28 November 2022
45 Pipitea St
PO Box 805
Wel ington 6140
Phone +64 4 495 7200
Fax +64 4 495 7222
Websit
e dia.govt.nz
Via email: [email address]
Tēnā koe P Taylor,
Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) requests dated 31 October 2022 (ref OIA2223-0345),
31 October 2022 (ref OIA2223-0346) and 3 November 2022 (ref OIA2223-0357)
Thank you for your OIA requests to the Department of Internal Affairs (Department) which
involve correspondence between the Department and the Disinformation Assessment and
Response Team (DART), as well as correspondence and the relationship between the
Department and the London Institute for Strategic dialogue (ISD).
We are extending the deadline for responding to two of your OIA requests (OIA2223-0345
and OIA2223-0346) by 15 working days to 19 December 2022 under section 15A(1)(b) of the
OIA.
We are also extending the deadline for responding to your third OIA request (OIA2223-
0357) by 3 days to 6 December 2022 under section 15A(1)(b) of the OIA.
These extensions are required because consultations necessary to make a decision on this
request are such that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within
the original time limit. These consultations include external parties and subject matter
experts within the Department.
If you are dissatisfied with the Department’s decision on your request for information, you
have the right, under section 28 of the OIA, to make a complaint to the Office of the
Ombudsman. The Office of the Ombudsman can be contacted by phone on 0800 802 602,
via post at PO Box 10152 Wel ington, or via email to
[email address].
Ngā mihi
Jared Mullen
Director Digital Safety