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Jack Kirkpatrick
Our ref: OIA 89331
Kia ora Mr Kirkpatrick
Official Information Act requests
Thank you for your email of 12 July 2021, requesting under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act)
information about the Kahukura rehabilitation programme. Specifically, you requested:
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Correspondences between the Panel and its members with the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime
Minister, and the Minister of Justice in relation to funding for the Kahukura rehabilitation
programme?
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Correspondences between the Mongrel Mob, its associates, members and/or spokespeople, as well
as the agency eligible to apply for the funding to the relevant people responsible for making
decisions on the Proceeds of Crime funding in relation to the Kahukura rehabilitation programme.
We have transferred this request to the office of Hon Minister Faafoi. The information which your request
relates is not held by us but is believed to be held by the office. In these circumstances, we are required
by section 14 of the OIA to transfer your request.
You will hear further from the office of Hon Minister Faafoi concerning your request. If you need to
contact his office, they can be reached on [email address].
You have the right under section 28(3) of the Act to complain to the Ombudsman about the decision to
transfer the request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by emailing [email address].
Yours sincerely
Jan Morison
Team Leader, Ministerial Services and Relations