15 April 2024
By email
: [FYI request #25467 email]
Tēnā koe X,
I refer to your information request dated 21 March 2024 made under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act). You requested:
“the 2023 GPA’s (and specific point marks) of FINC303 semester 2 (2023).”
I also note that by email dated 27 March 2024, you clarified your request to be for the mark and grade
distributions for the Semester 2 2023 FINC303 paper. This was following our email of 22 March 2024
requesting clarification of your request.
Subject to the following comments, please see attached the information you have requested.
• the data is correct as at 4 April 2024.
• on occasions where fewer than five students have failed a paper (i.e. received a grade of Fail D
or 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.
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.
Yours sincerely
Jo Pearson
Jo Pearson
Official Information Act Administrator
Office of the Registrar