Who is making Donations to Human Rights
Erika Whittome made this Official Information request to Human Rights Commission
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From: Erika Whittome
Dear Human Rights Commission,
The HRC annual financial reporr of 2022 has about $70k of income from donations.
Would you please share the information on who donated to the HRC in 2024, 2023 and 2022?
I would like the info on the donation amount and name of the donor or registered society/entity who donated to the HRC
Yours faithfully,
Erika Whittome
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Tēnā koe Erika,
We are currently considering your request of 14 May 2024 under the Privacy
Act and will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible
within 20 working days, by 12 June 2024.
I would like to check my understanding of your request.
On page 65 of our [1]2022/23 report it states “ Programmes and projects
include grants of $70,000.”
Am I right that the information you are requesting is:
1. Where the grants referred to came from; and
2. The amount of each grant?
We would appreciate your confirmation or clarification of your request as
soon as practical.
If we are unable to respond to your request by 12 June 2024, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe within 20 working days. If
you have any queries, please feel free to contact us on
[2][email address] or telephone 0800 496 877. We are able to
provide confidential services for interpreting in 42 languages, and NZ
Relay Service for those with speech or hearing impairments.
Nāku noa, nā
Joanne
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3. https://www.tikatangata.org.nz/
4. http://[email address]/
5. http://www.tikatangata.org.nz/
6. https://twitter.com/nzhumanrights
7. https://www.facebook.com/nzhumanrightsco...
8. https://www.youtube.com/user/nzhumanrights
9. https://nz.linkedin.com/company/new-zeal...
10. https://connectingnow.com.au/
11. https://www.mbie.govt.nz/cross-governmen...
12. https://connectingnow.com.au/
13. https://www.nzrelay.co.nz/index
14. https://connectingnow.com.au/
From: Erika Whittome
Dear OIA Inbox,
Yes that is correct. I would like to know where the donations or grants came from, ie which person or organization.
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
From: Erika Whittome
Dear OIA Inbox,
Thank you for pointing out your annual report. There are grants and “other revenue”. Please provide information on who gave the “other revenue “. For example in the 2023 annual report there is $220k of “other revenue”.
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
From: OIA Inbox
Tēnā koe Erika Whittome
Please find attached our response to your request for information.
Nāku noa, nā
Joanne
OIA Inbox
[1][IMG] Te Kāhui Tika Tangata | New Zealand Human Rights Commission
[2]e: [email address] | freephone: 0800 496 877 | [3]w: www.tikatangata.org.nz
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[7]We can access confidential services for interpreting and translating in more than 180
languages through [8]Language Assistance Services[9] and [10]NZ Relay Service[11] for those with
hearing or speech impairments.
This message may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you have
received this email in error please contact the sender immediately. You do not have permission
to use or disclose this information if the email is not addressed to you.
Please consider the environment before printing this email
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2. http://[email address]/
3. http://www.tikatangata.org.nz/
4. https://www.facebook.com/nzhumanrightsco...
5. https://www.youtube.com/user/nzhumanrights
6. https://nz.linkedin.com/company/new-zeal...
7. https://connectingnow.com.au/
8. https://www.mbie.govt.nz/cross-governmen...
9. https://connectingnow.com.au/
10. https://www.nzrelay.co.nz/index
11. https://connectingnow.com.au/
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