Private Bag 911, Timaru
New Zealand
Telephone 03 687 2100
Facsimile 03 688 0238
6 August 2019
Te Ringa Mangu Mihaka
By email: [FYI request #9896 email]
Dear Sir/Madam
Re:
Official Information Act Request
I refer to your Official Information Act request received on 17 April 2019 in which you specifically
requested the following:
I request 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.
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".
The South Canterbury District Health Board does not hold any information.
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/
Kind regards
Catherine Johnson
Executive Assistant
SC District Health Board