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21 February 2024
T. Murray
[FYI request #25497 email]
Our ref: OIA 109190
Tēnā koe T. Murray
Official Information Act request: Treaty Principles Bil
Thank you for your email of 23 January 2024 requesting, under the Official Information Act
1982 (the Act), information relating to the budget for the Treaty Principles Bill (the Bill).
Specifically, you requested:
1. if there is a budget for the bil
2. how much is budgeted for the bil
3. if contractors have been employed since 20 November 2023 to work on the Bil the
number of contractors and cost to date of the contractors working on the bil
No budget has been set for the Bil and no contractors have been employed to work on it.
Any costs incurred to date have been absorbed in the Ministry’s baseline funding.
If you require any further information, please contact Media & Social Media Manager Joe
Locke at [email address].
Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the
Ministry website at: justice.govt.nz/about/official-information-act-requests/oia-responses/.
If you are not satisfied with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the
Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the Act. The Office of the Ombudsman may be
contacted by email to [email address] or by phone on 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Kathy Brightwell
General Manager, Civil & Constitutional