OP OIA Database # 17.04
Requestors - Kyra Gillies and Chris Lam
15 August 2017
Dear Kyra and Chris
Otago Polytechnic (OP) OIA Request - Sexual Violence Reported on Campus 2006-2017
We have received your Official Information Act request and provide information on the one incident
reported in the time frame.
Otago Polytechnic Discipline and Complaints records over the period 2006 - 2017
1. “We wish to know about how many acts/experiences of sexual violence have been reported to the
university (including whether or not these instances have been passed onto New Zealand Police
and/or resulted in conviction).
OP response – no sexual violence offences reported 2006-2017 however one sexual harassment via
text was reported in 2008. This was subjected to a Discipline Investigation.
2. We would like the number of sexual violence reports made to the university, and for these to be
broken up by the different types of sexual violence that are being reported:
- Unwanted filming of a person in a sexually harassing/demeaning way
- NO reports on campus
- Nonconsensual photo and/or video sharing of a person’s intimate and/or sexual photos/videos
– NO reports on campus
- Online or in-person sexual harassment in the form of comments, persistent harassment for 'sex',
stalking and/or rape threats
OP response – a sexual harassment via text as above 2008
- Sexual assault and/or unwanted groping
OP response - a report of the same male student as above touching female student leg in an
inappropriate and unwelcome manner. This was reported to the Deputy Chief Executive under a
Discipline Investigation, and referred to the Campus Cop for further investigation. As a result of the
investigations no further action was taken on either report.
- Rape (including anal and digital rape--forms still not recognised by New Zealand law)
- Intimate partner violence in which sexual violence has been involved -
NO reports on campus
- Flatting violence in which sexual violence has been involved -
NO reports on campus
3. We wish to have these reports broken down year by year (for the past ten years, including the year
still in progress), by the different forms outlined above, by the source of the report (student or staff,
rape survivor or concerned friend/family member).
OP response – 2008 refer above
4. Additionally, we wish for statistical data of the number of expulsions, trespass orders and reparations
that have occurred after such reportings of the accused.”
- None
Please note for your records, that we are a Polytechnic as your email refers to us as a University.
Yours sincerely
Philip Cullen
Deputy Chief Executive/Chief Operating Officer Corporate Services
