Southern District Health Board
Dunedin Hospital
201 Great King Street
Private Bag 1921
DUNEDIN 9054
Chief Executive Officer
Phone 03-476 9456 Fax 03-476 9450
7 May 2019
Te Ringa Mangu Mihaka
Email:
[FYI request #9896 email] Dear Te Ringa Mangu Mihaka
Official Information Act Request
I refer to your Official Information Act request, transferred to us by the Ministry of Health on
17 April 2019, in which you specifically requested the following:
“…all information regarding funding, contracts, communications, applications for funding,
contracts, provision of services and all other matters, made to the Ministry of Health or any of its
subsidiaries including District Health Boards, to an organisation known as 'Nga Hau E Wha',
including a copy of the contract number 356272/00 - Management and co-ordination of Nga Hau
E Wha (NHEW), and all previous contracts with this organisation.
Southern DHB does not hold any contracts with Nga Hau E Wha.
I further request all information held by the Ministry of Health or any of its subsidiaries including
District Health Boards regarding the Chairperson (or former Chairperson) Victoria Roberts, and
others associated with NHEW including Jak Wild and Tui Taurua Peihopa - in particular any and
all communication with Tui Taurua Peihopa or anyone from the organisation NHEW regarding
the letter sent to her in about June last year regarding her misleading claim to being a
"clinician".” Southern DHB does not have any record of communication with the individuals named above.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review of our decision by the Ombudsman. The
Ombudsman's Office can be contacted on 0800 802 602 or on-line at
http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/. Yours sincerely
Chris Fleming
Chief Executive Officer
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