
133 Molesworth Street
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
8 May 2020
Liz Pennell
By email:
[FYI request #12760 email]
Ref:
H202002817
Dear Ms Pennell
Transfer of request for official information to the Ministry of Justice
Thank you for your request on 2 May 2020 under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act)
to the Ministry of Health (the Ministry) for:
“Please provide me the numbers of suicides from March and April 2020”
The Ministry does not hold the information pertaining to your request. However, I have been
advised that this information is more aligned with the functions of the Ministry of Justice.
For this reason, I have decided to transfer your request to the Ministry of Justice under
section 14 of the Act. You can expect a response from the Ministry of Justice in due course.
You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to review my
decision to transfer your request for information.
Yours sincerely
Zoe Royden
Acting Manager, OIA Services
Office of the Director-General