30 April 2021
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PO Box 805, Wellington 6140
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John Luke
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Your Official Information Act request 20/21-0553
Thank you for your email, received by the Department of Internal Affairs (Department) on 31 March
2021, requesting the following under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
May I request the following information in relation to the all OIA requests you have received from 1
March 2021 to 1 March 2018. The extract should have the following details in a single row for each
request that was submitted: a) Received Date
b) Title (summary of information asked for)
c) Completed Date
d) Extension Days
Regarding part d) of your request, we have understood ‘Extension Days’ to refer to the number of
days between the 20th working day of the request and the date the decision was released.
As advised in our acknowledgement, some of the information you are interested was released in
another fyi.org.nz request under the Act and is available here:
https://fyi.org.nz/request/13281-
extract-of-data-from-oia-tracking-system .
The Department’s response therefore comprises data for the period from 9 July 2020 to 31 March
2021. We have excluded requests which were withdrawn by the requester prior to response.
Please refer to the attached excel table, which provides the information you have requested. For
your convenience, we have also included and highlighted the previously published data in this table.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or Freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Cathrine Austin
Manager Governance Risk and Assurance
Organisational Strategy and Performance