23 August 2021
John Luke
[FYI request #16229 email]
Dear John
Thank you for your Official Information Act request, received on 27 July 2021. You
requested:
I would like to request a list of vacancy (ministerial appointment only, e.g. board
member, Lay member, Trustee, member of working group etc) that the nomination
period has been closed but still under consideration within your ministerial
responsibility. Also how many working groups you have maintained and established
this year under your portfolio?
In your list, can you please included the date that vacancy been advertised, what
method you have used to publicly advertise the position and when the vacancy been
closed as well.
Also, I would like to know if you decided to have any future opening in 2021. e.g. the
position that will call for public nomination in the year of 2021.
Information being released
Please find below a table showing all publicly announced board appointment rounds that are
still under active consideration, including the nominations period and methods used to call for
nominations.
Methods used to publicly call
Board
Nominations period
for nominations
18 December 2020 –
11 January 2021
Public call for nominations
(Treasury database & NZ
Airways Corporation of
through Treasury database, New
Asian Leaders Network)
New Zealand Ltd
Zealand Asian Leaders Network,
and Treasury LinkedIn
27 July 2021 – 9 August
2021 (Treasury LinkedIn)
Public call for nominations
Christchurch International
through Treasury database,
18 December 2020 –
Airport Ltd
Treasury LinkedIn and New
11 January 2021
Zealand Asian Leaders Network
Public call for nominations
1 February 2021 –
Quotable Value Ltd
through Treasury database and
15 February 2021
Treasury LinkedIn
Public call for nominations
Hawke’s Bay Airport Ltd
19 March 2021 –
through Treasury database
6 April 2021
Transpower New Zealand
Public call for nominations
19 March 2021 –
Ltd
through Treasury database
6 April 2021
Public call for nominations
19 March 2021 –
New Zealand Post Ltd
through Treasury database
6 April 2021
Public call for nominations
through Treasury database,
Reserve Bank of New
Treasury LinkedIn, newspaper
13 April 2021 –
Zealand (new board)
advertisement and through
2 May 2021
executive search firm Kerridge &
Partners
Public call for nominations
20 July 2021 –
AsureQuality Ltd
through Treasury database
6 August 2021
Public call for nominations
20 July 2021 –
Landcorp Farming Ltd
through Treasury database
6 August 2021
Crown Infrastructure
Public call for nominations
20 July 2021 –
Partners Ltd
through Treasury database
6 August 2021
There were no working groups established or maintained in 2021.
Please note that the information provided relates to my portfolio responsibilities as Minister of
Finance.
You can learn more about current board vacancies by consulting the information publicly
available on the below web page.
http://www.boardappointments.co.nz/vacancy/index.aspx. At this point, I cannot comment on future openings as these will be dependent on upcoming
Ministerial decisions.
Please note that this letter (with your personal details removed) may be published on the
Treasury website.
This reply addresses the information you requested. You have the right to ask the
Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision.
Yours sincerely
Hon Grant Robertson
Minister of Finance