7 December 2023
By email:
[FYI request #24896 email]
Kia ora G
I refer to your information request dated 27 November 2023 made under the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act). You have requested the confirmed grades of the following papers:
“1. CHTH 236 (summer school)
2. CHTH 237 (summer school)
5. FORBS 201 (Summer School)
6. MICR 221
7. MICR 222
8. MICR 223
9. RELS 203 (summer school)
10. GENE 222
11. MATS 204 (summer school)
12. PHSL 231
13. PHSL 232
14. PHSL 233
15. EDUC 252
16. ASIA 201
17. ANAT 241”.
You further clarified in a subsequent email that you would like these grades to be for the 2023 year.
Subject to the following comments, please see attached the information you have requested:
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Please note there are three pages provided in the attached spreadsheet.
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We note that CLTH236 is a Semester 2 paper rather than a Summer School paper. We also
note that CLTH236 had fewer than ten students enrolled in the paper and therefore we have
determined that it is necessary to withhold the entire mark and grade distribution for this
paper to protect students’ privacy and wellbeing. We consider that withholding this
information is necessary to protect against the identity of these students being determined or
inferred, and their personal information (i.e. their marks and grades) potentially being
disclosed. We therefore withhold this information pursuant to section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
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CHTH237 and RELS203 were not offered in 2023.
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We have provided the grade and mark distribution for FORB201 as there is no FORBS 201
Summer School paper.
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We note that the grade and mark distribution for the following 2023 papers – GENE222,
MICR222, MICR223, PHSL232, and PHSL233 have not been finalised yet as the final grades for
some students have not been confirmed. On that basis, we decline this part of your request
pursuant to section 18(g) of the Act, as the information requested is not held by the University
as at today’s date. We would be happy to consider a new request from you at a later date if
you still wish to receive this information – we expect that all student grades will be confirmed
by late February 2024.
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On occasions where fewer than five students have failed a paper (i.e. received a grade of Fail
D, Fail E), we have determined that it is necessary to withhold the marks and specific grades
for these students to protect their privacy and wellbeing. We consider that withholding this
information is necessary to protect against the identity of these students being determined or
inferred, and their personal information (i.e. their marks) could be disclosed. We therefore
withhold this information pursuant to section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
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In the attached mark and grade distributions, we note that students who received an aegrotat
pass (where no mark or grade was awarded) or withdrew from the papers are excluded from
the data.
I trust that this information will be helpful. In the above cases, we consider that good reasons exist
for withholding information, and this is not outweighed by other considerations which would make
it desirable, in the public interest, to make the information available.
If you are not satisfied with our response to your information request, section 28(3) of the Act
provides you with the right to ask an Ombudsman to investigate and review this response. However,
we would welcome the opportunity to discuss any concerns with you first.
Ngā mihi
Jenny Shaw
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar
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