13 February 2025
M Williams
FYI Website
[FYI request #29685 email]
Official information request
Our ref: R00741
Tēnā koe M Williams,
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request received on 5 January 2025. The
information you requested is outlined in
Appendix A.
For ease of response, I will be responding to your questions in turn.
Item 1 – Internal Policies and Procedures
The Ministry for Regulation (the Ministry) does not hold internal policies or procedures that
specifically relate to the development and maintenance of staff capability to engage with Māori,
and to understand Māori perspectives. Your request for this information is therefore refused under
section 18(e) of the OIA as the document alleged to contain the information requested does not
exist.
Item 2 – Recruitment data
The Ministry did not have its own recruitment system until 2 July 2024 and was unable to collect
the level of data you have requested prior to this date. From 2 July 2024, each job applicant was
sent an anonymous optional survey, which currently has a 60% response rate. The Ministry
received total of 672 responses from 2 July 2024 to 5 January 2025.
The table on the following page outlines the demographic statistics that were captured as part of
this optional survey. The table shows the available ethnic category choices, the number of
applicants who indicated they identified with each ethnicity, broken down by the number that
were selected for an interview. The data provided is self-reported by each applicant and is multi-
choice. As this survey was multi-choice, the total ‘number of applicants who selected this ethnicity’
column is higher than the total number of responses received due to some respondents selecting
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more than one ethnicity.
Your request for the information broken down by ethnicity into Samoan, Cook Islands Māori,
Tongan, Niuean, Fijian, Tokelauan, Tuvaluan or Kiribati, as well as information prior to 2 July 2024
is refused under section 18(g) of the OIA, as the information is not held by the Ministry for
Regulation, and we have no reason to believe it is held by another agency.
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Ethnicity option
Number of applicants who
Number of applicants who
indicated that they
indicated they identified
identified with this ethnicity with this ethnicity, and were
selected for an interview
Asian
134
14
Māori
47
4
Middle Eastern, Latin
36
3
American and or African
(MELAA)
NZ European/European/
439
55
Pākehā
Pacific People
31
2
Other Ethnicity
54
3
1982
Prefer not to Answer
11
1
Total
752
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Item 3 – Staff employed by the Ministry who identify as Māori
The below table outlines the staff demographics reported on 12 December 2024, which included 77
staff members. This data is self-selected and is not multi-choice. The ‘unknown’ category
represents staff who did not indicate that they identified with an ethnicity.
Ethnicity
Number of Staff
Māori
3
Pākehā/European
28
Chinese
2
Filipino
2
Korean
1
Indian
2
Pitcairn Island
1
Fijian-Indian
1
Information
Unknown
37
Total
77
Your request for the number of staff who identify as Samoan, Cook Islands Māori, Tongan, Niuean,
Fijian, Tokelauan, Tuvaluan, or Kiribati, as well as information prior to 12 December 2024 is refused
under section 18(g) of the OIA, as the information is not held by the Ministry, and we have no
reason to believe that it is held by another agency.
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Your request for the number of staff who do not identify as Māori, Samoan, Cook Islands Māori,
Tongan, Niuean, Fijian, Tokelauan, Tuvaluan, or Kiribati is represented in the above table, however
it is reiterated that 37 people have not completed the survey.
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Right of review
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please contact
[Ministry for Regulation request email].
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Please note that we may publish this response (with your details removed) on the Ministry for
Regulation website.
Ngā mihi
1982
Aisling Risdon
Head of Ministerial Services
Ministry for Regulation
Act
Information
Official
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Appendix A
1. Internal Policies and Procedures
Please provide copies of all internal policies, procedures, and internal communications
relating to the Ministry's responsibility to:
a)
Development and maintenance of the capability of staff to engage with Māori, and their
nderstand Māori perspectives.
2.
Recruitment Data
Please provide the following information from the establishment of the Ministry of
Regulation:
1982
a)
The total number of candidates who applied for roles with the Ministry and identified
their ethnicity as Māori, and of these, and the number interviewed.
b)
The total number of candidates who applied for roles with the Ministry and identified
their ethnicity as Samoan, Cook Islands Māori, Tongan, Niuean, Fijian, Tokelauan,
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Tuvaluan, or Kiribati, and of these, and the number interviewed.
c)
The total number of candidates applied for roles with the Ministry who did not
identify as Māori, Samoan, Cook Islands Māori, Tongan, Niuean, Fijian, Tokelauan,
Tuvaluan, or Kiribati, and the number interviewed.
3.
Staff Demographics
Please provide the following information:
a)
The number of staff employed by the Ministry who identify as Māori since its
establishment.
b)
As of 5 January 2025, the total number of staff employed by the Ministry, broken
down as follows:
c)
The number of staff who identify as Māori.
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d)
The number of staff who identify as Samoan, Cook Islands Māori, Tongan, Niuean,
Fijian, Tokelauan, Tuvaluan, or Kiribati.
e)
The number of staff who do not identify as Māori, Samoan, Cook Islands Māori,
Tongan, Niuean, Fijian, Tokelauan, Tuvaluan, or Kiribati.
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