4 December 2023
Ref: DOIA 2324-0769
Monica Kershaw
[FYI request #24349 email]
Tēnā koe Monica
Thank you for your email of 7 October 2023 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
(MBIE) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:
All correspondence regarding between MBIE and Minister Megan Woods regarding the Electrical Workers
Registration Board Appointments and Reappointments from 1st October 2022 until the 1st September
2023.
Please find attached the documentation relevant to your request. The documents, and the decisions as to
their release, are outlined in the table below:
#
Document type Date
Title
Decision as to release
1
Briefing
16 November
2223-1567 Electrical Workers
Some information
2022
Registration Board proposed
withheld under section
shortlist
9(2)(a) of the Act.
2
Aide Memoire
10 November
2223-1659 Statutory Building
Some information
2022
Boards documentation to finalise withheld under section
(re)appointments
9(2)(a) of the Act.
3
Briefing
5 April 2023
2223-3230 Electrical Workers
Some information
Registration Board proposed
withheld under
shortlist
sections 9(2)(a) and
9(2)(g)(i) of the Act.
4
Briefing
8 June 2023
2223-3991 Electrical Workers
Some information
Registration Board-preferred
withheld under
candidates for appointment
sections 9(2)(a) and
9(2)(g)(i) of the Act.
5
Aide Memoire
4 July 2023
2223-4262 Electrical Workers
Some information
Registration Board-Draft Cabinet withheld under section
paper to progress appointments 9(2)(a) of the Act.
6
Aide Memoire
10 August 2023
2324-0376 Electrical Workers
Some information
Registration Board- Documents
withheld under section
to finalise appointments
9(2)(a) of the Act.
7
Emails
16 November
N/A
Some information
2022-24
withheld under section
November 2022
9(2)(a) of the Act.
Please note some information has been withheld under the following sections of the Act:
9(2)(a), to protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons;
9(2)(g)(i), to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression
of opinions by or between or to Ministers of the Crown or members of an organisation or officers
and employees of any public service agency or organisation in the course of their duty;
Some information has also been withheld from these documents where it is out of scope of your request.
I do not consider that the withholding of this information is outweighed by public interest considerations
in making the information available.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, or if you require any further assistance,
please contact [email address].
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