24 April 2025
DOIA25-024
John Luke
[FYI request #30526 email] Tēnā koe John
I refer to your request received on 25 March 2025, which has been considered under
the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). You requested the following information
regarding the appointments of John McCay, Brett Banner and Philip Crump to the
Broadcasting Commission (NZ On Air):
May I ask how you called for public nomination and on what platform you have
call for public nominations e.g. govt.jobs website. A copy of your ad as well. Also,
how many applications you have received from the public and how many you
have received from other nominating agencies such as TPK or Ministry of women
etc for your role. How many you have shortlisted and how many you have
interviewed. Also, can I request to view the appointment letter if there is one sent
to the previous appointee. I am happy for you to remove all the personal
information.
The appointments of Brett Banner and Philip Crump were made on the expiry of the
term of the outgoing member John McCay and to increase the board membership size
to six members.
Appointments to the Broadcasting Commission (NZ On Air) are made by the Minister
for Media and Communications in accordance with section 45 of the Broadcasting Act
1989 and Schedule 5 of the Crown Entities Act 2004.
A public call for nominations is not required under these Acts and was therefore not
conducted for this appointment process. Therefore, an ad not was not created and
applications from the public were not received. Instead, candidates were selected from
sources such as the Manatū Taonga register of nominations, which includes members
of the public who have expressed interest in being a Crown board member;
nominations from Government nominating agencies; and nominations from caucus
and coalition party colleagues.
For the first of these processes, resulting in Mr Crump’s appointment, a longlist of
seven was compiled, two of which were from nominating agencies (Ministry for Ethnic
Communities Te Tari Mātāwaka) and one candidate was interviewed. For the second
process, resulting in Mr Banner’s appointment, a longlist of seven candidates was
compiled and four were interviewed.
Information being released
Please find enclosed the following documents:
Item Date
Document Description
1
June 2023
Appointment letter to John McCay
2
9/10/2024
Appointment letter to Brett Banner
3
9/10/2024
Appointment letter to Philip Crump
Personal information has been removed in accordance with your request.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact
[Ministry for Culture and Heritage 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 via
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Emily Fabling
Pou Mataaho o Te Aka - Deputy Secretary, Policy, Performance & Insights
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