1 October 2024
Simon Zhao and Margaret Stefanitsis
[FYI request #27939 email]
Tēnā koe Simon and Margaret
Official Information Act request
Thank you for your request, transferred to the Ministry of Social Development
(the Ministry) on 13 August 2024, requesting information relating to the
Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill.
I have considered your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
Please find my decision on your request set out below.
1. All advice received and provided by the Minister in relation to the
Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill.
Please find attached the following documents:
1. REP/18/71/087 - International approaches to accessibility legislation
2. SWC Report back on Accessibility
3. REP/20/2/141 - Paper One - Accelerating accessibility
4. REP/20/2/053 - Paper Two - Accelerating accessibility - problem,
objectives and system framework
5. REP/20/2/079 - Paper Three - Accelerating Accessibility - Domains and
Standards
6. REP/20/2/080 - Paper Four - Accelerating Accessibility - Institutional
Arrangements
7. REP/21/6/585 - Accelerating Accessibility Legislative approach to
developing new enforceable accessibility standards
8. REP/23/2/082 - Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill – Update
Some information has been withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Act, to protect
the privacy of natural persons.
Please find the following two cabinet papers received by the Minister on the
Ministry’s website:
•
www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-
resources/information-releases/cabinet-papers/2020/framework-to-
accelerate-progress-towards-accessibility-in-aotearoa-new-zealand.html
•
www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-
resources/information-releases/accelerating-progress-to-accessibility.html
The Aurora Centre, 56 The Terrace, PO Box 1556, Wellington
– Telephone 04-916 3300 – Facsimile 04-918 0099
2. The paper which Minister Hon Penny Simmonds took to the Cabinet
Legislation Committee titled 'Confirming the status of the Accessibility for
New Zealanders Bill' on 21 March 2024.
I understand this aspect of your request is being responded to by Whaikaha. If
you have not received this information, I trust it will be provided to you in due
course.
I will be publishing this decision letter, with your personal details deleted, on the
Ministry’s website in due course.
If you wish to discuss this response with us, please feel free to contact
[email address]. If you are not satisfied with my decision on your request, you have the right to
seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman. Information about how to
make a complaint is available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or 0800 802
602.
Ngā mihi nui
Magnus O’Neill
General Manager
Ministerial and Executive Services
