35624 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Internal Affairs

35624 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Internal Affairs: How many vacancies, if any, were advertised by the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, from January to June 2021, and how many total applicants, if any, were received for those vacancies?

Hon Brooke van Velden: Department of Internal Affairs I refer the member to my response to Written Parliamentary Question 35564 (2025). Fire and Emergency New Zealand I am advised that, between January and June 2021, Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fire and Emergency) had 137 non-firefighter roles that were advertised—with a total of 1,659 applicants. Fire and Emergency operates a standing recruitment process for career firefighters to cover for required operational growth and attrition. It typically runs two recruitment rounds annually for candidates who have applied through this standing recruitment process, a number of whom undergo training. Those numbers vary depending on operational requirements. New Zealand Lotteries Commission I am advised that the New Zealand Lotteries Commission implemented a new Applicant Tracking System for recruitment covering the period January and June 2021 and has only retained partial data that shows 14 vacant roles were advertised—with a total of 773 applicants. Office of Film and Literature Commission I am advised that, between January and June 2021, the Office of Film and Literature Classification had one vacancy that was advertised. I am further advised that it does not hold information about the number of applications as this process was handled by an external recruitment agency.