42307 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister for Economic Development

42307 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister for Economic Development: In the Minister’s departments, ministries and agencies, if any, how many employees, if any, are set to lose their roles and are Pāsefika, between 27 November 2023 and 10 July 2024?

Hon Melissa Lee: I am advised New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) holds demographic data on its employees for a range of reporting purposes. I am also advised that it is optional for employees to provide demographic information, so while this data can be used to provide some insights into the impacts of redundancies, it is not necessarily a comprehensive data set. Based on the data volunteered, 1 employee set to lose their role identifies as Pāsefika. I am advised that between 27 November 2023 and 10 July 2024, 13 employees were made redundant from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment who identify as Pacific Peoples. Please note that this data reflects staff members who have departed MBIE, further change processes are ongoing. Please also note that MBIE staff are not required to provide information about ethnicity – this is voluntary. Therefore, the information provided concerning ethnicity is based on the voluntarily provided information only and is not a complete set of information for all staff who have left MBIE by way of redundancy. With regard to New Zealand Growth Capital Partners I am advised there were none.