1 March 2022
John Trafalgar
Via email: [FYI request #18506 email]
Tēnā koe John,
I am responding on behalf of the University to your recent OIA request, in which you have asked for
information relating to Massey University staff statistics and recruitment policies.
I respond to each part of your request as follows:
1. Please advise the current number of employees and contractors who identified themselves as
ethnic Chinese and were born outside New Zealand. Please break down the number into
employees vs contractors, full-time vs part-time, and academic vs non-academic.
For employees of Massey University, we can only identify those staff that select to identify
themselves as Chinese. We do not hold details as to what their birth country is.  Please find the
information tabled below:
Non-
Grand
Row Labels
Academic
academic
Total
Chinese
46
77
123
FT
35
46
81
PT
11
31
42
Grand Total
46
77
123
Massey University does not collect information on the ethnicity of contractors. A such, we are
unable to respond to this part of your request under OIA section 18(g).
2.
Please provide any policy, internal procedural and/or operational guidance documents on how
Massey University assesses the risks of espionage, intellectual property theft, and infiltration by
the evil regime of Communist China in Massey University before making any recruitment
decision.
We do not have any policy, internal procedural and/or operational guidance documents that
relate to the above query.
The following two policies underpin the staff recruitment and selection decisions:
 Staff Recruitment Policy

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 Policy on Pre-Employment Checks for Prospective Appointees
3.
Please provide any policy, internal procedural and/or operational guidance documents on how
Massey University monitors the risks of espionage, intellectual property theft, and infiltration
by the evil regime of Communist China in Massey University by and/or in relation to current
employees and contractors on a continuous basis.
The university has a number of policies in place in relation to the appropriate use and access of
systems and intellectual property, for both employees and contractors. In addition to the
processes in place around staff recruitment (outlined above) These include:
 Acceptable Use of Technology Policy
 Code of Responsible Research Conduct
 Secure Cloud Procurement and Use Policy
 Password Policy
 Mobile Device Management Policy
 Fraud and Corruption Policy
IT system security is continually monitored by the IT Security team as part of their day-to-day
business function.
In respect of protecting intellectual property and research, the university is also guided by advice
from the NZ Government, including this Trusted Research Guidance for Institutions and
Researchers.
4.
In light of the continuous abuse of human rights by the evil Communist Chinese regime under
the dictatorship of Xi Jinping, whether Massey University have revoked or will revoke the
honorary doctorate title awarded by Massey University to Xi Jinping's wife, Peng Liyuan.  If so,
when or if not, why not?
Massey University have not revoked, nor considering revoking the Honorary Doctor of Literature
awarded to Madame Peng Liyuan.
I trust this is the information you require.
Ngā mihi,
Christabelle Marshall
Office of Governance and Assurance

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