13 December 2024
Andy Langley
[FYI request #29381 email]
Ref: PMO 221-2024-25
Dear Andy,
Official Information Act request: Examples of health initiatives partnering with iwi
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request, received on 29 November
2024. You requested:
“… [1] all the other examples of this approach [of partnering with local iwi and
Māori groups] that the government have taken since coming to office
[…and]
[2] a list of all the meetings you've had "with iwi leaders up and down the
country", just the dates and who you met with is fine for now…”
Part 1 of your request was transferred to the Minister of Health, under section 14(b)(ii) of the
Act, on 5 December 2024.
I am now in a position to respond to part 2 of your request, which I have interpreted as being
for the names of iwi leaders with whom the Prime Minister has met with in their capacity as
iwi or hapū representatives between 27 November 2023 (the date he assumed office) and 29
November 2024 (the date of your request).
Information being released
In accordance with section 16(1)(e) of the Act, I have decided to provide a table that
summarises the information held by this Office related to your request about the Prime
Minister’s meetings with iwi leaders. It includes as much information as possible, noting that
not all the names of the iwi, hapū, or their leaders are held.
Where information about one or more meetings is not held, this is refused in full under
section 18(g), as the information requested is not held by the Prime Minister and I have no
grounds for believing that the information is either—
i.
held by another department or Minister of the Crown or organisation, or by a local
authority; or
ii.
connected more closely with the functions of another department or Minister of the
Crown or organisation or of a local authority.
Date
Iwi / Hapū
Names of leaders or representatives
17/12/2023
Multiple
National Iwi Chairs
15/01/2024
Multiple
Kīngi Tūheitia and staff from the Office of the King
17/01/2024
Ngāi Tahu
Ngāi Tahu executive and management
24/01/2024
Multiple
Ratana Church Tumuaki Manuao Te Kohamutunga
Tamou; Kīngi Tūheitia; Sir Tumu Te Heuheu Tūkino VIII
2/02/2024
National Iwi
Over 50 Iwi Chairs and their management.
Chairs
5-6/02/2024
Multiple
-
11/04/2024
Ngāti Whātua
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust (Trustees, Executive,
Ōrākei
kaumātua and tikanga leads); Te Uri o Hau Trust (Chair
and Executive); Te Roroa Trust (Chair and Executive);
South Kaipara (Trustees); and rangatahi
17/05/2024
Ruakura
Waikato Tainui Chair, trustees and executive; Tainui
Group Holdings Chair and executive; tikanga leads
2/07/2024
Ngāi Tahu
Ngāi Tahu Chair, Trustees, executive, mana whenua
representatives
27/07/2024
Ngāi Tūhoe
Ngāi Tūhoe Chair, trustees and executive, kaimahi and
kaumātua. At the breakfast there were a number of
Mātaatua iwi leaders, local government. At the lunch we
were joined by approx. 50 kaumātua and kuia.
27/07/2024
Whakatohea
Whakatohea Trust Chair, trustees and executive.
2/08/2024
National Iwi
Over 50 Iwi Chairs and their management. Ngāti Whātua
Chairs
kaumātua and kuia (approx. 200)
19/08/2024
Koroneihana
Kīngi Tuheitia, Kāhui-Ariki, Waikato-Tainui, kīngitanga
kaumātua, kuia, pakeke, mokopuna
12/09/2024
Multiple
Toitu Tairawhiti
17/10/2024
Ngāti Haua
Ngāti Haua Iwi Trust Chair, executive
13/11/2024
Te Ātiawa &
Taranaki Whānui Chair, executive, Waiwhetū kuia
Taranaki
Whānui
Please note the Prime Minister regularly publishes his diaries on the Beehive website; these
publications are available here:
Search | Beehive.govt.nz
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under
section 28(3) of the Act.
Yours sincerely,
Cameron Burrows
Chief of Staff
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