Wellington
Director, NZ Portrait Gallery
exhibition Being Chinese in New Zealand: A Photographic Journey
Invitation to open Dragon Tails conference (a conference on Chinese
Thurs, 21 Nov
Wellington
Wai-te-ata Press, Victoria University of Wellington
diaspora)
Invitation to exhibition launch of the Jallianwala Bagh - Punjab Under Siege
Thurs, 21 Nov
Wellington
Ekta and the NZ India Research Institute
Photo Exhibition
Official Guest at NZ Communities Football Cup Opening and Closing
Sat, 23 Nov
Auckland
Multicultural NZ
ceremonies
Invitation to 2019 Fo Guang Shan NZ Cherry Blossom Festival and Art Salon
Sat, 23 Nov
Auckland
Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple NZ
Finale
Sun, 24 Nov
Auckland
Invitation to attend Human Islam Seminar
Human Islam Committee
Associate Professor in Asian Studies, Victoria University of
Mon, 25 Nov
Wellington
Invitation to inaugurate NZ Asian Studies Society Conference
Wellington
Mon, 25 Nov
Wellington
Invitation to visit Maungaraki School re KiVa
Accent Learning | Viclink and Maungaraki School
Associate Professor in Asian Studies, Victoria University of
Tues, 26 Nov
Wellington
NZ Asian Studies Society Conference Dinner
Wellington
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Date of Event
Location
Meeting/Event
Description/Invitation received from
Kaihautū Rangapū Tiripou Mahi Whakahaere, Mana Urungi -
Weds, 27 Nov
Foxton
Invitation to visit Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom
Horowhenua District Council
Thurs, 28 Nov
Wellington
NZ Asian Leaders “Soap-box, the changing face of NZ” event
NZ Asian Leaders Wellington Committee
Keynote speaker invitation at Te Kohao Health 25th Birthday Anniversary
Fri, 29 Nov
Hamilton
Te Kohao Health Board of Directors
Celebration
Community Leaders Connect Event to foster inclusion and social cohesion in
Weds, 4 Dec
Auckland
Facebook
Aotearoa
Sun, 8 Dec
Kaitaia
Powhiri, Te Wiki Hakinakina ki Te Tai Tokerau
TKKM o Te Rangi Aniwaniwa
Tues, 10 Dec
Christchurch
Visit to Oaklands Primary School
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Tues, 10 Dec
Christchurch
Visit to Lincoln Primary School
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Human Rights Commission, Office of Ethnic Community and
Tues, 10 Dec
Christchurch
Religious Diversity Statement Launch
Relgious Diversity Centre
Weds, 11 Dec
Wellington
Ministry of Education end of year function
Secretary for Education
Thurs, 12 Dec
Wellington
Homeward Christmas Ball
British High Commission
Sun, 15 Dec
Gisborne
Horouta Waka Hoe AGM
Chairman, Horouta Waka Hoe
Weds, 18 Dec
Wellington
Final reading of the Rua Kenana Bill
Human Rights Commission (Ahi Kaa)
Sat, 21 Dec
Maungapohatu Powhiri and Hui at Te Mapou Marae re Rua Kenana Bill
Human Rights Commission (Ahi Kaa)
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