4 May 2023
45 Pipitea Street, Thorndon, Wel ington 6011
PO Box 805, Wel ington 6140
Phone +64 4 495 7200
Email
[email address]
John Luke
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e www.dia.govt.nz
[FYI request #22367 email]
Tēnā koe John
Your Official Information Act 1982 request, reference OIA 2223-0695
I am responding to your email of 3 April 2023 to Te Tari Taiwhenua | the Department of
Internal Affairs requesting information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
Regarding nominations for the Winston Churchil Memorial Trust’s (the Trust) Board, you
requested the fol owing information:
1. How were the calls for public nomination made, and on what platforms did Te Tari
Taiwhenua advertise the calls;
2. How many applications were received from the public, how many were received
from other nominating agencies;
3. How many have been shortlisted, and when is the recruitment process expected to
conclude; and
4. The current member's name and term of appointment.
I have provided an answer to each of your questions below.
Item one
Te Tari Taiwhenua advertised the nomination round for the Trust’s Board on its public
website, www.dia.govt.nz. A nomination/expression of interest form, a candidate
information sheet describing the role and selection criteria, and the role overview were also
available in the section of the website about appointments to statutory bodies,
www.dia.govt.nz/Appointments-to-Statutory-Bodies.
Additionally, Te Tari Taiwhenua submitted a request for nominations to the agencies that
provide nominations for statutory bodies. This included the Ministry for Women, Te Puni
Kōkiri, the Ministry for Pacific Peoples, and the Ministry for Ethnic Communities.
Item two
Te Tari Taiwhenua has received ten expressions of interest for the Trust’s Board, with eight
expressions of interest coming from the public, and two through the Ministry for Ethnic
Communities’ nominations service.
Item three
Candidate shortlisting for the Trust’s Board has not yet been completed. Te Tari Taiwhenua
expects the appointment process to be completed before 30 June 2023.
Item four
Please refer to
Appendix A for the list of current members of the Trust’s Board, and their
appointment terms.
The current convention of the Board dictates that members only serve two consecutive
terms of appointment on a statutory body.
Access to the Ombudsman
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the Act, to seek an investigation and review by the
Ombudsman of this response. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
We intend to publish our response to your request on www.dia.govt.nz. This letter, with
your personal details removed, will be published in its entirety. Publishing responses
increases the availability of information to the public and is consistent with the Act’s
purpose of enabling more effective participation in the making and administration of laws
and policies and promoting the accountability of Ministers and officials.
Nāku noa, nā
Anita Balakrishnan
Tumuaki I Director Ministerial, Monitoring and Capability
Appendix A: List of current members on the Winston Churchil Memorial Trust’s Board
Name
Date of original
Expiry date of
appointment
present term
Joy Tracey (Chair)
1 July 2017
30 June 2023
Adina Jane Thorn
1 July2017
30 June 2023
Ian Henry McDonald
1 January 2022
30 June 2023
Fuimaono Semi Asafo
15 August 2021
31 December 2027
Benjamin Patrick William Brooks
1 January 2022
31 December 2027
Alison Pauline Cadman
1 January 2022
31 December 2027
Dr David Douglas Charles Ivory
1 January 2022
31 December 2027
Jason Leroy Sebestian
1 January 2022
31 December 2027
Dr Rogena Roger Paul Sterling
1 January 2022
31 December 2027