23 September 2022
Ara / Te Pūkenga
By email:
[email address]
Dear Sir/Madam
Official Information Act request 22.44 Bachelor of Nursing Statistics
I refer to an Official Information Act request dated 15 September 2022 for information relating to the Bachelor
of Nursing received by the University of Canterbury (UC). The request is as follows:
• How many placement positions, if any, have been available to students studying Bachelor of Nursing - Māori,
Bachelor of Nursing – Pacific, and Bachelor of Nursing at your tertiary education institution annually over the
past five years?
• How many students, if any, have attained a Bachelor of Nursing - Māori, Bachelor of Nursing – Pacific, and
Bachelor of Nursing degree at your tertiary education institution annually over the past five years?
• What is the number of students, if any, who have undertaken a placement as part of a Bachelor of Nursing -
Māori, Bachelor of Nursing – Pacific, or Bachelor of Nursing degree that your tertiary education institution,
annually, over the past five years?
Whilst UC in conjunction with Ara / Te Pūkenga offer the Master of Health Sciences Professional Practice
(Nursing) programme, students enrolled in this qualification must also be concurrently enrolled in the Bachelor
of Nursing at Ara / Te Pūkenga. As this request is specifical y regarding the Bachelor of Nursing and UC does
not offer this qualification, this request is being formally transferred to Ara / Te Pūkenga under s 14(b)(i) of the
Act, as UC does not hold this information and believes it to be held by Ara / Te Pūkenga.
You should be aware that a response must be provided to the requester as soon as reasonably practicable, and
no later than 20 working days after the day this transfer is received by your agency, unless an extension of
time is required and duly notified to the requester. We have written to the requester to advise of the transfer
and attach a copy of that letter for your reference.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Yours sincerely
Claire O'Connell
Information Compliance Officer
