OIA Request
Craig Innes made this Official Information request to Damien O'Connor
The request was refused by Damien O'Connor.
From: Craig Innes
Dear Damien O'Connor, Minister for Land Information
This is a request for information under the Official Information Act 1982.
Please supply all briefings, cabinet papers or any other information held by your office relating to the subject of purported survey standard LINZS10000 for the period from September 2017.
Please supply all information held by your office relating to the subject of the use of purported survey standards that were contrary to the Cadastral Survey Act 2002, including (but not limited to) LINZS10000 and LINZS10004.
Please supply all information held by your office relating to widespread failures to adhere to the requirements of the Land Transfer Acts and Cadastral Survey Act 2002 with the registration of land under the Māori Freehold Land Registration Project.
Yours faithfully,
Craig Innes
From: Hon Damien O'Connor
Kia ora,
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Office of Hon Damien O'Connor
Minister of Agriculture | Minister for Biosecurity | Minister for Land Information | Minister for Rural Communities | Minister for Trade and Export Growth | MP for West Coast-Tasman
Private Bag 18888 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand
Authorised by Hon Damien O'Connor MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011
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From: Hon Damien O'Connor
Dear Craig,
We acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 18 January 2022.
We received your request on 18 January 2022. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 16 February 2022, being 20 working days after the day your request was received.
If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
If your OIA request requires full or part transfer, we will contact you within the required timeframe.
Ngā mihi,
Phoebe
Phoebe Murphy (she / her) | Private Secretary (Executive Support)
Office of Hon Damien O’Connor
Executive Wing 5.1L | Parliament Buildings | Wellington | (04) 817 8848
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From: Phoebe Murphy
Kia ora Craig,
Please find attached a response to your official information request dated 18 January 2022.
As the documents for release are too large to send via email, we have made them available for download at the below links:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/551zvplivnzhxk...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xm3dcd8gk8fbax...
Ngā mihi,
Phoebe
Phoebe Murphy (she / her) | Private Secretary (Executive Support) Office of Hon Damien O’Connor Executive Wing 5.1L | Parliament Buildings | Wellington | (04) 817 8848
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From: Craig Innes
Mr O'Connor,
You have just a reply to by email (18 February 2022).
I ask that this reply is posted to this website so it is publicly available.
You assert that the documents supplied do not breach the Privacy Act 2020. This is patently untrue. You also assert that all the information supplied was in scope. This is also clearly not true.
Your actions set a serious precedent. You are threatening anybody who uses fyi.org.nz with the publication of private information presumably with the intent to discourage applications for information.
I expect that documents within scope of the original request are made publicly available. I also expect that you do not deliberately and wantonly breach the Privacy Act 2020 when making the information available.
From: Phoebe Murphy
Kia ora,
Thank you for your email.
I am currently out of the office until Monday 21 February. I will
endeavour to reply to your email on my return.
Ngâ mihi,
Phoebe
Phoebe Murphy | Private Secretary (Executive Support)
Office of Hon Damien O’Connor
Executive Wing 5.1L | Parliament Buildings | Wellington | (04) 817 8848
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From: Phoebe Murphy
Kia ora Craig,
On behalf of Hon Damien O'Connor, thank you for your email.
If you are dissatisfied with our office's decision under the Official Information Act 1982, you are able to seek an investigation by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz .
Likewise, if you believe we have breached the Privacy Act 2020, you may lodge a complaint. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.privacy.org.nz
Ngā mihi,
Phoebe
Phoebe Murphy (she / her) | Private Secretary (Executive Support)
Office of Hon Damien O’Connor
Executive Wing 5.1L | Parliament Buildings | Wellington | (04) 817 8848
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