6 June 2023
Mark Wong
[FYI request #22766 email]
Dear Mark
Thank you for your Official Information Act request (OIA), received on 18 May 2023. You
requested:
Grant Roberson has been accused of using his official government instagram
account to follow https://www.instagram.com/cuteboyphilippines/
Can you please confirm whether or not Grant was ever following this account?
If so, can you confirm for how long he was following this account?
Lastly, can you please supply evidence from Instagram to support your answers?
The Instagram account in question is not held in my Ministerial capacity, but is held in
my personal capacity, and as a Member of Parliament. Therefore, it is not subject to the
Official Information Act 1982. As such, any information about the Instagram account does
not fall under the OIA, as specified in section 2(1) of the Act.
Yours sincerely
Hon Grant Robertson
Minister of Finance