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Dear Dr Wilson,

 

On behalf of the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment,
Hon Steven Joyce, thank you for your email of 26 December 2015, received
on 11 January 2016, requesting, under the Official Information Act:

 

all advice and communications received from Massey University and it's
faculty/staff, the New Zealand Veterinary Association and its staff, and
any other organisations which was used to justify increasing the size of
veterinary student intakes at Massey University.

(As discussed in this news story -
http://www.nzva.org.nz/newsstory/new-zea...
)

Can you please also release all documentation generated by your office or
associated Tertiary Education offices that considers the above mentioned
increase in veterinary training numbers and that eventually recommends
increasing veterinarian trainee numbers.

 

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course.

 

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Private Secretary

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-----Original Message-----
From: James Wilson [mailto:[FOI #3509 email]]
Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2015 9:40 AM
To: S Joyce (MIN)
Subject: Official Information Act request - Advice received regarding
demand for veterinarians in the future

 

Dear Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment,

 

Can you please release all advice and communications received from Massey
University and it's faculty/staff, the New Zealand Veterinary Association
and its staff, and any other organisations which was used to justify
increasing the size of veterinary student intakes at Massey University.

 

(As discussed in this news story -
[1]http://www.nzva.org.nz/newsstory/new-zea...
)

 

Can you please also release all documentation generated by your office or
associated Tertiary Education offices that considers the above mentioned
increase in veterinary training numbers and that eventually recommends
increasing veterinarian trainee numbers.

 

(Please note that I do not believe any wrongdoing has taken place in your
office or the Government's tertiary education commission offices)

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Dr James Wilson

 

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Dr Wilson,

Thank you for the request under the Official Information Act 1982 as below.

The consultations necessary to make a decision on your request are such that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit. Because of this, I am extending the deadline for a response under section 15A(1)(b) of the Act to 1 March 2016, although we will provide you with a response before this date if possible.

Regards,

Tony

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-----Original Message-----
From: James Wilson [mailto:[FOI #3509 email]]
Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2015 9:40 AM
To: S Joyce (MIN)
Subject: Official Information Act request - Advice received regarding demand for veterinarians in the future

Dear Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment,

Can you please release all advice and communications received from Massey University and it's faculty/staff, the New Zealand Veterinary Association and its staff, and any other organisations which was used to justify increasing the size of veterinary student intakes at Massey University.

(As discussed in this news story - http://www.nzva.org.nz/newsstory/new-zea... )

Can you please also release all documentation generated by your office or associated Tertiary Education offices that considers the above mentioned increase in veterinary training numbers and that eventually recommends increasing veterinarian trainee numbers.

(Please note that I do not believe any wrongdoing has taken place in your office or the Government's tertiary education commission offices)

Yours faithfully,

Dr James Wilson

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Dear Dr Wilson

 

Please find attached, in pdf form, a response to your OIA request of 26
December 2015.  

 

Kind Regards

 

Caitlin Peterson

Private Secretary

Office of Hon Steven Joyce

 

 

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