OIAD-3481
6 November 2023
John Luke
[FYI request #24355 email]
Tēnā koe John
Thank you for your request to the Department of Conservation, received on 7 October 2023,
in which you asked for:
I would like to request the full meeting minutes for the following boards you
administrated from 1st Oct 2023 to 1st Jan 2021.
https://www.doc.govt.nz/about-us/statutory-and-advisory-bodies/
Nature Heritage Fund Committee
Taupō-nui-a-Tia Management Board
Queen Elizabeth II National Trust Board of Directors
We have considered your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA).
Your request for Queen Elizabeth II National Trust’s (QEII Trust) meeting minutes from 1
January 2021 to 1 October 2023 was transferred to QEII Trust for response, pursuant to
section 14(b)(i) of the OIA. The Department does not hold any meeting minutes for the QEII
Trust.
The Nature Heritage Fund (NHF) Committee typically meets four to six times a year. The
Committee is independent of the Department and is made up of five members appointed by
the Minister of Conservation. The Committee provides advice to the Minister of Conservation
on applications to the NHF.
The Taupō-nui-a-Tia Management Board has met regularly to facilitate the completion of the
Taupō Waters Management Plan that was finalised in August 2021. Since then, the Board
has been in abeyance, and is currently in the process of requesting nominations for Crown
appointees to the Board.
I have decided to release the relevant parts of the documents listed in
Table 1 - Schedule of
documents, subject to some information withheld under the following sections of the OIA, as
applicable:
• Personal contact details, under section 9(2)(a) – to protect the privacy of natural
persons, including deceased people.
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Table 1 - Schedule of documents
Nature Heritage Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
Document Date
Document description
Decision
1
8 July 2021
Approved NHF Committee
Released in part
minutes meeting #102
2
31 August 2021
Approved NHF Committee
Released in part
minutes meeting #103
3
24 November
Approved NHF Committee
Released in part
2021
minutes meeting #103 (
also
named #103 in error)
4
1 March 2022
Approved NHF Committee
Released in part
minutes meeting #104
5
28 June 2022
Approved NHF Committee
Released in part
minutes meeting #105
6
26 November
Approved NHF Committee
Released in full
2022
minutes meeting #106
7
7 March 2022
Approved NHF Committee
Released in part
minutes meeting #107
8
19/20 April 2023
Approved NHF Committee
Released in part
minutes meeting #108
9
23 May 2023
Approved NHF Committee
Released in part
minutes meeting #109
10
7 June 2023
Draft NHF Committee minutes
Released in part
meeting #110
11
14 August 2023
Draft NHF Committee minutes
Released in full
meeting #111
Taupō-nui-a-Tia Management Board Meeting Minutes
12
15 June 2021
Taupo-nui-a-Tia Management
Released in part
Board Minutes
Queen Elizabeth II National Trust Board Meeting Minutes
Transferred to QEII Trust for response
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