22 December 2021
Ref: DOIA 2122-0982
Nick Sampson
[FYI request #17360 email]
Dear Nick
Thank you for your email of 27 October 2021 requesting the following information after the Official
Information Act 2021 (the Act):
“Can you please let me know the number of the research grants, the amount of funding per grant,
and the duration of each grant that has been awarded to Andre Nies from the University of
Auckland from 2011 until 2021?”
MBIE does not hold the information you are requesting for within our database. Therefore, your request
is being refused under section 18(e) of the Act as the requested information does not exist.
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 a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802
602.
Yours sincerely
Joanne Looyen
Manager, Service Design and Reporting
Labour, Science and Enterprise
15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140 New Zealand
E [email address]
W www.mbie.govt.nz
