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Dear Hone,

Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request, received on 26th February, in which you requested the following information:

" I write to request, under the Official Information Act 1982, copies of any and all information, correspondence, briefings, reports, emails, or other communications such as sms, watsapp, etc which you or your office have had or received from or sent to anyone concerning:

1. The spending of approximately NZD 4 million by Health New Zealand on Te Kurahuna workshops, purportedly aimed at turning health workers into ‘change agents’ promoting indigenous knowledge and healing practices;

2. The attendance or scheduling of approximately 11,000 health staff for these workshops, including any details on lost productivity or other related operational costs;

3. Any assessments, evaluations, or ministerial advice regarding the purpose, necessity, or effectiveness of these workshops, including any discussion of their alignment with core medical or healthcare service outcomes;

I also invite your opinion on the appropriateness of taxpayer funding being spent on this or similar workshops."

Your request will be answered within the provisions of the Official Information Act.

Kind regards,
Georgia Carr
Private Secretary Administration | Office of Hon Simeon Brown MP
Member of Parliament for Pakuranga
Minister of Health | Minister for Auckland | Minister for State Owned Enterprises
Email: [email address] Website: www.Beehive,govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
 
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Hone <[FOI #30231 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 26 February 2025 3:31 PM
To: Simeon Brown (MIN) <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Te Kurahuna Workshops and Associated Communications

Dear Minister Brown,

I write to request, under the Official Information Act 1982, copies of any and all information, correspondence, briefings, reports, emails, or other communications such as sms, watsapp, etc which you or your office have had or received from or sent to anyone concerning:

1. The spending of approximately NZD 4 million by Health New Zealand on Te Kurahuna workshops, purportedly aimed at turning health workers into ‘change agents’ promoting indigenous knowledge and healing practices;

2. The attendance or scheduling of approximately 11,000 health staff for these workshops, including any details on lost productivity or other related operational costs;

3. Any assessments, evaluations, or ministerial advice regarding the purpose, necessity, or effectiveness of these workshops, including any discussion of their alignment with core medical or healthcare service outcomes;

I also invite your opinion on the appropriateness of taxpayer funding being spent on this or similar workshops.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to your response within the statutory timeframe.

Yours sincerely,

Hone

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Dear Hone

 

Thank you for your request for official information, received on 26
February 2025 for:

 

“I write to request, under the Official Information Act 1982, copies of
any and all information, correspondence, briefings, reports, emails, or
other communications such as sms, watsapp, etc which you or your office
have had or received from or sent to anyone concerning:

 

1. The spending of approximately NZD 4 million by Health New Zealand on Te
Kurahuna workshops, purportedly aimed at turning health workers into
‘change agents’ promoting indigenous knowledge and healing practices;

2. The attendance or scheduling of approximately 11,000 health staff for
these workshops, including any details on lost productivity or other
related operational costs;

3. Any assessments, evaluations, or ministerial advice regarding the
purpose, necessity, or effectiveness of these workshops, including any
discussion of their alignment with core medical or healthcare service
outcomes;

 

I also invite your opinion on the appropriateness of taxpayer funding
being spent on this or similar workshops."

 

We note that your request would likely capture a significant volume of
material that staff would be required to manually review. In order to
provide you with information that is feasibly retrievable, with a clear
timeframe, we suggest the following refinement to your request:

 

copies of any briefings or reports which the Minister of Health has
received from Health New Zealand between 1 April 2024 to 26 February 2025
concerning:

 

1. The spending of approximately NZD 4 million by Health New Zealand on Te
Kurahuna workshops, purportedly aimed at turning health workers into
‘change agents’ promoting indigenous knowledge and healing practices;

2. The attendance or scheduling of approximately 11,000 health staff for
these workshops, including any details on lost productivity or other
related operational costs;

3. Any assessments, evaluations, or ministerial advice regarding the
purpose, necessity, or effectiveness of these workshops, including any
discussion of their alignment with core medical or healthcare service
outcomes;

 

Please let us know if this refinement is acceptable to you. We appreciate
you are under no obligation to amend your request, but requests that
require substantial collation may be refused under section 18(f) of the
Act.

 

Please note that in accordance with section 15(1AA) of the Act,
refinements may be treated as new requests and the legislative time frame
will restart, provided the refinement request was made within the first
seven working days of the original request.

 

Please respond by COB Tuesday 11 March so that we can consider your
refinement in our response to your request.

 

We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Office of Hon Simeon Brown

Minister of Health, Minister for State Owned Enterprises, Minister for
Auckland
Email: [1][email address]

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Simeon Brown (MIN) <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, 26 February 2025 4:26 pm
To: Hone <[FOI #30231 email]>
Subject: OIA25 - 578RE: Official Information request - Te Kurahuna
Workshops and Associated Communications

 

Dear Hone,

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request,
received on 26th February, in which you requested the following
information:

 

" I write to request, under the Official Information Act 1982, copies of
any and all information, correspondence, briefings, reports, emails, or
other communications such as sms, watsapp, etc which you or your office
have had or received from or sent to anyone concerning:

 

1. The spending of approximately NZD 4 million by Health New Zealand on Te
Kurahuna workshops, purportedly aimed at turning health workers into
‘change agents’ promoting indigenous knowledge and healing practices;

 

2. The attendance or scheduling of approximately 11,000 health staff for
these workshops, including any details on lost productivity or other
related operational costs;

 

3. Any assessments, evaluations, or ministerial advice regarding the
purpose, necessity, or effectiveness of these workshops, including any
discussion of their alignment with core medical or healthcare service
outcomes;

 

I also invite your opinion on the appropriateness of taxpayer funding
being spent on this or similar workshops."

 

Your request will be answered within the provisions of the Official
Information Act.

 

 

Kind regards,

Georgia Carr

Private Secretary Administration | Office of Hon Simeon Brown MP Member of
Parliament for Pakuranga Minister of Health | Minister for Auckland |
Minister for State Owned Enterprises

Email: [2][email address] Website: [3]www.Beehive,govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Hone <[4][FOI #30231 email]>

Sent: Wednesday, 26 February 2025 3:31 PM

To: Simeon Brown (MIN) <[5][email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - Te Kurahuna Workshops and
Associated Communications

 

Dear Minister Brown,

 

I write to request, under the Official Information Act 1982, copies of any
and all information, correspondence, briefings, reports, emails, or other
communications such as sms, watsapp, etc which you or your office have had
or received from or sent to anyone concerning:

 

1. The spending of approximately NZD 4 million by Health New Zealand on Te
Kurahuna workshops, purportedly aimed at turning health workers into
‘change agents’ promoting indigenous knowledge and healing practices;

 

2. The attendance or scheduling of approximately 11,000 health staff for
these workshops, including any details on lost productivity or other
related operational costs;

 

3. Any assessments, evaluations, or ministerial advice regarding the
purpose, necessity, or effectiveness of these workshops, including any
discussion of their alignment with core medical or healthcare service
outcomes;

 

I also invite your opinion on the appropriateness of taxpayer funding
being spent on this or similar workshops.

 

Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to your
response within the statutory timeframe.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Hone

 

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