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Office of Hon Simeon Brown MP
Minister of Transport, Minister of Local Government, Minister for Energy,
Minister for Auckland
Email: [Simeon Brown request email]
Website: www.Beehive.govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

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Dear James,

Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request, received on 26 February 2024, in which you requested the following information:

1. Any letters sent to, or received from, CEs or board chairs of the Ministry of Transport, KiwiRail or NZTA between 1 Jan 2024 and 26 Feb 2024.
2. Any text messages, including SMS, Whatsapp, Singal, sent to, or received from, CEs or board chairs of the Ministry of Transport, KiwiRail or NZTA between 1 Jan 2024 and 26 Feb 2024.

Your request will be answered within the provisions of the Official Information Act.

Kind regards,

Office of Hon Simeon Brown
Minister of Transport, Minister of Local Government, Minister for Energy, Minister for Auckland

Email: [Simeon Brown request email] Website: www.Beehive.govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is prohibited and may be unlawful.
Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers' portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list: date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you'd like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

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Dear James,

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request,
received on 26 February 2024.

 

I am writing to advise you that as it stands, your request may be refused
under section 18(f) of the Act which applies where information cannot be
made available without substantial collation or research. We would like to
invite you to refine your request so that we may be able to provide you
with a response. In considering a refinement, you may like to nominate a
specific subject, timeframe, and/or document type.

 

We would like to seek clarification on your request. Are you looking for:

              1. Any letters the Minister has sent to, or received from,
CEs or board chairs of the Ministry of Transport, KiwiRail or NZTA between
1 Jan 2024 and 26 Feb 2024.

              2. Any text messages, including SMS, Whatsapp, Singal, that
the Minister has sent to, or received from, CEs or board chairs of the
Ministry of Transport, KiwiRail or NZTA between 1 Jan 2024 and 26 Feb
2024.

 

Please note that, as permitted under section 15(1AA) of the Act, any
amendment of your original request will be considered to be a new request
for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory timeframe for a
response.

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon Simeon Brown

Minister of Transport, Minister of Local Government, Minister for Energy,
Minister for Auckland
Email: [1][Simeon Brown request email] Website: [2]www.Beehive.govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is
confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author
by replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.

Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’
portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal
or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would
list: date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for
a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it
to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy
of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at
[3]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

 

 

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Dear James,

 

Please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon Simeon Brown

Minister of Transport, Minister of Local Government, Minister for Energy,
Minister for Auckland

 

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