Communications regarding the decision to provide an incomplete response to an OIA request
Mohammed Khan made this Official Information request to Nanaia Mahuta
The request was partially successful.
From: Mohammed Khan
A request was made on May 16 for all communications and documents related to a statement you made.
https://fyi.org.nz/request/19356-nz-gove...
A 'response' was not sent until two days after it was legally due, on the 16th on June (vs. the 14th of June).
That 'response' was not responsive to the request, purporting to be a summary response to the question, but not summarizing any of the communications that occurred, edits to the original draft, etc, instead only stating that "A small number of emails were sent", which was obvious without my making the request, or your expending taxpayer money on obfuscating the response.
I expect an actual response Monday, or I will be taking this deliberate failure to respond to the original request up with the Ombudsman.
As a new, separate request, I am requesting all communications related to the handling of the original OIA request, as copies of the documents in question in electronic form.
Regards,
Mohammed
From: N Mahuta (MIN)
Nanaia Mahuta
Thank you for contacting the office of Hon Nanaia Mahuta, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Minister of Local Government, and Associate Minister for
Mâori Development.
Minister Mahuta receives a significant volume of correspondence:
If your message is for Minister Mahuta’s advice, or if you have copied
your email to another Minister and/or Member of Parliament with more
appropriate portfolio responsibilities, then this will be noted,
· If you have invited Minister Mahuta to an event, then a member of
staff may contact you for more information if the Minister’s attendance
might be possible,
· If you have made a request for official information, then this
will be managed in accordance with the provisions of the Official
Information Act 1982, which may include transfer to a more relevant
Minister or agency,
· If you have made a request under the Privacy Act, then this will
be managed in accordance with the principles of the Privacy Act 1993,
which may include transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency,
· If you are a journalist, you can make a media request by visiting
the following link Media Request<https://bit.ly/2IJDfQP>
· To find out more about Minister Mahuta read her
biography<https://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/bio...> or
recent statements<https://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/hon...>.
Ngâ mihi
[1]cid:image002.jpg@01D6B683.B93AFC70 Office of Hon Nanaia Mahuta
Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Minister of Local Government |
Associate Minister for Mâori
Development
DDI: 04 817 8711
Private Bag 18041, Parliament
Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
Zealand
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Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’
portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or
constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list:
date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at
[6]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...
Authorised by Hon Nanaia Mahuta, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160,
New Zealand
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2. https://www.facebook.com/NanaiaMahutaMP/
3. https://twitter.com/nanaiamahuta
4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nanaia-mahut...
5. https://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/hon...
6. https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...
From: Foreign Affairs Portfolio
Kia ora Mohammed Khan
Please find attached a response to your OIA from the Minister of Foreign
Affairs to your email of 19 June 2022.
Ngā mihi
Foreign Affairs Private Secretary
[1]cid:image002.jpg@01D6B683.B93AFC70 Office of Hon Nanaia Mahuta
Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Minister of Local Government |
Associate Minister for Māori
Development
DDI: +64 4 817 8711
Private Bag 18041, Parliament
Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
Zealand
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