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:  

o 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.  
o Invitations and requests to meet with the Minister will be considered
and his office will be in touch with you in due course.  
o 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:  

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portfolio responsibilities of Hon Casey Costello, Associate Minister
of Health. You can contact her by
emailing [1][email address].  
o 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].  
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portfolio responsibilities of Hon David Seymour, Associate Minister of
Health. You can contact him by
emailing [3][email address].  

 

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Ngâ mihi

 

  Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti 

Minister of Health 

Minister for Pacific Peoples 
Email: [email address] 

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

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Kia ora Hugh

 

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:

 

I am requesting any and all correspondence you had on the appointment of
Janitta Pilisi to Creative NZ board /any other appointment. Any
correspondence between you and her, or about her with other MPs, National
Party officials and bureaucrats etc,.

 

Please name where the nomination for Ms Janita Pillisi was made
.DOIA24/073 stated “A list of 14 candidates was compiled and one candidate
was shortlisted and interviewed. Candidates were compiled by searching the
Manatū Taonga register of nominations, seeking nominations from Government
population agencies and caucus colleagues. We received 18 nominations from
the population agencies for positions on the Arts Council, including this
position.” Was it a caucus nomination, please provide all correspondence
relating to it This includes any judgement in relation to her role as a
National Party Director.

 

Please make sure you including the decision making materials you received
in relation to the appointment please and advice on conflict of interest
etc,. all information received pertaining to the appointment

 

Please name those consulted with and all correspondence relating to
preparation of this OIA reply.

 

The reference number for your request is: SROIA-135

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 10 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. 

 

 

Ngā 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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Good afternoon,

 

On behalf of Hon Paul Goldsmith, I acknowledge receipt of your official
information request dated 11 June 2024, where you requested:

 

“Please name where the nomination for Ms Janita Pillisi was made
.DOIA24/073 stated “A list of 14 candidates was compiled and one candidate
was shortlisted and interviewed. Candidates were compiled by searching the
Manatû Taonga register of nominations, seeking nominations from Government
population agencies and caucus colleagues. We received 18 nominations from
the population agencies for positions on the Arts Council, including this
position.” Was it a caucus nomination, please provide all correspondence
relating to it This includes any judgement in relation to her role as a
National Party Director.”

 

We received the partial transfer of this request from Hon Dr Shane Reti’s
office on 19 June 2024. We will endeavour to respond to your request as
soon as possible and in any event no later than 18 July 2024, being 20
working days after the day your request was received.

 

If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of
an extension of that timeframe.

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

 

Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith

Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice | Minister
for State Owned Enterprises

Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations | Minister for Media and
Communications
 

Website: [1]www.Beehive,govt.nz

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

 

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Kia ora Hugh,

 

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

 

The Office is unable to answer the following part of your request because
it does not hold information on where the nomination for Ms Janita Pillisi
was made:

 

Please name where the nomination for Ms Janita Pillisi was made
.DOIA24/073 stated “A list of 14 candidates was compiled and one candidate
was shortlisted and interviewed. Candidates were compiled by searching the
Manatū Taonga register of nominations, seeking nominations from Government
population agencies and caucus colleagues. We received 18 nominations from
the population agencies for positions on the Arts Council, including this
position.” Was it a caucus nomination, please provide all correspondence
relating to it This includes any judgement in relation to her role as a
National Party Director.

 

Given this part of your request is more closely connected with the
functions of the Minister for Arts, Culture, and Heritage, it has been
transferred to Minister Goldsmith’s office for response under section
14(b)(ii) of the OIA.

 

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Office will
endeavour to respond to the remaining parts of your request no later than
20 working days after the day your request was received. You can expect a
response by 10 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. 

 

Ngā mihi,

 

 

Nelson Tiatia

Private Secretary Pacific Peoples | Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti

Minister of Health

Minister for Pacific Peoples
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

 

 

From: Shane Reti (MIN) <[2][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 3:54 PM
To: 'Hugh J Coon' <[3][FOI #27227 email]>
Subject: Acknowledging your request for official information: SROIA-135

 

Kia ora Hugh

 

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:

 

I am requesting any and all correspondence you had on the appointment of
Janitta Pilisi to Creative NZ board /any other appointment. Any
correspondence between you and her, or about her with other MPs, National
Party officials and bureaucrats etc,.

 

Please name where the nomination for Ms Janita Pillisi was made
.DOIA24/073 stated “A list of 14 candidates was compiled and one candidate
was shortlisted and interviewed. Candidates were compiled by searching the
Manatū Taonga register of nominations, seeking nominations from Government
population agencies and caucus colleagues. We received 18 nominations from
the population agencies for positions on the Arts Council, including this
position.” Was it a caucus nomination, please provide all correspondence
relating to it This includes any judgement in relation to her role as a
National Party Director.

 

Please make sure you including the decision making materials you received
in relation to the appointment please and advice on conflict of interest
etc,. all information received pertaining to the appointment

 

Please name those consulted with and all correspondence relating to
preparation of this OIA reply.

 

The reference number for your request is: SROIA-135

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 10 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: [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 Hugh,

 

Please find attached the response to your OIA requested dated 11 June 2024
and relevant documents.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

 

Nelson Tiatia

Private Secretary Pacific Peoples | Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti

Minister of Health

Minister for Pacific Peoples
 

M: +64 22 013 4807

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

 

 

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