28 September 2023 
 
Ref: DOIA 2324-0695 
 
 
John Luke 
[FYI request #24255 email]  
 
Tēnā koe John 
 
Thank you for your email of 26 September 2023 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment 
(MBIE) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information: 
 
https://www.mbie.govt.nz/about/who-we-are/board-appointments/current-board-vacancies/ 
 
I would like to request a list of vacancy (ministerial appointment only, e.g. board member, Lay member, 
Trustee etc) that the nomination period has been closed but still under consideration by the MBIE or 
relevant Minister. In your list, can you please included the date that vacancy been advertised, what 
method you have used to publicly advertise the position, how many application you have received and 
when the vacancy been closed as well. Also, I would like to know if you have any future opening in 2024. 
e.g. the position that will call for nomination in the year of 2024. 
 
In response to your request please find below a table outlining the vacancies that are still under 
consideration by the relevant Minister, the date the vacancy was advertised, method of public 
advertising, the number of applications received and the closing date of the advertisement. 
 
Number of 
Date 
Method of 
Advertisement 
Board 
applications 
Advertised 
advertising 
closing date 
received 
Chartered Professional Engineers 
MBIE jobs 
Council (CPEC) – Chair role 
4/05/2023 
Seek 
4 
19/05/2023 
Jobs.govt 
Chartered Professional Engineers 
MBIE jobs 
Council (CPEC) – Member role 
4/05/2023 
Seek 
10 
12/05/2023 
Jobs.govt 
Consumer Advocacy Council (CAC) – 
MBIE jobs 
Member roles (2) 
1/06/2026 
Seek 
7 
23/06/2023 
Jobs.govt 
Financial Advisors Code Committee 
MBIE jobs 
(FACC) – Member roles 
8/05/2023 
Seek 
85 
19/06/2023 
Jobs.govt 
New Zealand Registered Architects 
MBIE jobs 
Board (NZRAB) – Chair role 
14/06/2023 
Seek 
4 
28/06/2023 
Jobs.govt 
New Zealand Registered Architects 
MBIE jobs 
Board (NZRAB) – Member roles 
6/06/2022 
Seek 
5 
12/06/2022 
Jobs.govt 
 
 

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Please find below a table outlinig the terms ending in 2024. 
 
Number of 
 
Board name 
terms ending 
 
in 2024 
Accreditation Council 
1 
AgResearch 
2 
Building Practitioners Board (BPB) 
3 
Callaghan Innovation 
1 
Commerce Commission 
2 
Consumer Advocacy Council (CAC) 
1 
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) 
3 
Engineering Associates Registration Board (EARB) 
9 
External Reporting Board (XRB) 
5 
Financial Advice Code Committee (FACC) 
3 
Financial Advisers Disciplinary Committee (FADC) 
2 
Financial Markets Authority (FMA) 
3 
Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) 
1 
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Science (GNS) 
2 
Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ) 
1 
Manaaki Whenua 
1 
Marsden Fund 
2 
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) 
3 
New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion) 
3 
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners (NZGCP) 
3 
New Zealand Standards Approval Board (NZSAB) 
2 
Plant and Food Research 
2 
Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (PGDB) 
2 
Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand (REANZ) 
3 
Takeovers Panel 
1 
Tourism NZ 
1 
Trans-Tasman IP Board (TTIPB) 
1 

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You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information 
about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 
602. 
 
Nāku noa, nā 
 
 
 
 
Paul Metcalf 
Manager, Appointments and Governance 
Labour, Science and Enterprise, MBIE 
 

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