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4 October 2024
Thomas Beagle
[FYI request #28096 email]
REF: OIA-16205
Dear Thomas
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email of 18 August 2024 requesting the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Considering recent public service job cuts, I would like to know the total number of full-time
employee’s vs contract employees in a list/table format below in reference to the NZTA
regional model including
1. Individuals employed by NZTA as contractors acting as NZTA agents via a consultancy
providing professional services including but not limited to project management, property
management, planning services that are embedded within regional teams of:
• System Design,
• Infrastructure & Delivery
• Maintenance & Operations,
• Communications & Engagement.
As well as major Projects like O2NL
2. Can you please share the staffing and expenditure related to acquiring the following
services over the period Jan 2024 to June 2024.
This should be in the form:
- Number of employees (expressed as FTEs)
- Number of contractors/consultants (expressed as FTEs)
- Total expenditure on contractors/consultants
For each of the fol owing two services:
- System Design
- Infrastructure and Delivery
For each of the fol owing regions:
- Northland and Auckland
- Waikato and Bay of Plenty
- Central North Island
- Greater Wellington and Top of the South Island
- West Coast, Canterbury, Otago and Southland
In response to request 1., NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) does not have any individuals
employed as contractors acting as NZTA agents via a consultancy providing professional services. I
am refusing your request under section 18(e) of the Act as the information requested does not exist.
In response to request 2., providing you with an FTE breakdown of contractors and consultants for
these groups would require NZTA officials to manual y calculate the FTE numbers from more than 500
invoices. I am therefore refusing this part of your request under section 18(f) of the Act as the
information requested cannot be made available without substantial col ation or research.
The fol owing table sets out the number of employees (expressed as FTEs) and the total 1 January -
30 June 2024 expenditure on contractors/consultants by System Design and Infrastructure Delivery by
region. Note the total expenditure on contractors/consultants for System Design and Infrastructure
Delivery does not include projects.
Number of employees
Total expenditure on
(expressed as FTEs) as at contractors/consultants ($)
1 July 2024.
System Design
Auckland/Northland
1.0
Central and Lower South
2.0
Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Taranaki,
2.0
Manawatu
Waikato/Bay of Plenty
1.0
1,000
Wel ington and Top of South
2.0
Infrastructure Delivery
Auckland/Northland
31.0
Central and Lower South
12.0
Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Taranaki,
19.8
Manawatu
Waikato/Bay of Plenty
19.0
104,288
Wel ington and Top of South
16.8
1,767
Total
106.6
107,055
NZTA regularly reports on contractor and consultant use across the Agency as part of its responses to
Select Committee questions. The most recent Select Committee Vote Estimates questions can be
found at the following link: https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/54SCTIN_EVI_463f1c2c-58d8-
46c9-6d2b-08dc80ee0281_TIN1363/515cb5fb1c8e82749253126b52742007fc1df771. The relevant
questions are 95 and 97.
We also regularly report on contractor and consultant use to the Public Service Commission. This
reporting can be found at: https://www.publicservice.govt.nz/research-and-data/workforce-data-public-
sector-composition/workforce-data-workforce-size.
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to
partial y refuse this request. The contact details for the Ombudsman can be located at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
In line with NZTA policy, this response wil soon be published on our website, with personal
information removed.
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If you would like to discuss this reply with NZTA, please contact us by email to
[NZTA request email].
Yours sincerely
Caz Jackson
Group General Manager, People, Culture and Safety
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