Kia ora Cooper

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 of 21
September 2024 seeking the following information:

 

 1. All correspondence between NZQA and the Pūhoro STEMM Academy,
particularly related to:

   - Assessments and qualifications.

   - Evaluations or reviews of educational outcomes.

   - Organized trips, including details about destinations, purposes, and
outcomes of these trips.

 

2. Copies of all reports, evaluations, assessments, or reviews related to
the Academy submitted to or produced by NZQA.

 

3. Any advice provided to the Minister of Education or to NZQA
decision-makers concerning the Pūhoro STEMM Academy, including briefings,
memos, and policy recommendations.

 

4. Detailed information and documentation regarding any educational or
promotional trips involving students or staff from the Pūhoro STEMM
Academy, funded or facilitated by NZQA.

 

You can expect to receive a response to your request on or before 18
October 2024. You will be contacted again if there is a likelihood that
this timeframe cannot be met.

 

As you may know requests for official information become official
information once received.  As part of the processing of requests for
official information, NZQA may need to consult with relevant third
parties.  During the consultation, a third party may ask for the identity
of the individual/organisation requesting the information. If you are an
individual making a request, please advise us whether or not you would
have an objection to disclosing your identity if a third party asks for
your identity, and the reasons for your objection.    If you are an
individual making a request on behalf of an organisation please advise us
both whether you personally have an objection to disclosing your identity,
and the reasons for your objection, as well as any objection to
identifying the organisation, together with reasons. NZQA will consider
your reasons and whether they fit with any withholding grounds under the
Privacy Act 2020 or the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Requests from an organisation for information about the organisation will
be processed under Part 4 of the Official Information Act.

 

Please note that it is our policy to proactively release where possible. 
We will let you know when we respond, if we intend to publish it. Your
name and contact details will be removed before publication.  Please
contact us if you have any questions about that.

 

In some circumstances after scoping a request, NZQA may decide to charge
for making the requested information available. If this is the case, we
will write to you again with details and seek confirmation you wanted to
proceed on that basis.

 

For any enquiries about your request, please contact
[1][email address].

 

If you are dissatisfied with our response, you have the right, under
section 28(3) of the Official Information Act 1982, to lodge a complaint
with the Office of the Ombudsman at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. You
can also telephone 0800 802 502 or write to the Ombudsman at PO Box 10152,
Wellington, 6143.

 

Ngā mihi

NZQA Ministerials team

 

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Kia ora Cooper

 

Please find attached a letter advising of an extension to the time needed
to complete our response to your request.

 

Ngā mihi

NZQA Ministerials team

 

 

From: Team Mailbox NZQA Ministerials <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, 27 September 2024 7:16 AM
To: Cooper O'Neil <[FOI #28471 email]>
Subject: OC01230 Acknowledgement of Official Information request - Pūhoro
STEMM Academy

 

Kia ora Cooper

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 of 21
September 2024 seeking the following information:

 

 1. All correspondence between NZQA and the Pūhoro STEMM Academy,
particularly related to:

   - Assessments and qualifications.

   - Evaluations or reviews of educational outcomes.

   - Organized trips, including details about destinations, purposes, and
outcomes of these trips.

 

2. Copies of all reports, evaluations, assessments, or reviews related to
the Academy submitted to or produced by NZQA.

 

3. Any advice provided to the Minister of Education or to NZQA
decision-makers concerning the Pūhoro STEMM Academy, including briefings,
memos, and policy recommendations.

 

4. Detailed information and documentation regarding any educational or
promotional trips involving students or staff from the Pūhoro STEMM
Academy, funded or facilitated by NZQA.

 

You can expect to receive a response to your request on or before 18
October 2024. You will be contacted again if there is a likelihood that
this timeframe cannot be met.

 

As you may know requests for official information become official
information once received.  As part of the processing of requests for
official information, NZQA may need to consult with relevant third
parties.  During the consultation, a third party may ask for the identity
of the individual/organisation requesting the information. If you are an
individual making a request, please advise us whether or not you would
have an objection to disclosing your identity if a third party asks for
your identity, and the reasons for your objection.    If you are an
individual making a request on behalf of an organisation please advise us
both whether you personally have an objection to disclosing your identity,
and the reasons for your objection, as well as any objection to
identifying the organisation, together with reasons. NZQA will consider
your reasons and whether they fit with any withholding grounds under the
Privacy Act 2020 or the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Requests from an organisation for information about the organisation will
be processed under Part 4 of the Official Information Act.

 

Please note that it is our policy to proactively release where possible. 
We will let you know when we respond, if we intend to publish it. Your
name and contact details will be removed before publication.  Please
contact us if you have any questions about that.

 

In some circumstances after scoping a request, NZQA may decide to charge
for making the requested information available. If this is the case, we
will write to you again with details and seek confirmation you wanted to
proceed on that basis.

