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22 December 2020
Lee Trezise
By email: [FYI request #14307 email]
Ref:
H202009363
Dear Lee Trezise
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) on 16 December
2020 for:
“I request a review of the redactions on the BIM:
https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&d=oKXZ3_fRz45Y7mtqKZabIN6fATQo_m_65F
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DKBA&u=https%3a%2f%2fwww%2ebeehive%2egovt%2enz%2fsites%2fdefault%2ffiles%
2f2020-12%2fHealth%2epdf -
The entirety of Appendix 1 has been redacted, Whereas other Briefings have chosen to
only redact small details, rather than the full page(s)”
The Ministry of Health believes the information you have requested is more closely aligned with
the functions of the Of ice of the Minister of Health, Hon Andrew Lit le. For this reason, I have
decided to transfer your request to the Office of the Minister of Health under section 14 of the
Act. You can expect a response to this part of your request from the office in due course.
Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any
decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Nick Allan
Manager OIA Services
Office of the Director-General