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Official Information Act responses
We are committed to being transparent about Te Pūkenga. We will publish relevant responses to requests where the information is of public interest, and where there is no risk to the privacy of individuals. The names and contact details of requestors are removed before publication to protect their privacy.
Our published OIA responses are listed below.
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| Dec 2024 |
Request for information on Otago Polytechnic hosting online training for midwives |
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| Dec 2024 |
Request for financial reports for Whitirea and Weltec's health courses |
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| Dec 2024 |
Request for Te Pūkenga te reo Māori style guide |
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| Dec 2024 |
Request for reports which discuss cuts to courses, asset sales and job losses |
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| Dec 2024 |
Request for information relating to Pride Pledge |
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| Dec 2024 |
Request for international and domestic nursing numbers |
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| Nov 2024 |
Request for Regional ITP Viability (RIV) report pertaining to Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT) |
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| Nov 2024 |
The number of ākonga (students) enrolled in foundation courses |
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| Nov 2024 |
Request to see Regional ITP Viability (RIV) reports provided to Tertiary Education Commission. |
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| Nov 2024 |
Number of kaimahi (staff) employed by Te Pūkenga |
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Oct - 2024 |
Request to see report on Tai Poutini Polytechnic |
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Oct - 2024 |
Debts and assets held by each ITP and ITO pre-merger into Te Pūkenga |
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Oct - 2024 |
Information on FTEs and redundancies at Te Pūkenga |
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Oct - 2024 |
Cost of EIT Wall Walk |
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Oct - 2024 |
A copy of the briefing titled ‘Disestablishment Report – 14 June 2024’, and any further reports on disestablishment that have been sent to Minister Simmonds. |
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Sept - 2024 |
A report titled "An integrated regional network of vocational education" and presentation titled "Financial Viability Analysis 18 June 2024" prepared with the input from the Specialist Advisors. |
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Sep -2024 |
Information related to recruitment activities from 14th October 2023 to the present. |
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Sept - 2024 |
Competitive market analysis undertaken by TEC to assess current educational provider competition of each Te Pūkenga subsidiary. |
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Sept - 2024 |
The total amount, if any, paid to the Te Pūkenga Specialist Advisors. |
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Sept - 2024 |
A breakdown of the latest total Nursing student FTEs per business division within Te Pūkenga. |
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Sept - 2024 |
The Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Statement for Te Pūkenga as at 31 December 2022, 31 December 2023 and 30 June 2024. |
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Sept - 2024 |
Money collected from parking fees and fines at Unitec. |
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Sept - 2024 |
Briefing to Minister Penny Simmonds regarding Specialist Advisory Group meeting, 8 April. |
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Sept - 2024 |
Expenditure on consultants and contractors in the past five years. |
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Aug -2024 |
For each of the business division under Te Pūkenga 1)Total in-class contact hours, 2)Planned changes in in-class contact hours 3)Planned changes to the fees you will charge students. |
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Aug - 2024 |
How much has been budgeted to spend on the eight consultants, chosen by the Tertiary Education Commission. |
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Aug - 2024 |
All consultation documents sent to Te Pūkenga staff regarding the disestablishment. |
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Aug- 2024 |
Correspondence between TEC and Te Pūkenga council in regard to the appointment of the Specialist Advisors | |
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Aug-2024 |
A copy of the report by Specialist Advisors for Te Pūkenga Council with guidance on the shape of a future regional network of vocational education and training. | |
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Jun-2024 |
Any letters, electronic messaging that resulted of the meeting with Peter Winder, Murray Strong and the Minister. | |
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Jun-2024 |
Agenda and minutes from Te Pūkenga council e-meeting regarding the Specialist Advisors. | TP240050 OIA Response |
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May-2024 |
Redundancy associated with Vaughan Payne’s contract and value of redundancy pay to Peter Winder. | TP240037 OIA Response |
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May-2024 |
Email from Peter Winder to staff regarding his and Murray Strong’s meeting with the Minister. | TP240048 OIA Response |
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Apr-2024 |
Establishment costs, redundancies, branding, disestablishment costs. | TP240019 OIA Response |
| Apr-2024 | How much Te Pūkenga paid out in redundancy fees over the past two years, kaimahi affected and rough size of kaimahi over the network. | TP240021 OIA Response |
| Apr-2024 | How much Te Pūkenga spent on consultation groups. | TP240027 OIA Response |
| Apr-2024 | The response/"report back" made to Minister Simmonds, as requested in her Letter of Expectations 2023. | TP240028 OIA Response |
| Mar-2024 | Status of Te Pūkenga work plan in light of Letter of Expectations. | |
| Mar-2024 | Notes or records of any meetings between the Chief Executive of Te Pūkenga and Minister Simmonds | TP240013 OIA Response |
| Mar-2024 | The costs of rebranding related to the new Government’s decision to disestablish Te Pūkenga | TP240015 OIA Response |
| Mar-2024 | Details of previous and current Chief Executives | TP240017 OIA Response |
| Feb-2024 | Letter of Expectation and email communications that discuss potential changes in priorities for the new government | |
| Jan-2024 | The date, time and location of your initial meeting with the new Minister | TP230278 OIA Response |
To make a request, please email OIA@tepukenga.ac.nz with specific details of the information you are after and your contact details.
We will respond to your request as soon as reasonably practicable and no later than 20 working days after we receive it. We may contact you to refine your request if the scope is very broad or if we feel the request is not clear. In some cases, we may require an extension, see section 15A of the Official Information Act.
We may refuse or withhold certain information if there is conclusive, good, or administrative reason to do so, under the Official Information Act. If we need to do this, we will let you know why. For more information, see sections 6, 7, 9 and 18 of the Official Information Act.
If you have not received a response by the due date or are not satisfied with your response, you have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or call 0800 802 602.