Kia ora,

On behalf of Hon Chris Hipkins, thank you for your email.  Please accept
this as acknowledgement that your email has been received by my office.

While the Minister considers all correspondence to be important, and all
messages are carefully read and considered, it is not always possible to
personally reply to all emails. 

As such, the following guidelines apply:

o Invitations and meeting requests will be processed as soon as possible
and a staff member will be in contact with you in due course
o All media queries will be responded to by a staff member
o Requests for official information will be managed in accordance with
the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982, which may include
transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency
o If your email falls outside of the Minister’s portfolio
responsibilities, expresses a personal view, or is copied to multiple
Members of Parliament, then your opinion will be noted and your
correspondence may be transferred to another office, or there may be
no further response to you

Thank you for the taking the time to write.

Nga mihi,

Office of Hon Chris Hipkins

Minister of Education, Minister of Police, Minister for the Public
Service, Leader of the House

Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

Authorised by Hon Chris Hipkins MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011

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Dear John Luke

 

On behalf of Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister of Education, thank you for your
email of 26 August 2022, in which you requested the following information:

 

·       I noted on the website,

https://www.nhs.school.nz/wp-content/upl...

 

·       The new Board will take office 18 Sep-22.

An election process will occur for the Staff Representative position and
an impartial Returning Officer will be appointed by the Board for this
purpose.

All other Board Member positions are appointed by the MOE. Current Board
Members are reminded they must reapply should they wish to be considered
for nomination.

 

·       Can you please let me know where did you call for public
expression of interest for board positions and how many application you
have received. Within the application you have received, how many are new
applications from public and how many are current member reapply?

 

·       As per the minutes, The new Board will take office 18 Sep-22. I
presume the process is about to finish, how many you have shortlisted and
interviewed?

 

·       Also, may I request the current pay rate for board member and
position description.

 

Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act).

 

The information you have requested is not held in our office, and is more
closely connected with the functions of the Ministry of Education. Your
request is therefore being transferred in accordance with section 14 of
the Act. You can expect a response directly from the Ministry.

 

Thank you again for your email. 

 

Kind regards

 

Grace

 

Office of Hon Chris Hipkins

Minister of Education

Parliamentary Buildings, Private Bag 18041, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

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Kia ora John Luke

 

Thank you for your request for information below, that was transferred to
the Ministry of Education.  The Ministry will consider and respond to your
request in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).

 

Under section 15(1) of the Act, we are required to make and inform you of
our decision on your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in any
case not later than 20 working days after the day on which your request is
received.  You can therefore expect to receive our decision on your
request on or before the 5 October 2022.  If more than 20 working days are
needed due to the potential workload and/or consultations involved in
answering your request, we will notify you accordingly.

 

The Ministry may publicly release on our website the response to your
request five days after you have received it. Any personal information
will be removed.

 

In the interim, if you have any questions about your request, please email
[1][email address].

 

Ngā mihi

 

 

Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education - TW
[2]education.govt.nz  |  [3]Follow us on Twitter: @educationgovtnz

[4]Te TD huhu o te MD tauranga

 

 

 

From: C Hipkins (MIN) <[5][Chris Hipkins request email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 7 September 2022 9:33 am
To: [6][FOI #20352 email]
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Northern Health School Board -
Ref: OIA0818

 

You don't often get email from [7][Chris Hipkins request email]. [8]Learn
why this is important

Dear John Luke

 

On behalf of Hon Chris Hipkins, Minister of Education, thank you for your
email of 26 August 2022, in which you requested the following information:

 

·       I noted on the website,

[9]https://www.nhs.school.nz/wp-content/upl...

 

·       The new Board will take office 18 Sep-22.

An election process will occur for the Staff Representative position and
an impartial Returning Officer will be appointed by the Board for this
purpose.

All other Board Member positions are appointed by the MOE. Current Board
Members are reminded they must reapply should they wish to be considered
for nomination.

 

·       Can you please let me know where did you call for public
expression of interest for board positions and how many application you
have received. Within the application you have received, how many are new
applications from public and how many are current member reapply?

 

·       As per the minutes, The new Board will take office 18 Sep-22. I
presume the process is about to finish, how many you have shortlisted and
interviewed?

 

·       Also, may I request the current pay rate for board member and
position description.

 

Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act).

 

The information you have requested is not held in our office, and is more
closely connected with the functions of the Ministry of Education. Your
request is therefore being transferred in accordance with section 14 of
the Act. You can expect a response directly from the Ministry.

 

Thank you again for your email. 

 

Kind regards

 

Grace

 

Office of Hon Chris Hipkins

Minister of Education

Parliamentary Buildings, Private Bag 18041, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

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Kai ora John

 

Please see attached your OIA transfer letter to Northern Health School

 

 

Thanks

 

Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education - TW
[1]education.govt.nz  |  [2]Follow us on Twitter: @educationgovtnz

[3]Te TD huhu o te MD tauranga

 

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John Luke - I have today received a request to directly advise you the Northern Health School Board member fees. These are: per meeting attended
Board members $245 (gross)
Deputy Chair $295 (gross)
Chair $325 (gross)
Plus travel and accommodation for special events

Regards, Martin Smith (Chair/Presiding Member)

Kia ora

 

Please find attached the response to your OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education ^MC
[1]education.govt.nz  |  [2]Follow us on Twitter: @educationgovtnz

[3]Te TD huhu o te MD tauranga

 

 

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