Kia ora  

 

Thank you for your email to the Minister of Health and Minster for Pacific
Peoples, Hon Dr Shane Reti.   

 

We will endeavour to respond to your email as soon as possible. However,
due to the high volume of emails, we may not be able to provide you with
an individualised response. Please note: 

* If you are an Whangârei constituent contacting the Minister about an
issue related to his electorate, your email will be passed to his
electorate office for consideration. 
* Invitations and requests to meet with the Minister will be considered
and his office will be in touch with you in due course. 
* Requests for official information will be managed in accordance with
provisions of the Official Information Act 1982, which may include a
transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency. 

If your email falls outside of the Minister's portfolio responsibilities,
expresses a personal view, or is copied to multiple Members of Parliament,
then your email will be noted and may be transferred to another Minister’s
office, or there may be no further response to you. 

If your email relates to matters including: 

* Smokefree 2025, smoking or vaping - these matters fall within the
portfolio responsibilities of Hon Casey Costello, Associate Minister
of Health. You can contact her by
emailing [1][email address]. 
* Mental health & ACC - these matters fall within the portfolio
responsibilities of Hon Matt Doocey, Minister for ACC, Minister for
Mental Health, and Associate Minister of Health. You can contact him
by emailing [2][email address]. 
* Pharmac, Medsafe or medicines funding - these matters fall within the
portfolio responsibilities of Hon David Seymour, Associate Minister of
Health. You can contact him by
emailing [3][email address]. 

Further delegations details of Associate Ministers of Health can be
found [4]here. 

Please do not expect a response from this office if your email relates to
the above matters.  

 

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* You can also visit: [5]bookmyvaccine.health.nz/. 

 

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visit [6]Healthpoint. 

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* visit the Whaikaha [8]website 
* with any general health concerns, including managing COVID-19,
call the Disability Helpline on 0800 11 12 13 or text 8988. 

Ngâ mihi

 

 

Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti

Minister of Health

Minister for Pacific Peoples
Email:[9][email address]

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

 

 

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Kia ora Sam

 

Thank you for your request for official information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti. You
requested:

 

o In Health NZ National office, how many contractors you have currently
- please breakdown by the teams/directorate/departments

 

o How long have they been in a contract and when are they finishing. I
don’t need details that may breach their privacy but would like to
focus on the longest sitting ones.

 

o If they are working for more than 6 months then why not hire permanent
or fixed term employees to save money. What’s the future plan?

 

o If Govt is committed to cost cuts then why Health NZ is still spending
more than all others.

 

The reference number for your request is: SROIA-090

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Office will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
the day your request was received. You can expect a response by 9 May
2024.  

 

Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [1][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602. 

 

 

Ngâ mihi

 

 

Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti

Minister of Health

Minister for Pacific Peoples
Email: [2][email address]

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

 

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Kia ora Sam

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) to the Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti on 10 April 2024. You requested:

 

o In Health NZ National office, how many contractors you have currently
- please breakdown by the teams/directorate/departments

 

o How long have they been in a contract and when are they finishing. I
don’t need details that may breach their privacy but would like to
focus on the longest sitting ones.

 

o If they are working for more than 6 months then why not hire permanent
or fixed term employees to save money. What’s the future plan?

 

o If Govt is committed to cost cuts then why Health NZ is still spending
more than all others.

 

The information you have requested is more closely connected with the
functions of Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora. Therefore, this Office has
decided to transfer your request to Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora
under section 14(b)(ii) of the Act. You can expect a response in due
course.

 

Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [1][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.

 

Ngā mihi

 

[2]cid:image001.jpg@01DA876B.B24D6D00 Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti

Minister of Health

Minister for Pacific
Peoples
Email:
[3][email address]

Private Bag 18041,
Parliament Buildings,
Wellington 6160, New
Zealand

 

 

 

 

From: Jen Dauphin
Sent: Wednesday, 10 April 2024 11:33 AM
To: [FOI #26386 email]
Subject: SROIA-090: Official Information request - Number of contractors
in Health New Zealand National Office +

 

Kia ora Sam

 

Thank you for your request for official information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti. You
requested:

 

o In Health NZ National office, how many contractors you have currently
- please breakdown by the teams/directorate/departments

 

o How long have they been in a contract and when are they finishing. I
don’t need details that may breach their privacy but would like to
focus on the longest sitting ones.

