Sarah M
[email address]
19 May
Dear Sarah M
OIA 22-23-50: Expense Claims in the Investment Lead Team
Thank you for your email of 20 April to New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), making a
request under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (the Act). You requested the following
information:
Dear New Zealand Trade and Enterprise,
Can you please provide the following information:
1. since January 2021 what dates and where has the Investment Lead team held offsite
meetings?
2. how many expense claims below $50 did attendees at these Investment Lead Teams
make (for expenses in the 2 days prior to the meeting, and during the time period of the
meeting)?
3. who was the approver of these expenses?
Answers to your questions are as follows.
1. Dates and locations of of site meetings held by the Investment Lead Team since
January 2021 are displayed in
Table One below. Some Investment Lead Team
meetings have taken place at NZTE’s Auckland office and at times, virtually. Long
periods of time between offsite meetings in the table below may reflect this.
Table One
22-24 March 2021 Tutukaka, Northland
10-12 May 2021
Queenstown
6-9 July 2021
Nelson
20-23 June 2022
Napier, Hawkes Bay
8-10 February 2023 Mt Maunganui
8-9 March 2023
Mt Maunganui
4-5 April 2023
Mt Maunganui
2. A total of 155 expenses were claimed under $50 during the requested period.
3. NZTE’s expenses policy outlines that all expenses need a one up approval. Investment
Lead Team offsite meetings typically include all direct reports to the GM of Investment.
At times there wil be a delegate or a guest attendee present. The following positions
approved the expenses: CEO, General Manager - Investment, General Manager -
T: +64 4 816 8100
F: +64 4 816 8101
W: nzte.govt.nz
W: newzealand.com/business
Level 15, The Majestic Centre, 100 Wil is Street, Wellington 6011, New Zealand, PO Box 2878, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Customer Solutions, General Manager - International, Head of International Investment,
Head of Manufacturing, Investment Director - Solutions, Investment Director -
Greenfields, Investment Director - Projects, Investment Director - Companies,
Investment Director - Māori.
You have the right under section 28(3) of the Act to seek an investigation and review by the
Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available at:
www.ombudsman.parliament.govt.nz or freephone: 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Melissa Trochon
Director – Board & Ministerial