File Ref: 221110
13 December 2022
M.R.M.
[FYI request #21016 email]
Tēnā koe M.R.M.
Thank you for your email of 1 December 2022, to Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa | WorkSafe New
Zealand, in which you raise concerns about the terms of the Melville High School Board of
Trustees’ (
MHSBT) Enforceable Undertaking (
EU). Specifical y, you have raised concerns about:
1. The publication of the newsletter (special newsletter as opposed to a monthly school
letter);
2. The publication of the newsletter on the Facebook page and not the school’s website; and
3. The newsletter was not circulated to the school community through email, as is the
practice of monthly school newsletters.
In respect of your concerns around the publication of the newsletter, WorkSafe has granted an
amendment to the original terms to allow MHSBT to publish the announcement as a special
newsletter. A further amendment was granted to allow for a timeframe extension for the terms of
section 3.2 of the EU, until Friday, 16 December 2022.
These amendments will be available on WorkSafe’s websit
e Accepted enforceable undertakings in
due course.
In respect of the newsletter being published on the Facebook page and not the school’s website,
MHSBT had previously provided evidence that the Facebook feed containing the newsletter had
been published on the Melville High School website. WorkSafe has requested that the newsletter is
published in full on Melvil e High School’s website by 16 December 2022.
In respect of your concerns around point 3 above, this was not a specified term within the EU.
Whilst not a specified term, MHSBT shared the special newsletter with the media
Waikato Times.
I trust my response has addressed your concerns.
Nāku noa, nā
Catherine Gardner
Head of Specialist Interventions
Level 6, 86 Customhouse Quay
PO Box 165, Wellington 6140