29 May 2024
Joshua Drummond
[FYI request #26981 email]
Dear Joshua
Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act, received on 24
May 2024. You requested:
I am requesting the complete list of "self-help management books" prescribed
to ministers and public department heads by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon,
as described by Minister Wil is in a New Zealand Herald profile by Claire
Trevett. The relevant quote is excerpted below:
"Wil is admits she has not read the list of self-help management books Luxon
has prescribed to everyone from ministers to public department heads - the
same public sector heads she is in charge of as Public Service Minister."
In my view, it is vital to New Zealand's democracy to understand what material
the Prime Minister specifical y requests to be read by ministers and public
department heads. Furthermore, the release of this information would be
edifying to the nation's business leaders, serving to enhance their corporate
acumen. I believe that the release of this vital information could spark economic
growth, increasing GDP by as much as 0.1 percent.
I believe that the information you have requested is more closely connected to the
functions of the Prime Minister. Accordingly, I have decided under section 14(b)(i ) of
the Official Information Act to transfer your request to the Rt Hon Christopher Luxon, as
the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister has 20 working days from receipt of this transfer to make a decision
on your request.
Yours sincerely
Hon Nicola Wil is
Minister of Finance