45 Pipitea St
10 April 2024
PO Box 805
Wel ington 6140
Mark MacDonald
Phone +64 4 495 7200
fyi-request-26068-
Fax +64 4 495 7222
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Websit
e dia.govt.nz
Tēnā koe Mark
Official Information Act 1982 request, reference OIA2324-0723
Thank you for your Official Information request of 11 March 2024 requesting the fol owing
information from Te Tari Taiwhenua | the Department of Internal Affairs under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
1. Recommendation 14 of the Belinda Clark review, Independent Review of FENZ’s
Workplace Culture and Complaint Handling Practices (Nov 2022) is titled: "Conduct
complaints are investigated and determined by an independent body". The review
Report states: "DIA should provide advice to the Minister by 28 February 2023 on
options for how best to implement this recommendation."
2. Please provide all information around DIA's response to this Recommendation,
including all information post-28 Feb 2023.
The Official Information Act requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no
later than 20 working days after the day we received your request. Unfortunately, it wil not
be possible to meet that time limit and we are therefore writing to notify you of an
extension of the time to make our decision, to 3 May 2024.
This extension is necessary because your request necessitates a search through a large
quantity of information and meeting the original time limit would unreasonably interfere
with our operations.
Access to the Ombudsman
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the Act, to seek an investigation and review of my
decision by the Office of the Ombudsman. The postal address of the Office of the
Ombudsman is PO Box 10152, Wel ington. Alternatively, you can phone 0800 802 602 or
e
mail [email address]
Nāku noa, nā
Jeremy Cauchi
Director Ministerial, Monitoring, and Capability
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