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Ref: OIA 108840
23 January 2024
John Luke
[email address]
Tēnā koe Mr Luke
Official Information Act request: Race Relations Commissioner
Thank you for your email of 20 December 2024, to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry),
requesting, under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (the Act), information about the selection
of the Race Relations Commissioner. Referencing a previous response to you (our ref: OIA
108246), you requested:
I noted [you said]: In response to your request, I can advise, the expressions of
interest were sought via a posting on the Ministry website. In addition, about 100
community organisations and individuals were emailed and asked to encourage
suitable candidates to put themselves forward. The recipients of the email were
mostly identified from the contact list for the Ministry’s international human rights
reporting. Ten applications have been received, all from individuals responding to the
call for expressions of interest.
Please provide the name of that 100 community organizations and individuals if
allows. Also, you have mentioned about a contact list for the Ministry’s international
human rights reporting, can you please provide the contact list in full if possible. Also,
a background information about how you came up with that contact list and how can
people get on to this list.
In response to your request, please find attached a list in appendix 1 of the organisations
that were contacted. As noted in a previous response to you, this is a contact list for the
Ministry’s international human rights reporting. The names of four individuals have been
withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Act, to protect the privacy of natural persons. In this
latter regard, I do not consider that the reason for withholding the information is outweighed
by the public interest in this matter.
You also asked how the list was compiled and how you might have your name added to it.
Al the groups or individuals are on the list because they have asked to be. If you wish to
confirm your interest in being added to the list, you can email your request to:
[email address].
If you require any further information, please contact Media & Social Media Manager Joe
Locke at [email address].
Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the
Ministry website at: justice.govt.nz/about/official-information-act-requests/oia-responses/.
If you are not satisfied with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the
Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the Act. The Office of the Ombudsman may be
contacted by email to [email address] or by phone on 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Jeff Orr
Chief Legal Counsel
Appendix 1: Organisations
Human rights reporting contacts
Afghan Association of New Zealand
African Community Council Wel ington
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at New Zealand
Al-Ameen Islamic Development New Zealand
Aotearoa Latin American Community Inc
Asia NZ Foundation
Asian Family Services
Auckland Asian Association
Auckland Council Ethnic Peoples Advisory Board
Auckland Malayali Samajam Inc.
Auckland Tamil Association
Auckland University
Azerbaijan-New Zealand Friendship Society
Chinese Women Association of New Zealand
Club Latino
Fiji Association in Auckland
Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple
Gisborne District Council
Hawke's Bay Regional Council
He Waka Tapu
Hindu Council – Wel ington chapter
Hui E!
IHC Advocacy
Inclusive Aotearoa
Indian Association Manukau NZ
Islamic Women's Council New Zealand
Iwi Chairs Forum
Kahungungu Whānau Services
Leva
Manawatu Afghan Society
Māori Academic (Victoria Uni)
Māori Academic (Victoria Uni)
Māori Womens Welfare League
Marlborough District Council
Migrant Action Trust
Multicultural Aoraki
Multicultural Council of Wel ington
Multicultural NZ
Multicultural Whangarei
National Māori Authority
Nelson City Council
New Zealand Chambers of Commerce
New Zealand Chinese Association (NZCA)
New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services
New Zealand Indian Central Association
New Zealand Nepal Society
New Zealand Newcomers Network
New Zealand Public Service Association
New Zealand Sikh Women's Association
New Zealand Social Ethnic Services
Ngā Tauira Māori – Māori Students Association,
Auckland University
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust Board
Nigerian Canterbury Association of New Zealand
Northland Regional Council
NZ Law Society
NZ Sikh Society Wel ington
Otago Regional Council
Pacific Allied Women’s Council
Pakistan Association of NZ
Pakistani Association of Canterbury
Pasifika Futures
Pearl of the Islands Foundation Inc
Pinoy CARES (Filipino community group)
Porirua Multicultural Council
Purapura Whetu
Rehua marae
Rotorua Multicultural Council
Samoan Students Association, Victoria University
Shakti Youth
Shama Ethnic Women's Trust
Shanti Niwas Charitable Trust
SIAOLA
Solomon Islands Students Waikato Association
Southland Multicultural Trust
Soutland Regional Council
Tainui/Te Whakakitenga o Waikato
Tanzania New Zealand Association Inc
Taranaki Regional Council
Tasman District Council
Te Hunga Roia Māori o Aotearoa - Māori Law Society
Te Pumautanga o Te Arawa Trust
Te Runananui o Ngāti Porou
Te Rūnanga Nui o Te Aupōuri Trust
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua
Te Rūnanga o Te Rarawa
Te Runanga o Tūranganui a Kiwa
Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-O-Ngāpuhi
The Asian Network Inc
The Cause Collective
Tuhono Trust
Tutala Niue Waikato
Ursula Cheer
Vaka Tautua
Victoria University
Victoria University Tongan Students' Association
Waikato Ethnic Family Services Trust
Waikato Multicultural Council
Waikato Muslim Association
Waitakere Ethnic Board
Wellington Regional Council
West Coast Regional Council
Pacific Women's Watch
New Zealand Māori Council
Samoan Advisory Council
Iwi Chairs Forum
