Office of the Clerk

About

Content provider
Information
Date:
11 March 2010

Who we are – staff contact details

The present Clerk of the House of Representatives is Mary Harris.

The Clerk is the chief executive of the Office of the Clerk and is responsible to the Speaker for the management of the Office. The Clerk is supported by a senior management team that leads a staff of over 120 staff and has six business groups:

  • House Office
  • Deputy Clerk (including Inter-Parliamentary Relations and Research and Education)
  • Select Committee Office
  • Reporting Services
  • Legal Services
  • Corporate Services

Senior management team

The Clerk of the House Mary Harris
Deputy Clerk of the House Debra Angus
Clerk-Assistant (House) Fay Paterson
Clerk-Assistant (Select Committees) David Wilson
Clerk-Assistant (Reporting Services) Wynne Price
Clerk-Assistant (Legal Services) Tim Workman
Clerk-Assistant (Corporate Services) Peter Carr

Contact points in the Office of the Clerk

The Clerk of the House and the Deputy Clerk Tel: 04 817 9999
Postal address Parliament BuildingsWellington 6011
Website www.parliament.nz
Corporate Services Fax (04) 499 0486
House Office (04) 473 2439
Select Committee Office (04) 499 0486
Reporting Services & Hansard (04) 473 1034
Legal Services Office (04) 817 6412
Inter-parliamentary Relations (04) 817 6422
Research & Education (04) 817 6422

Reporting Services and Hansard Generic email address Hansard@parliament.govt.nz

Staff contact details

The table below sets out the telephone numbers of staff and business groups within the Office responsible for specific services.

The Clerk of the House All high-level issues relating to the Office and the procedures of the House (04) 817 9445
Deputy Clerk
  • Leadership of major strategic developments
 (04) 817 9445
  • procedural research, policy development, and parliamentary education
 (04) 817 9350
  • oral questions
(04) 817 9445
  • support to the Standing Orders Committee
(04) 817 9350
  • inter-parliamentary relations
(04) 817 9843
  • citizens initiated referenda
(04) 817 9909
    • support to the Registrar of Pecuniary Interests of Members of Parliament
 (04) 817 9909
Clerk-Assistant (House)
    • the progress of bills, amendments to bills, Royal assent, notices of motion, petitions and related House procedures
 (04) 817 9441
  • support to the Business Committee
 (04) 817 9441
  • the presentation of papers and replies to written questions
 (04) 817 9441
  • the lodging of written questions
 (04) 817 9441
Clerk-Assistant (Select Committees) The governance of the Select Committee Office (04) 817 9530
Clerk-Assistant (Reporting Services) The governance of Reporting Services, including Hansard, the broadcasting and televising of Parliament, and interpretations and translation services (04) 817 9478
Clerk-Assistant (Legal Services)
  • Governance of the provision of legal advice and assistance to the House, select committees, and Parliamentary Service
  • coordination of the drafting of members’ legislation
  • support to the Regulations Review Committee
 (04) 817 6647
Clerk-Assistant (Corporate Services) The governance of Corporate Services, including finance, human resources, information services, general administration and planning (04) 817 9859
Select Committee Office General inquiries and contacts for committee clerks for inquiries regarding select committee procedures and the business of particular committees (04 817 9520