Reference: 20220393
11 October 2022
Cheryl Tutaki
[FYI request #20549 email]
Tēnā koe Cheryl
Thank you for your Official Information Act request, received on 13 September 2022.
You requested:
Official Information request - Does Property law act override Te ture whenua act
1994
Dear New Zealand Government Property Corporation, What is needed to raise
caveats
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Act) does not meet the threshold for ‘official information’.
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of the Crown. Questions that require a minister or an agency to form an opinion or
provide an explanation, and so create new information to answer the request, are not
deemed official information under the Act.
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Nāku noa, nā
David Green
Kaiwhakahaere Rōia – Ture Tūmatanui | Manager – Public Law
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New Zealand
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