Kia Ora,

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Dear Victoria

On behalf of the Hon Grant Robertson, Minister of Finance, I acknowledge receipt of your letter of 23 September 2021 requesting:

"all correspondence with New Zealand-based Australian Progress fellows."

Your request was received in this office on 23 September 2021 and will be responded to under the provisions of the Official Information Act.

Yours sincerely

Katy Greco-Ainslie
Private Secretary

Katy Greco-Ainslie | Private Secretary | Office of Hon Grant Robertson
Deputy Prime Minister | Minister of Finance | Minister for Infrastructure | Minister for Racing | Minister for Sport and Recreation
Member of Parliament for Wellington Central
Private Bag 18 888 |Parliament Buildings |Wellington 6011 www.beehive.govt.nz

The information contained in this email is privileged and confidential and intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are asked to respect that confidentiality and not disclose, copy or make use of its contents. If received in error you are asked to destroy this email and contact the sender immediately. Your assistance is appreciated.

Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers' portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list: date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you'd like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

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Kia ora Victoria

 

The Treasury was asked by the Minister of Finance’s Office to assist in
drafting a reply to an OIA request you submitted on 23 September 2021,
copied below.

 

Please provide all correspondence with New Zealand-based Australian
Progress fellows.

 

It is not clear from your request who the New Zealand-based Australian
Progress fellows are.

 

I invite you to resubmit your request with sufficient particularity to
make it capable of being answered, specifically the names of any New
Zealand-based Australian Progress fellows you are interested in. Section
12(2) of the Official information Act requires that:

The official information requested shall be specified with due
particularity in the request.

 

Ngâ mihi

Nat

 

 

Nat Deys | Ministerial Advisor | Te Tai Ôhanga – The Treasury

Email/IM: [1][email address]

Visit us online at [2]https://treasury.govt.nz/ and follow us on
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Kia ora Victoria

 

We have not yet received your detailed list.  If we do not receive it by
19 October 2021 your Official Information Act request will be closed as it
does not meet the criteria under s 12(2) of the OIA official information
requested shall be specified with due particularity in the request.

 

Thanks

Nat

 

 

Nat Deys | Ministerial Advisor | Te Tai Ōhanga – The Treasury

Email/IM: [1][email address]

Visit us online at [2]https://treasury.govt.nz/ and follow us on
[3]Twitter, [4]LinkedIn and [5]Instagram

 

 

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Dear Victoria

On behalf of Hon Grant Robertson, thank you for your Official Information Act request received 23 September 2021 seeking all correspondence with New Zealand-based Australian Progress fellows.

It is unclear from your request who is a New Zealand based Australian Progress fellow. Because of this, on 29 September 2021 and 13 October 2021, a Treasury official contacted to seek clarification of your request. To date we have not received the names of any New Zealand based Australian Progress fellows.

Section 12(2) of the Official Information Act 1982 states that the official information requested shall be specified with due particularity in the request. Your request cannot be considered a request under the Official Information Act as it does not comply with s 12(2). If your request is resubmitted with the names of any New Zealand based Australian Progress fellow it could then be considered under the OIA.

Kind regards

Private Secretary | Office of Hon Grant Robertson
Deputy Prime Minister | Minister of Finance | Minister for Infrastructure | Minister for Racing | Minister for Sport and Recreation
Member of Parliament for Wellington Central
Private Bag 18 888 |Parliament Buildings |Wellington 6011 www.beehive.govt.nz

The information contained in this email is privileged and confidential and intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are asked to respect that confidentiality and not disclose, copy or make use of its contents. If received in error you are asked to destroy this email and contact the sender immediately. Your assistance is appreciated.

Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers' portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list: date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you'd like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

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