133 Molesworth Street
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
22 March 2024
Gyles Singh
By email: [FYI request #26061 email]
Ref: H2024037410
Tēnā koe Gyles
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Ministry of
Health – Manatū Hauora (the Ministry) on 11 March 2024 for information regarding annual
tobacco returns. You requested:
“Could you please provide copies of all the tobacco annual returns received which were
due for the year ending 31 January 2024 period. If this request is refused under section
18(d) grounds, please provide the exact date which these annual returns wil then be
published on the Ministry website.”
The Ministry wil publish the annual tobacco returns filed by manufacturers and importers by the
end of April 2024 here:
www.health.govt.nz/our-work/regulation-health-and-disability-
system/smoked-tobacco-products/information-manufacturers-and-importers-smoked-tobacco-
products/tobacco-annual-returns. For this reason, your request is refused under section 18(d) of
the Act.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with us, including this decision, please feel
free to contact the OIA Services Team on: [email address].
Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any
decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Jan Torres
Manager, OIA Services
Government and Executive Services | Te Pou Whakatere Kāwanatanga