13 February 2024
Ref: DOIA 2324-1339
M Bell
Email:
[FYI request #25063 email]
Tēnā koe M Bell
I am responding to your request of 7 December 2023 to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
that was transferred to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) on 18 December,
requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:
Can you please release the following documents, of course appropriately redacted where
warranted
CAB-20-MIN-0229.01
…
…
CAB-20-MIN-0508
The two documents requested are attached.
Please note some information has been withheld under s9(2)(ba)(i) and (ii) of the Act, to protect
information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which any person has been or could be
compelled to provide under the authority of any enactment, where the making available of the
information –
(i)
would be likely to prejudice the supply of similar information, or information from the same
source, and it is in the public interest that such information should continue to be supplied;
or
(ii)
would be likely otherwise to damage the public interest.
I do not consider that the withholding of this information is outweighed by public interest considerations
in making the information available.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, or if you require any further assistance,
please contact
[email address]. You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information
about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802
602.
Nāku noa, nā
Simon Rae
Policy Director – Emerging Technologies
Science, Innovation and International