 

For any enquiries about your request, please contact
[1][email address].

 

If you are dissatisfied with our response, you have the right, under
section 28(3) of the Official Information Act 1982, to lodge a complaint
with the Office of the Ombudsman at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. You
can also telephone 0800 802 502 or write to the Ombudsman at PO Box 10152,
Wellington, 6143.

 

Ngā mihi

NZQA Ministerials team

 

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Kia ora Cooper

Apologies for not getting back to you we have been dealing with heavy calls lately.

I will forward your request to our ministerial team who will be able to assist with you.

Ngā mihi

Sina
Customer Care Representative | Kanohi Kaitiaki Kiritaki
Channels team | Te rōpu whai ara
Customer Experience and Analytics | Te Āheinga Tari/ Ngā Tirohanga Rāwaho
New Zealand Qualifications Authority | Mana Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa

(
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0800 697 296
[email address]
www.nzqa.govt.nz 
125 The Terrace, PO Box 160, Wellington, 6140

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Kia ora Cooper

 

Please find attached NZQA’s response to your OIA request of 21 September
2024. Note we are sending the response via 2 emails. Also note the
documents have been divided in sizes suitable for emailing and don’t match
the divisions in the table of documents exactly.

 

Ngā mihi

NZQA Ministerials team

[email address]

 

 

From: Team Mailbox NZQA Ministerials <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, 16 October 2024 10:14 AM
To: Cooper O'Neil <[FOI #28471 email]>
Subject: OC01230 Advice of extension

 

Kia ora Cooper

 

Please find attached a letter advising of an extension to the time needed
to complete our response to your request.

 

Ngā mihi

NZQA Ministerials team

 

 

From: Team Mailbox NZQA Ministerials <[1][email address]>
Sent: Friday, 27 September 2024 7:16 AM
To: Cooper O'Neil <[2][FOI #28471 email]>
Subject: OC01230 Acknowledgement of Official Information request - Pūhoro
STEMM Academy

 

Kia ora Cooper

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 of 21
September 2024 seeking the following information:

 

 1. All correspondence between NZQA and the Pūhoro STEMM Academy,
particularly related to:

   - Assessments and qualifications.

   - Evaluations or reviews of educational outcomes.

   - Organized trips, including details about destinations, purposes, and
outcomes of these trips.

 

2. Copies of all reports, evaluations, assessments, or reviews related to
the Academy submitted to or produced by NZQA.

 

3. Any advice provided to the Minister of Education or to NZQA
decision-makers concerning the Pūhoro STEMM Academy, including briefings,
memos, and policy recommendations.

 

4. Detailed information and documentation regarding any educational or
promotional trips involving students or staff from the Pūhoro STEMM
Academy, funded or facilitated by NZQA.

 

You can expect to receive a response to your request on or before 18
October 2024. You will be contacted again if there is a likelihood that
this timeframe cannot be met.

 

As you may know requests for official information become official
information once received.  As part of the processing of requests for
official information, NZQA may need to consult with relevant third
parties.  During the consultation, a third party may ask for the identity
of the individual/organisation requesting the information. If you are an
individual making a request, please advise us whether or not you would
have an objection to disclosing your identity if a third party asks for
your identity, and the reasons for your objection.    If you are an
individual making a request on behalf of an organisation please advise us
both whether you personally have an objection to disclosing your identity,
and the reasons for your objection, as well as any objection to
identifying the organisation, together with reasons. NZQA will consider
your reasons and whether they fit with any withholding grounds under the
Privacy Act 2020 or the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Requests from an organisation for information about the organisation will
be processed under Part 4 of the Official Information Act.

 

Please note that it is our policy to proactively release where possible. 
We will let you know when we respond, if we intend to publish it. Your
name and contact details will be removed before publication.  Please
contact us if you have any questions about that.

 

In some circumstances after scoping a request, NZQA may decide to charge
for making the requested information available. If this is the case, we
will write to you again with details and seek confirmation you wanted to
proceed on that basis.

 

For any enquiries about your request, please contact
[3][email address].

 

If you are dissatisfied with our response, you have the right, under
section 28(3) of the Official Information Act 1982, to lodge a complaint
with the Office of the Ombudsman at [4]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. You
can also telephone 0800 802 502 or write to the Ombudsman at PO Box 10152,
Wellington, 6143.

 

Ngā mihi

NZQA Ministerials team

 

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Kia ora Cooper

 

Second email with remaining documents in response to your OIA request of
21 September.

 

Ngā mihi

NZQA Ministerials team

 

 

 

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Hi Cooper

If you look at the part 4 attachment you will find A10 on page 9, A11 on page 16, A12 on page 25 and A13 on page 28.

Kind regards
NZQA Ministerials team.

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Kia ora Cooper

Thank you for your further email. Are you referring to A11 re the full July 2024? Do you mean an unredacted copy?

Ngā mihi

NZQA Ministerials team.

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