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From: John <[FOI #21979 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 2 March 2023 9:23 pm
To: Ministerials <[EPA request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Minutes of Board Meetings

Dear Environmental Protection Authority,

Please provide the minutes of all Board meetings held between and including December 2022 and March 2023.

Please respond consistent with the Official Information Act as soon as reasonably practicable.

Yours faithfully,

John

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Dear John

Please find attached our response to your recent OIA request.

Yours sincerely

 

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From: John <[5][FOI #21979 email]>

Sent: Thursday, 2 March 2023 9:23 pm

To: Ministerials <[6][EPA request email]>

Subject: Official Information request - Minutes of Board Meetings

 

Dear Environmental Protection Authority,

 

Please provide the minutes of all Board meetings held between and
including December 2022 and March 2023.

 

Please respond consistent with the Official Information Act as soon as
reasonably practicable.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

John

 

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Dear John

Thank you for your email.

This has been logged as a new OIA request, and we are now working on our response.

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-----Original Message-----
From: John <[FOI #21979 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 22 March 2023 4:18 pm
To: Darryl Ward <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Minutes of Board Meetings

Dear Darryl Ward,

Thank you for the information provided.

Please also provide board papers and minutes for meetings held between and including December 2021 and November 2022.

Please respond consistent with the Official Information Act as soon as reasonably practicable.

Yours sincerely,

John

-----Original Message-----

Dear John

Please find attached our response to your recent OIA request.

Yours sincerely

 

Darryl Ward

 

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Dear John

Thank you again for your request.

You have asked for board papers and minutes for meetings held between and including December 2021 and November 2022.

The volume of information is likely to be quite substantial.

Would you please clarify exactly what you are looking for, to assist us to get you the information you require? For example, you may be specifically interested in the board’s consideration of particular subject, or agenda and minutes.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Darryl Ward
Sent: Wednesday, 22 March 2023 7:38 pm
To: John <[FOI #21979 email]>
Cc: Ministerials <[EPA request email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Minutes of Board Meetings

Dear John

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-----Original Message-----
From: John <[FOI #21979 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 22 March 2023 4:18 pm
To: Darryl Ward <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Minutes of Board Meetings

Dear Darryl Ward,

Thank you for the information provided.

Please also provide board papers and minutes for meetings held between and including December 2021 and November 2022.

Please respond consistent with the Official Information Act as soon as reasonably practicable.

Yours sincerely,

John

-----Original Message-----

Dear John

Please find attached our response to your recent OIA request.

Yours sincerely

 

Darryl Ward

 

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Thank you, John

I am pleased to confirm that this is workable.

We have recorded your request as:

"I am seeking all materials related to how and why the Board of EPA decided to hold Board meetings jointly with Ngā Kaihautū Tikanga Taiao (NKT) including but not limited to:

1. All documents and communications about the proposal and decision to hold joint meetings of the Board and NKT
2. Details of when the first joint Board and NKT meeting was held
3. All communications between the past and present Chair of the Board and the responsible minister regarding joint Board and NKT meetings
4. Any advice and opinions the Board received on if the members of NKT could be deemed / defacto directors of EPA as a result of participating in joint board and NKT meetings"

We are now working on our response.

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-----Original Message-----
From: John <[FOI #21979 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 29 March 2023 7:32 pm
To: Darryl Ward <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Minutes of Board Meetings

Dear Darryl Ward,

I am seeking all materials related to how and why the Board of EPA decided to hold Board meetings jointly with Ngā Kaihautū Tikanga Taiao (NKT) including but not limited to:

1. All documents and communications about the proposal and decision to hold joint meetings of the Board and NKT 2. Details of when the first joint Board and NKT meeting was held 3. All communications between the past and present Chair of the Board and the responsible minister regarding joint Board and NKT meetings 4. Any advice and opinions the Board received on if the members of NKT could be deemed / defacto directors of EPA as a result of participating in joint board and NKT meetings

Yours sincerely,

John

-----Original Message-----

Dear John

Thank you again for your request.

You have asked for board papers and minutes for meetings held between and including December 2021 and November 2022.

The volume of information is likely to be quite substantial.

Would you please clarify exactly what you are looking for, to assist us to get you the information you require? For example, you may be specifically interested in the board’s consideration of particular subject, or agenda and minutes.

We would be happy to help you formulate your request to ensure you get what you want.

Many thanks

Darryl Ward

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+64 4 4745431

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Dear John

 

Thank you for your email. Please find attached our response to your OIA
request.

 

Kind regards

 

Darryl Ward

 

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+64 4 4745431

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: John [5][FOI #21979 email]
Sent: Monday, 1 May 2023 1:04 pm
To: Darryl Ward [6][email address]
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Minutes of Board Meetings

 

Dear Darryl Ward,

 

Hope this finds you well.

 

Just following up on a request to this OIA request please.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

John

 

-----Original Message-----

 

Thank you, John

 

I am pleased to confirm that this is workable.

 

We have recorded your request as:

 

"I am seeking all materials related to how and why the Board of EPA
decided to hold Board meetings jointly with Ngā Kaihautū Tikanga Taiao
(NKT) including but not limited to:

 

1. All documents and communications about the proposal and decision to
hold joint meetings of the Board and NKT 2. Details of when the first
joint Board and NKT meeting was held 3. All communications between the
past and present Chair of the Board and the responsible minister regarding
joint Board and NKT meetings  4. Any advice and opinions the Board
received on if the members of NKT could be deemed / defacto directors of
EPA as a result of participating in joint board and NKT meetings"

 

We are now working on our response.

 

Kind regards

 

Darryl Ward

Senior Advisor, Official Correspondence

 

+64 4 4745431

 

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Dear John

 

Thank you for your email.

 

We have provided you with all information held by the EPA that is in scope
of your request, subject to the minor redactions noted.

 

While there may have been discussions between Chairs and Ministers,
records of these are not held by the EPA, and we cannot provide you with
information we do not have.

 

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Darryl Ward

 

 

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Dear Darryl Ward,

 

Thanks for the response.

 

Your response is however incomplete as you have not provided all the
communications between the Chair and the ministers on this matter as
requested. Your response does however  make clear that the Chair discussed
this matter with Ministers Parker and Twyford.

 

Please provide the contents of those discussions and all communications
between the past and present Chair and the ministers as requested.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

John

 

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