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4. mailto:[Michael Wood request email]

Kia ora,

On behalf of Hon Michael Wood, thank you for your email.

While the Minister considers all correspondence to be important and all
messages are carefully read and considered, it is not possible to provide
a personal response to every email received.

Where the Minister has portfolio responsibility for the issues that you
have raised, your correspondence will be considered and responded to where
appropriate.  If your email falls outside of these responsibilities, it
may transferred to another office for consideration.

Thank you for taking the time to write.

(Please note that this acknowledgement is an automatically generated
email.)

If you haven't yet booked your free COVID-19 vaccine, we encourage you to
do so. You can book online at [1]bookmyvaccine.nz or by calling 0800 28 29
26.

You can get vaccinated without a booking or appointment at a number of
sites across Auckland. You can find a list online [2]here.  

If you already have a booking but it’s not for a few weeks, you can move
this forward – there are thousands of appointments still available this
week. You can do this online at [3]bookmyvaccine.nz.

 

Getting vaccinated is the best way to protect yourself and your whânau.
Getting as many Aucklanders vaccinated as soon as possible is the key to
preventing lockdowns and getting the city back to work.

 

 

Regards

Office of Hon Michael Wood

Minister of Transport | Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety |
Deputy Leader of the House

 

Private Bag 18041 |Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

Office phone: +64 4 817 8847 | Email: [4][email address]

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OIA22-597

Dear James,

Thank you for your request on 12 December 2022 to Hon Michael Wood, Minister of Immigration, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) for the following information:

"Under the Official Information Act, please advise or provide me with the following information.

Since January 1st 2020, How many people are still waiting to be deported after being served a initial deportation notice at least 2 or more years ago and have a drug conviction and minimum sentence of 5 years or greater?"

This response is to notify you that we are transferring your request to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. This is because your request is believed to be more closely connected with the functions of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. In these circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the Act to transfer your request.

You have the right under section 28(3) of the Act to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of my decision to transfer your request. The relevant details can be found at: www.ombudsman.parliament.nz

Kind Regards

Mark Andrew | Private Secretary (Immigration) | Office of Hon Michael Wood
Minister of Immigration | Minister of Transport | Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
Executive Wing | Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

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From: James [mailto:[FOI #21398 email]]
Sent: Monday, 12 December 2022 9:10 AM
To: Hon Michael Wood <[Michael Wood request email]>
Subject: OIA22-597 Official Information request - Drug convictions and deportation

Dear Michael Wood,

Under the Official Information Act, please advise or provide me with the following information.

Since January 1st 2020, How many people are still waiting to be deported after being served a initial deportation notice at least 2 or more years ago and have a drug conviction and minimum sentence of 5 years or greater?

Yours faithfully,

James

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Ref: 2223-1297

 

Dear James,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your request of 12^th December 2022 sent to the Minister
Michael Wood requesting under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act),
the following:

 

‘Under the Official Information Act, please advise or provide me with the
following information.

Since January 1st 2020, How many people are still waiting to be deported
after being served a initial deportation notice at least 2 or more years
ago and have a drug conviction and minimum sentence of 5 years or
greater?’

 

Your request has been transferred to the Ministry of Business, Innovation
and Employment from Office of Minister Michael Wood on 13^th December 2022
and is being processed in accordance with the Official Information Act
1982.

 

Please note that days between 25 December 2022 to 15 January 2023
(inclusive) are defined as non- working days in the Act and are not
counted in the calculation for the response due date. This will affect the
time period for responding to your request.

 

Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course.

 

If you have any enquiries regarding your request feel free to contact us
via email [1][email address] or using the contact details below.

 

Nâku noa, nâ

MINISTERIAL SERVICES

 

Ngâ Pou o te Taumaru

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140

 

 

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Kia Ora James,

 

I refer to your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA)
received on 13 December 2022 requesting the following information from
Immigration New Zealand:

 

“Since January 1^st 2020, how many people are still waiting to be deported
after being served a initial deportation notice at least 2 or more years
ago and have a drug conviction and minimum sentence of 5 years or
greater?”.

 

INZ does not capture the specific offence a person is convicted of and the
sentence imposed when they become liable for deportation and are served a
deportation order, therefore your request is likely to refused under
section 18(e) of the Act as the information requested does not exist.

 

This decision has not yet been made, and we would like to consult with you
about rescoping your request before doing so. We are able to provide
general data and suggest rescoping your request to ‘since 1 January 2020,
the number of people served a deportation order who have yet to be
deported, having been served that deportation order at least two years
ago’.

 

Can you please respond by Wednesday 4 January 2023 and confirm if you
agree to the proposed wording. If we do not receive a response by this
date we will proceed without rescoping.

 

Ngâ Mihi,

Emma

 

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TEAM

Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

NZBN 9429000106078

[1]457667B6

 

 

 

 

 

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Kia ora James,

 

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request.

 

Ngā Mihi,

Emma

 

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TEAM

Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

NZBN 9429000106078

[1]457667B6

 

 

 

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