24 December 2021
P Shaw
[FYI request #17726 email]
Ref: OIA-2021/22-0676
Dear P Shaw
Official Information Act request for communications relating to Build Back Better
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request received on 26 November 2021.
You requested:
“I would like to request all email communications sent from and/or sent to any official
of this office during the dates 01/09/2020 - 01/09/2021 that include the term "build back
better". I would like the search to be case insensitive to include any way in which this
term may be written.”
I have decided under section 15A of the Act to extend the time limits for deciding on your request by
an additional 20 working days. Consequently, the extended due date for your response will be
15 February 2022.
The extension is required because your request necessitates a search through a large quantity of
information before a decision can be made on your request. Despite the extension, a response will
be sent to you as soon as possible.
Please note under section 2(1) of the Act, days in the period commencing 25 December 2021 through
to 15 January 2022 (inclusive), are not counted as working days. This extension also includes the
Waitangi Day public holiday.
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under section 28(3)
of the Act.
Yours sincerely
pp Sarah Corbett
Manager, Ministerial and Business Services
Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011
4474967
64 4 817 9700 Facsimile 64 4 472 3181 www.dpmc.govt.nz