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Hello Tania,

Thank you for your email, I have forwarded it onto [email address] for them to follow up with you.

Regards,

Peter Sigmund
Learner Services | Contact Centre
Otago Polytechnic | Te Kura Matatini ki Otago
Forth Street, Private Bag 1910, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand

P +64 3 471 6246 | M +64 021 860 760 | Room H321
www.op.ac.nz          How are we doing?

-----Original Message-----
From: Tania Gilbert-Kennedy [mailto:[FYI request #5705 email]]
Sent: Monday, 10 April 2017 8:50 PM
To: Student Enquiry <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - 'Names of successful recipients of the Mataawaka Scholarship' 2017

Tena koe Otago Polytechnic,

Please could you provide the following information:

1) The names of the successful recipients of the Mataawaka Scholarship for 2017.

I understand that the Scholarship operates in partnership with the Kai Tahu runaka for the benefit of Maori applicants who do not whakapapa to Kai Tahu.

As an unsuccessful applicant, I ask that the information be supplied to me.

Nga mihi,

Tania Gilbert-Kennedy

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Official Information request Tania Gilbert-Kennedy 'Names of successful
recipients of the Mataawaka Scholarship' 2017 - listed on Otago
Polytechnic corporate database as number O17.03

 

Hi Tania

 

On behalf of our Privacy Officer, Philip Cullen

                       

We have received your Official Information Request 11 April regarding
requesting the names of the recipients of the Mataawaka and Rûnaka
Scholarships.  I endorse Rebecca Williams response at that time via the Te
Punaka Owheo Facebook site ie. we are not in a position to release the
names of the individuals.  We have not sought their permission do so and
we are bound by the principles of the Privacy Act.  Rebecca advises that
in future, we will ask for permission as part of the application process;
however, it will be the applicants’ choice if they give permission or not,
and they will not be disadvantaged if they decide not to do so.

 

One of the conditions of the Mataawaka Scholarship is that applicants are
not eligible to apply if they have previously received an Otago
Polytechnic fees paying scholarship.  This is clearly stated on the
application form, and is checked by the panel as part of the process. 
This means that no-one can receive a Mataawaka Scholarship more than
once. 

 

Regards

 

Philip Cullen

Chief Operating Officer

 

 

[1]https://www.op.ac.nz/assets/EmailSignatu... Julie Waldron
BAppMgt,
DipHRM,
NDBusAdmin
Chief Executive
Office l
Executive
Assistant to
the Chief
Operating
Officer
Otago
Polytechnic |
Te Kura
Matatini ki
Otago

Forth Street,
Private Bag
1910, Dunedin
9054, New
Zealand
P +64 3 479
6006 |M +64 027
5411086 | DDI
+64 3 479 3752
Level 2 The
Mason Centre |
[2]www.op.ac.nz

 

 

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Hi Tania

In response to your query: "The number of applicants who applied for the Mataawaka Scholarship (only) for the three years 2015 to 2017; and of those applicants, how many applied more than once and were unsuccessful"

Sourced from historical records from the former Student Success team I can advise:

2015 - there were 7 applications, none of which had previously applied and were unsuccessful.
2016 - there were 21 applications, none of which had previously applied and were unsuccessful.
2017 - there were 13 applications, two of whom had applied previously and were unsuccessful.

Kind regards, Julie

Julie Waldron BAppMgt, DipHRM, NDBusAdmin
Chief Executive Office l Executive Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer
Otago Polytechnic | Te Kura Matatini ki Otago

Forth Street, Private Bag 1910, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
P +64 3 479 6006 |M +64 027 5411086 | DDI +64 3 479 3752
Level 2 The Mason Centre | www.op.ac.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: Tania Gilbert-Kennedy [mailto:[FYI request #5705 email]]
Sent: Friday, 5 May 2017 9:05 a.m.
To: Julie Waldron
Subject: Re: OIA request re Mataawaka Scholarship 2017 names of successful recipients

Tena koe Julie,

I thank you for your response and have a further request.

I ask that the following information be made available to me.

The number of applicants who applied for the Mataawaka Scholarship (only) for the three years 2015 to 2017; and of those applicants, how many applied more than once and were unsuccessful.

Nga mihi

Tania Gilbert-Kennedy

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

Official Information request Tania Gilbert-Kennedy 'Names of successful recipients of the Mataawaka Scholarship' 2017 - listed on Otago Polytechnic corporate database as number O17.03

 

Hi Tania

 

On behalf of our Privacy Officer, Philip Cullen

                       

We have received your Official Information Request 11 April regarding requesting the names of the recipients of the Mataawaka and Rûnaka Scholarships.  I endorse Rebecca Williams response at that time via the Te Punaka Owheo Facebook site ie. we are not in a position to release the names of the individuals.  We have not sought their permission do so and we are bound by the principles of the Privacy Act.  Rebecca advises that in future, we will ask for permission as part of the application process; however, it will be the applicants’ choice if they give permission or not, and they will not be disadvantaged if they decide not to do so.

 

One of the conditions of the Mataawaka Scholarship is that applicants are not eligible to apply if they have previously received an Otago Polytechnic fees paying scholarship.  This is clearly stated on the application form, and is checked by the panel as part of the process. This means that no-one can receive a Mataawaka Scholarship more than once. 

 

Regards

 

Philip Cullen

Chief Operating Officer

 

 

[1]https://www.op.ac.nz/assets/EmailSignatu... Julie Waldron BAppMgt, DipHRM, NDBusAdmin Chief Executive Office l Executive Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer Otago Polytechnic | Te Kura Matatini ki Otago

Forth Street,
Private Bag
1910, Dunedin
9054, New
Zealand
P +64 3 479
6006 |M +64 027
5411086 | DDI
+64 3 479 3752
Level 2 The
Mason Centre |
[2]www.op.ac.nz

 

 

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