3/03/2023
Nick Mole
[FYI request #21480 email]
Tēnā koe e Nick
OIA: 1302722 – All documentation and correspondence related the appointment of the
Finance Adviser and subsequently Limited Statutory Manager, Val Wenham
Thank you for your email of 22 December 2022 to the Ministry of Education requesting the
following information:
Please provide all documentation and correspondence related the appointment of the
Finance Adviser and subsequently Limited Statutory Manager, Val Wenham, to Mercury
Bay Area School in 2022 (some of this documentation may be from 2021 prior to the
appointment - please provide this as well) that is held by the Ministry of Education. Please
ensure all scoping reports, outcome reports, scoping plan's and all funding agreements
(provisional or otherwise) are provided.
Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
The documentation you have requested is attached as
Appendix A. Our decision as to the release
of these documents is outlined in the below
Appendix A Document Table.
Some of the information you have requested has been withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Act to
protect the privacy of natural persons. I do not consider that the public interest in disclosure
outweighs the need to withhold the information.
Please note, we have excluded information that has already been provided to you in OIA 1302024.
You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to review my decision on your request, in accordance
with section 28 of the Act. You can do this by writing
to [email address] or to
Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.
Hamilton Office, Ground Floor, 19 Home Straight, Te Rapa, Hamilton
PO Box 774, Hamilton 3240 Phone: +64 7 850 8880
Thank you again for your email.
Nāku noa, nā
Jocelyn Mikaere
Hautū | Deputy Secretary
Te Mahau | Te Tai Whenua (Central)
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OIA 1302722 - Appendix A Document Table
#
Date
Title
Decision on release
1
10 March 2022 Email: FW: MBAS Complaint &
Release in part.
Financial Support
Information has been withheld under
section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
2
18 March 2022 Intervention evidence
Release in full.
3
23 March 2022 Terms of Appointment: Limited
Release in part.
Statutory Manager appointment Information has been withheld under
for Mercury Bay Area School
section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
Board
4
Letter: Notice of Statutory
Release in part.
Intervention
Information has been withheld under
section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
5
Letter: Appointment to LSM
Release in part.
Information has been withheld under
section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
6
01 April 2022
Email: RE: Terms of
Release in part.
Appointment
Information has been withheld under
section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
7
22 April 2022
Intervention evidence
Release in full.
8
29 April 2022
Letter: Appointment to LSM
Release in part.
9
29 April 2022
Letter: Notice of Statutory
Release in full.
Intervention
10
29 April 2022
Appendix One: Contract for
Release in part.
specialist help must contain the Information has been withheld under
following information
section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
11
June 2022
A Funding Provision
Release in part.
Agreement for the Payment of
Information has been withheld under
Statutory Intervention Costs
section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
12
13 June 2022
Statutory Interventions Scoping
Release in full. Report
13
5 September
Email: Dear Cameron
Release in part. Information has
2022
been withheld under section 9(2)(a)
of the Act.
14
5 September
Updated - Intervention
Release in full.
2022
evidence 5 September, 2022
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#
Date
Title
Decision on release
15
6 September
Letter: Appointment to LSM
Release in part. Information has
2022
been withheld under section 9(2)(a)
of the Act.
16
6 September
Terms of appointment: LSM
Release in part.
2022
appointment for Mercury Bay
Information has been withheld under
Area School Board
section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
17
September
Notice for New Zealand
Release in full.
2022
Gazette: Notice of Direction to
Appoint a Limited Statutory
Manager for the Mercury Bay
Area
School (110) Board
18
22 September
Letter: Appointment to LSM
Release in part.
2022
Information has been withheld under
section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
19
22 September
Letter: Review of Statutory
Release in part.
2022
Intervention and resulting
Information has been withheld under
outcomes
section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
20
14 November
A Funding Provision
Release in part.
2022
Agreement for the Payment of
Information has been withheld under
Statutory Intervention Costs
section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
21
14 November
A Funding Provision
Release in part. Information has
2022
Agreement for the Payment of
been withheld under section 9(2)(a)
Statutory Intervention Costs
of the Act.
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