16 February 2018
Mol y McCarthy
via www.FYI.org.nz
Email: [FYI request #6990 email]
Dear Ms McCarthy
On 12 December 2017 the Reserve Bank received a request from you, via www.fyi.org.nz and
pursuant to section 12 of the Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA), asking:
In the recent recruitment process to appoint a new Governor of RBNZ (which resulted in
the Board recommending to the Minister of Finance that Adrian Orr be appointed as
Governor), please advise:
1. How many of the total applicants/individuals considered for the role were:
a) women; or
b) non-Pakeha; or
c) both.
2. What was the total number of applicants/individuals considered?
3. If there is a shortlisting process, how many of the individuals who were included on that
shortlist were:
a) women; or
b) non-Pakeha; or
c) both.
4. If there was a shortlisting process, how many individuals were included on the shortlist
in total?
Decision
The Reserve Bank is declining your request, as al owed by section 9(2)(a) of the OIA, in order to
protect the privacy of the candidates considered for the role of Governor.
Given the nature of the process and the final pool of candidates, releasing the information that
you have requested is likely to identify people who were considered but not appointed – which is
private information.
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Other information
It is worth noting that Governor designate Adrian Orr described his Cook Islands heritage in an
interview with e-Tangata magazine. You can read the article here https://e-tangata.co.nz/news
/adrian-orr-our-31-bil ion-dol ar-man
Under section 28 of the OIA, you have the right to seek a review of the Reserve Bank’s decisions
in relation to your request.
Yours sincerely
Angus Barclay
External Communications Adviser
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