Recent disestablishment of public sector roles impacting government services for Māori and other disadvantaged groups

Details of the request

My request is detailed below, and I have attached a spreadsheet for you to fill with the data.

Many public sector employers have recently disestablished roles, or are planning on disestablishing roles. I would like to know how these changes are affecting govt services in relation to Māori and other disadvantaged groups (both internally and externally). My requests are:
Request 1 - For the period starting 1 August 2023 and ending on 29 February 2024:

• How many roles has your organisation  disestablished (both vacant and staffed)?
• Of those disestablished roles, how many relate to:
  
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in general (both internal and external facing)
  • Te Ao Māori in general (including but not limited to Crown-Māori relationship, internal training and advice on culture and language, external sector liaison, core business delivered on a By-Māori For-Maori basis, and other)?
• How many of the disestablished roles were staffed (permanently or temporarily) when they were confirmed as disestablished? Please note, I'm not looking for the number of redundancies - I'm looking for the number of people in roles when they are confirmed as disestablished (which includes people who are later reassigned, redeployed, resign before redundancy, take voluntary redundancy or an exit package, retire, have a fixed term end/not renewed, have a secondment ended, or other reason)

Request 2 - For the period starting 1 March 2024 and ending on 31 December 2024:

• Is your organisation planning on, or consulting on, disestablishing any roles?
• If so, how many of these roles relate to:
  
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in general (both internal and external facing)
  • Te Ao Māori in general (including but not limited to Crown-Māori relationship, internal training and advice on culture and language, external sector liaison, core business delivered on a By-Māori For-Maori basis, and other)?

OIA Request table [XLSX, 28KB]