19 January 2023
45 Pipitea Street, Thorndon, Wellington 6011
PO Box 805, Wellington
Phone 04 495 7200
Erika Whittome
Em
ail [email address]
[FYI request #21503 email]
dia.govt.nz
Dear Erika,
Your Official Information Act 1982 request, reference OIA 22/23-0493
Thank you for your email of 2 January 2023 requesting the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
1. All of the settings in your system (eg screenshots of the settings saved in a word
document)
2. INCLUDING the users and keywords flagged in your system (eg in an excel
spreadsheet)
3. The guidelines and objective documents used to complete the initial set up this
Takedown Portal.
4. This request is for all of 2022 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2022.
For all new requests under the Act that concern digital safety, we require evidence of
eligibility. Under section 12(1) of the Act, to be eligible to request information under the Act,
you must be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident; or a person in New Zealand.
In that context, we would appreciate if you could confirm your eligibility under the Act by
providing a copy of a New Zealand identity document (such as a passport or driver’s licence)
or by providing evidence that you are a person in New Zealand (such as a utility bill that
shows your current name).
To safeguard your privacy, this evidence should be provided to Te Tari Taiwhenua | the
Department of Internal Affairs at [email address]. We would be grateful if you
could confirm your eligibility under the Act by Friday, 20 January 2023.
Please note that if you do not provide evidence of eligibility, we will be unable to respond to
your request.
Kind regards,
Ministerial Advice Team