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[UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Kia ora Alan

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 which
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Ngā mihi

 

Ministerial Coordinator
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Thompson <[FOI #13380 email]>
Sent: Friday, 24 July 2020 9:39 am
To: Information [DPMC] <[DPMC request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Decision re Formal Inquiry in the
Whakaari/White Island Disaster

 

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,

 

Cabinet Minute CAB-19-MIN-0692 included the following statement:

 

5.  Noted that further consideration will be given in the new year to
whether a formal inquiry will be needed into matters relating to the
eruption on Whakaari/White Island in addition to the current
investigations being undertaken;

 

Under the provisions of the Official Information Act I request the
documentation as prepared in the new year relating to the consideration in
Note 5 above including the subsequent decision by Cabinet (or other body)
on a formal inquiry.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Alan Thompson

 

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Kia ora Mr Thompson

 

Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi

 

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Kia ora Alan

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 which
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Thompson <[FOI #13380 email]>
Sent: Monday, 10 August 2020 4:45 PM
To: Information [DPMC] <[DPMC request email]>
Subject: Re: Your OIA request - OIA-2020/21-0039

 

Dear Mr Lynch [DPMC],

 

Thankyou for the response to my OIA Request but you have not addressed the
information that I requested.  You advised that "No decision on the
proposal had been made" and therefore the information I requested did not
exist.

 

I did not ask for information relating to whether a decision had been
made, I requested the documentation that related to the decison for
Cabinet to consider in relation to a formal inquiry as referred to in
Cabinet Minute Item 5.   This is likely to have included some discussion
and a recommendation to Cabinet. 

 

I believe that you have two options then:

 

1. To provide the documentation as presented back to Cabinet in the New
Year relating to a decision re a formal inquiry (whether or not they made
any decision); or 2. To advise that no information or recommendation was
presented to Cabinet as per Item 5 and therefore the documentation does
not exist (for that reason).

 

Can you please review your response and  advise in accordance with either
1. or 2. as above.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Alan Thompson

 

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Kia ora Mr Thompson

 

 

 

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Kia ora Alan

 

Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi

 

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Dear Mr Thompson

 

On behalf of Raj Nahna, I attach a letter in response to your request
received on 17 August 2020.

 

Yours sincerely

 

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DDI  : + 64 4 817 8700

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Dear Alan,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 10^th August 2020 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

                                                           

"Thank you for the response to my 0/A Request but you have not addressed
the information that 1 requested. You advised that "No decision on the
proposal had been made" and therefore the information I requested did not
exist. I did not ask for information relating to whether a decision had
been made, I requested the documentation that related to the decision for
Cabinet to consider in relation to a formal inquiry as referred to in
Cabinet Minute Item 5. This is likely to have included some discussion and
a recommendation to Cabinet. 1 believe that you have two options then: 1.
To provide the documentation as presented back to Cabinet in the New Year
relating to a decision re a formal inquiry (whether or not they made any
decision); or 2. To advise that no information or recommendation was
presented to Cabinet as per Item 5 and therefore the documentation does
not exist (for that reason). Can you please review your response and
advise in accordance with either 1. or 2. as above."

 

Your request has been transferred to the Ministry from Department of the
Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) on 2^nd Septmber 2020 and is being
processed in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982.

A response will be sent to you in due course. If you have any enquiries
regarding your request feel free to contact us via email [email address]
or using the contact details below.

 

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Nâku noa, nâ

MINISTERIAL SERVICES

 

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Please find attached MBIE’s response to your recent request for
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Kind regards

 

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