From:
Stallah Valaau
To:
Laura Christen
Cc:
Kate Satterthwaite; Sophia Collinson
Subject:
RE: Official Information request - Data Ethics Advisory Group
Date:
Tuesday, 12 April 2022 5:26:32 pm
Attachments:
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RE Official Information request - Data Ethics Advisory Group.msg
Hi Laura,
Sorry for the late response. Sophia is correct in her response to your questions.
In terms of asking NZSIS, I’m quite sure we did didn’t consider this necessary as the paper being
referred appears to be a collaboration between Stats NZ and Custom, despite being mentioned
in NZSIS response to an OIA.
Attached are relevant emails from Customs, Dr Nessa Lynch and yourself.
Hope this information is helpful but let me know if I can be of further assistance.
Kind regards
Stallah Valaau (pronouns: he/him/his)
Advisor – Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Government Statistician and Chief
Executive
Kaitohutohu – Tari O Te Kaitautauranga Matua Me Te Pouārahi Matua | Stats NZ | Tatauranga
Aotearoa
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From: Laura Christen <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, 12 April 2022 2:20 PM
To: Stallah Valaau <[email address]>
Cc: Kate Satterthwaite <[email address]>; Sophia Collinson
<[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Data Ethics Advisory Group
Hi @Stallah Valaau – thanks so much for discussing this OIA request with me just now and I hope
your power gets restored soon!
As discussed….
Re: Sophia’s question below, I understand that we did not reach out to NZSIS about the
discussion paper.
Re: our consultation with Customs (as discussed in Sophia’s response below) could you please
send me your record of the correspondence you had with Customs so I can keep it on file for the
request I am handling.
Thanks so much for your help.
Cheers
Laura
From: Sophia Collinson <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, 12 April 2022 11:58 AM
To: Laura Christen <[email address]>; Stallah Valaau
<[email address]>
Cc: Kate Satterthwaite <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Data Ethics Advisory Group
Kia ora Laura,
Thanks so much for your email.
Stallah and I worked on this OIA together, so I have looped him in. My responses are below:
Did we confirm with Customs specifically that they do not have the discussion paper on
file? Yes – Stallah contacted customs and confirmed that they did not have a copy of the
paper. If you need dates for that correspondence, Stallah can help with that.
Did we ask NZSIS whether they hold a copy of the discussion paper? I’m not sure -
@Stallah?
Did we do a thorough search of our own records for the discussion paper? Yes – my
understanding is that Policy and the Little Office both checked our files. I myself did a
check, and presumably Stallah did also.
Sophia
Sophia Collinson (pronouns: she/her)
Senior Advisor – Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Government Statistician and
Chief Executive
Kaitohutohu Matua – Tari o Te Kaitatauranga Matua Me Te Pouārahi Matua
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | stats.govt.nz | +64 27 245 7671
About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa
Data that improves lives today and for generations to come
Tēnā koe Scott,
Please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request dated 31 January 2022,
which was extended until 15 March 2022.
Sophia Collinson (pronouns: she/her)
Senior Advisor – Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Government Statistician and
Chief Executive
Kaitohutohu Matua – Tari o Te Kaitatauranga Matua Me Te Pouārahi Matua
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | stats.govt.nz |
About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa
Data that improves lives today and for generations to come
From: Sophia Collinson <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, 4 February 2022 10:00 am
To: [email address]
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Data Ethics Advisory Group
Tēnā koe Scott,
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request dated 31 January
2022. You requested the following information:
I would like to make a request for the following information relating to the Stats NZ Data
Ethics Advisory Group:
ONE: A copy of the Martin Jenkins review of the Data Ethics Advisory Group
TWO: Copies of the agendas and minutes of all meetings held since October 2020
THREE: A copy of the discussion paper written for Customs NZ on the topic of security vs.
transparency
FOUR: A list of all discussion papers written by the group since its formation, including the
title of the paper, date it was published, and agency that the paper was written for (if
any)
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than
Tuesday 1 March 2022, being 20 working days after the day your request was received taking
into account national public holidays. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we
will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
Your request is being handled by the Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive. If
you have any queries, please feel free to contact us. If additional factors come to light which are
relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken into
account.
Sophia Collinson (pronouns: she/her)
Senior Advisor – Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Government Statistician and
Chief Executive
Kaitohutohu Matua – Tari o Te Kaitatauranga Matua Me Te Pouārahi Matua
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | stats.govt.nz |
About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa
Data that improves lives today and for generations to come
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott <[email address]>
Sent: Thursday, 3 February 2022 6:05 PM
To: Info Mailin - Shared Mailbox <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Official Information request - Data Ethics Advisory Group
Dear Statistics New Zealand,
I was just wanting to follow up to ensure this had been received and you are actioning my
request. Could I have an acknowledgement of receipt please?
Yours faithfully,
Scott
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-----Original Message-----
From: Scott <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, 31 January 2022 3:31 PM
To: Info Mailin - Shared Mailbox <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Data Ethics Advisory Group
Dear Statistics New Zealand,
I would like to make a request for the following information relating to the Stats NZ Data Ethics
Advisory Group:
ONE: A copy of the Martin Jenkins review of the Data Ethics Advisory Group
TWO: Copies of the agendas and minutes of all meetings held since October 2020
THREE: A copy of the discussion paper written for Customs NZ on the topic of security vs.
transparency
FOUR: A list of all discussion papers written by the group since its formation, including the title of
the paper, date it was published, and agency that the paper was written for (if any)
Yours faithfully,
Scott
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