19 July 2024
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K Simpson
[FYI request #27323 email]
Tēnā koe K Simpson
Your Official Information Act request OIA 2324 - 1103
I write regarding your Official Information Act (the Act) request, which was received by the
Department of Internal Affairs (the Department) on 21 June 2024.
You have requested:
I request the fol owing information, per year, for the last five years:
- what was DIA's staff attrition rate (exits versus total workforce)?
- how many new staff were appointed to DIA?
- how many organisational restructures occurred? how many FTE were affected by
restructure?
Response to your request
Please find below the response to your request.
Question 1:
What was DIA's staff attrition rate (exits versus total workforce)?
The Department’s core unplanned turnover at 30 June for the last five years is provided in
the table below.
June 2024
June 2023
June 2022
June 2021
June 2020
10.1%
21.3%
18.7%
10.3%
11.6%
The Department defines core unplanned turnover as resignations, retirements, dismissals,
and death of permanent employees.
Question 2:
How many new staff were appointed to DIA?
The number of new employees appointed by the Department on a permanent, fixed-term or
events-based basis each year for the last five financial years (from 1 July – 30 June the
following year) is provided in the table below.
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The term ‘events-based’ refers to employees who work in Ministers Offices where, due to
the nature of the jobs and the special circumstances of working in a ministerial office,
people’s employment may be affected because of changes to a Minister’s portfolio(s) or the
change of Government.
Year
Permanent
Fixed-term
Events-based
Total
1 July 2023 – 30 June 2024
444
170
130
744
1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023
491
442
47
980
1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022
331
318
48
697
1 July 2020 – 30 June 2021
265
250
45
560
1 July 2019 – 30 June 2020
209
266
24
499
Notes to the table:
1. The increase in the number of events-based employees in the 2023/2024 year was due to the change
of government.
2. The increase in the number of permanent employees in the 2022/2023 year was due, in part, to an
increase in the volume of requests for identity service products, particularly passports.
3. The increase in the number of fixed-term employees in the 2022/2023 year was due, in part, to the
establishment of the Water Services Reform programme.
4. The increase in the number of fixed-term employees in the 2021/2022 year was due, in part, to the
establishment of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care.
Question 3:
How many organisational restructures occurred? How many FTE were
affected by restructure? The number of organisational changes over the last five years and the number of FTE
affected by each change process is provided in Appendix 1. We have interpreted your
request for the number of FTE affected by the restructure to be those who were made
redundant.
We intend to publish our response to your request o
n www.dia.govt.nz. This letter, with
your personal details removed, will be published in its entirety. Publishing responses
increases the availability of information to the public and is consistent with the Act’s
purpose of enabling more effective participation in the making and administration of laws
and policies and promoting the accountability of Ministers and officials.
If you have any feedback or questions about the Department’s response, please let us know
at [email address]. If you have any concerns with the information in this response, you
have a right to request an investigation and review by the Ombudsman under section 28(3)
of the Act. Information on how to do this is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802.
Nāku noa
p.p.
Simon George
General Manager, Pūmanawa Tangata – Human Resources
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Appendix 1
Organisational change by year and number of FTE affected
2024
Please note the change processes with an * have not yet been completed. Final redundancy numbers
are not yet available. The number of affected employees provided below are those that have been
made redundant as of 16 July 2024.
Date
Organisational change process
Number affected
July
Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga – Archives New Zealand
0
June
Te Kōtui Whitiwhiti – DPS Branch
0*
June
Toi Hiranga – Regulation and Policy
3*
June
Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa – National Library
0
June
Office of the Chief Executive
0
June
He Pou Aronui – Organisational Capability and Services
0*
May
Te Urungi – Māori, Strategy and Performance
0*
May
Te Haumi – Indexing Team
7
May
Te Pou Manawa (Phase 2) – Service Delivery and Operations
0
February Toi Hiranga Māori Leadership and Capability
0
2023
Date
Organisational change process
Number affected
November Te Pou Manawa (Phase 1) – Service Delivery and Operations
0
October
Capability Services for Schools, National Library
0
August
Māori Strategy and Performance
2
March
Te Waka Aukaha – Service Delivery and Operations
1
March
Curatorial team - Te Haumi
0
March
Film Preservation Laboratory – Archives NZ
0
February
National Library Public Engagement
0
2022
Date
Organisational change process
Number affected
November Technology Services and Solutions (Architecture Practice) –
0
Organisational Capability and Services
November Toi Hiranga Realignment
0
November Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care
3
August
Te Ara Tahi – Te Haumi
0
June
Office of the Deputy Chief Executive – Te Haumi
1
June
Workplace Services – Organisational Capability and Services
0
March
Finance
0
March
Three Waters Realignment – Local Government
0
April
National Library Administration review
3
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2021
Date
Restructur Organisational change process
Number affected
August
Technology Services and Solutions – Organisational Capability
0
and Services
February Wellbeing, Health and Safety
1
2020
Date
Organisational change process
Number affected
December Policy Group – Toi Hiranga
2
November Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in Care
1
October
Service Delivery and Operations
70
September Human Resources – Organisational Capability and Services
1
September All of Government Services Delivery – Digital Public Service
6
August
Legal Services
0
February
Technology Services and Solutions – Organisational Capability
0
and Services
May
Digital Safety – Toi Hiranga
0
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