3 February 2022
John
[FYI request #18072 email]
Reference: OIA-2021/22-0867
Dear John
Official Information Act request relating to communications with Ella Yelich-O'Connor
Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), received
on 19 January 2022. You requested:
“Thanks for your reply to my request under the Official Information Act stating that
you have decided to transfer it to MBIE. This is not adequate as it does not
answer my key question about communications with DPMC.
Please provide any communications over the last 3 months between Ella Yelich-
O'Connor, also known as Lorde, and/or her representatives to DPMC and/or the
Prime Minister or the Prime Ministers offices relating to Covid-19, MIQ, isolation
or any other matters related to Lorde's ability to return to New Zealand.”
I believe that the request for “
any communications over the last three months between Ella
Yelich-O’Connor and the Prime Minister or the Prime Ministers Offices relating to Covid-19,
MIQ, isolation or any other matters related to the Lorde’s ability to return to New Zealand” is
more closely connected to the functions of the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern.
Accordingly, I have decided under section 14(b)(ii) of the Act to transfer this part of your
request to Prime Minister. The other parts of the request have not been transferred, and I will
respond in due course.
The Prime Minister has the usual timeframes under the Act from receipt of this transfer to
make a decision on your request.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Corbett
Manager, Ministerial & Business Services
4485011
Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011
64 4 817 9700 Facsimile 64 4 472 3181 www.dpmc.govt.nz