45 Pipitea Street
28 October 2020
Wellington
Phone 0800 25 78 87
dia.govt.nz
Kieran McLean
[FYI request #13919 email]
Tēnā koe Kieran
Your Departmental official information request, reference OIA2021-0206
Thank you for your email of 6 October 2020 requesting the following information under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) from the Department of Internal Affairs (the
Department):
“all correspondence between your agency and the Minister for racing regarding
Greyhound Racing between 1 Jan 2020 and 5 Oct 2020”
The Department has conducted a thorough search and has determined it does not hold any
information within the scope of your request. Therefore, I am refusing your request under
section 18(e) of the Act, as the information does not exist.
However, you may be interested to know that there are two documents that relate to the
proposal in the Racing Industry Bill, now the Racing Industry Act 2020, to classify racing
greyhounds as working dogs for the purpose of the Dog Control Act 1996. The documents
are titled
Racing Industry Bill, Legislation Paper; and
Racing Industry, Review of Racing Paper
1: Overview of the Final Racing Industry Reforms. These documents can be found on the
Department’s website at www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releases.
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the Act, to seek an investigation and review of this
decision by the Office of the Ombudsman. The postal address of the Office of the
Ombudsman is PO Box 10152, Wellington. Alternatively, you can phone 0800 802 602 or
email [email address].
Nāku noa nā
Anita Balakrishnan
Director|Tumuaki
Ministerial Advice, Monitoring, and Operations
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