20 March 2025
G Thom
[FYI request #30164 email]
Tēnā koe G Thom
I write in response to your request dated 20/02/2025, for information under the Of icial Information
Act 1982 (the Act):
Please provide copies of all credit card statements received since 1 August 2023 for cards
issued to Mr Crocket, Chief Executive and his current tier 2 managers and the details and
approvals for those expenses.
Please also provide policies for the use of credit cards and approval of the expenses.
You may not be aware that Te Kawa Mataho (Public Service Commission) requires that the
Secretaries and chief executives of the Public Service and chief executives of statutory Crown
entities, regularly disclose their expenses to it. This information is published annually on the
website for Te Kawa Mataho
Chief Executive gifts, benefits and expenses - Te Kawa Mataaho
Public Service Commission
Please find attached a spreadsheet with purchase card data for the period 1 August 2023 to 31
January 2025 for the Chief Executive and Tier 2 managers. Note that some of the details provided
here wil already be publicly available on the website link provided above.
Mr Crockett commenced with Kāinga Ora in September 2024 and Tracey Taylor, General Manager
People, Governance and Capability commenced November 2024, so data is provided from their
respective commencement dates.
Some personal expenses have been charged to the purchase cards, and I can confirm that all
personal expenses have subsequently been reimbursed. I am withholding details of each item of
personal expenditure under section 9(2)(a) of the Act to protect the privacy of natural persons. I
considered that the public interest in the information did not outweigh the need to withhold it.
However, to satisfy the public interest, I am providing the total personal expenditure charged and
reimbursed for each person.
Approval of expenses in our online system is done on behalf of the approver:
• The Board Chair approves the Chief Executive’s expenses
• The Chief Executive approves the Tier 2 expenses
I note that some expenses had not yet been approved in our system at the time of data extract.
Where applicable, this is noted in the spreadsheet.

Please find attached the following policies in scope of your request:
• Purchase to Pay Policy (POL-374) Section 5.2 Purchase Cards (effective prior to May
2024)
• Purchase Card Policy (SF-POL-004) (effective from May 2024)
• Mana Tuku Kaupapa here (Delegations Policy) (SF-POL-001) section Te Manawhakapau
Moni e pa ana ki Nga pakihi me Nga tūtohu (Approving expenses of employees)
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. There
is information about how to make a complaint at
https:/ www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by
freephone
on 0800 802 602. Please note that Kāinga Ora proactively releases some responses to official information requests
where possible. Our response to your request may be published
at
https:/ kaingaora.govt.nz/publications/official-information-requests/, with your personal
information removed.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Gareth Stiven
General Manager Strategy Finance and Policy