Appendix 11: List of People We Interviewed

We interviewed the following people for the purposes of our inquiry.

The Minister of Tourism – the Hon Murray McCully MP

New Zealand Tourism Board –

Past and present Board members

Peter Allport – Chairperson from January 1999

James Boult

James McCrea

Dr Gerry McSweeney – resigned January 1999

Bryan Mogridge – Chairperson until December 1998

Michael Simm

Michael Wall – Deputy Chairperson until December 1998

Former Chief Executive

Paul Winter – resigned January 1999

Officials

Dr Roger Blakeley – Secretary for Internal Affairs

Christine Major – Senior Executive Assistant, Office of the Minister of Tourism

Scott Morrison – Director, Office of Tourism and Sport

Fiona North – State Services Commission

Michael Wintringham – State Services Commissioner

Other persons

Michael Holm – the Board’s solicitor and partner of Russell McVeagh McKenzie Bartleet & Co

Tony Hartevelt, Graham Lovelock, Roger Simmons – PricewaterhouseCoopers