 

o If they are working for more than 6 months then why not hire permanent
or fixed term employees to save money. What’s the future plan?

 

o If Govt is committed to cost cuts then why Health NZ is still spending
more than all others.

 

The reference number for your request is: SROIA-090

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Office will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
the day your request was received. You can expect a response by 9 May
2024.  

 

Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [4][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602. 

 

 

Ngā mihi

 

 

Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti

Minister of Health

Minister for Pacific
Peoples
Email:
[5][email address]

Private Bag 18041,
Parliament Buildings,
Wellington 6160, New
Zealand

 

 

 

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Kia ora 
 
Thank you for your request for official information, transferred to Health
New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora on 18 April 2024 from the office of Hon Shane
Reti: 

         “•    In Health NZ National office, how many contractors you have
currently - please breakdown by the teams/directorate/departments
•    How long have they been in a contract and when are they finishing. I
don’t need details that may breach their privacy but would like to focus
on the longest sitting ones.
•    If they are working for more than 6 months then why not hire
permanent or fixed term employees to save money. What’s the future plan?
•    If Govt is committed to cost cuts then why Health NZ is still
spending more than all others."

Unfortunately, the information you have requested isn't held centrally and
would require substantial collation. In order to provide you with the
information requested, could you please refine to a specific business unit
in order for us to collate the information in a manner that is feasible
retrievable.
 
If you refined your request to one or two of the below business units, we
could then assess whether that information could be provided without
substantial collation:

* National Public Health Service
* Hospital and Specialist Services
* Infrastructure and Investment Group
* People and Communications
* Office of the Chief Executive
* Commissioning 
* Data and Digital 
* Sector Operations

Please note, under section 15 of the Official Information Act 1982, any
clarification or amendments made to a request within seven days after the
date it is received, that request may be treated as a new request and the
time limit for the response restarts. 

We look forward to receiving your response. 

Ngâ mihi
 
 
Helena
Government Services
[1][email address]  

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
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Tçnâ koe Sam

Thank you for your email of 11 April 224, asking for the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):

*  In Health NZ National office, how many contractors you have currently
- please breakdown by the teams/directorate/departments
* How long have they been in a contract and when are they finishing. I
don’t need details that may breach their privacy but would like to
focus on the longest sitting ones.
* If they are working for more than 6 months then why not hire permanent
or fixed term employees to save money. What’s the future plan?
* If Govt is committed to cost cuts then why Health NZ is still spending
more than all others.

This email is to let you know that Health NZ needs more time to make a
decision on your request.

The Act requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no
later than 20 working days after the day we received your request.
Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that time limit and we are
therefore writing to notify you of an extension of the time to make our
decision, to Monday 17 June 2024.

This extension is required because the volume of information is such that
a proper response cannot reasonably be made within the original time
limit.

If you have any questions, please contact us
at [1][email address].

If you are not happy with this extension, you have the right to make a
complaint to the Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.

Nâku iti noa, nâ
 

 
Helena
Government Services
[2][email address]  

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
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Kia ora Sam
 
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) for:
 
•    In Health NZ National office, how many contractors you have currently
- please breakdown by the teams/directorate/departments
•    How long have they been in a contract and when are they finishing. I
don’t need details that may breach their privacy but would like to focus
on the longest sitting ones.
•    If they are working for more than 6 months then why not hire
permanent or fixed term employees to save money. What’s the future plan?
•    If Govt is committed to cost cuts then why Health NZ is still
spending more than all others.
 
Pursuant to section 15(1)(a) of the Act, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu
Ora, is writing to advise you that a decision has been made on your
request; however, it will take us some time to prepare the information for
release. We have information within scope of your request, however as it
stands, collating the information relating to start and end dates of
individual contracts would require substantial collation, and as such
likely will be refused under 18(f) of the Act. 
 
We apologise for the delay, and endeavor to send you the information by
Monday 15 July 2024. 
 
Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [1][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602. 
 
Ngâ mihi
 
 
 
Helena
Government Services
[2][email address]  

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
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Kia ora Sam,
 
Thank you for your request for information regarding contractors which was
transferred to Health New Zealand on 18 April 2024. Please find attached
our response to your request. I apologise for the time it has taken to
respond to you.
 
If you have any questions, please get in touch at
[1][email address].
 
If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a
complaint to the Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available
at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
 
Ngā mihi,
 
 
Helena
Government Services
[3][email address]  

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
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