Dear correspondent,

On behalf of Hon Michael Woodhouse thank you for your email.

While your message is important, and will be carefully read and
considered, it is not possible to provide a personal response to every
email which is received. 

Where the Minister has portfolio responsibility for the issues that you
have raised, your correspondence will be considered and responded to where
appropriate.

Kind regards,
Office of Hon Michael Woodhouse 
4.5R Executive Wing,  Parliament Buildings, Wellington | Tel 04 817 6836 |

 

 

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Dear Mr Harpley,

 

On behalf of Hon Michael Woodhouse, Minister of Immigration, thank you for
your two Official Information Act requests received on 4 June 2015
regarding:

 

1.       Do Immigration New Zealand have an auditing department or an
independent body for complaints. Or does Immigration New Zealand hand over
complaints to the people/immigration officers, involved in the complaint,
for them to independently compile the report on the said complaint to then
have the report rubber stamped by a thrid party.

2.       Why are Immigration New Zealand Officers/Staff  not subject to
random drug and alcohol testing, as are many other Government departments
and many other work places in New Zealand. CLARIFICATION of this on our
part is, These people are making decisions on the character of visa
applicants and therefore be should proven to be drug and alcohol free and
above reproach when doing so.

 

This email is to notify you that the Minister of Immigration is
transferring your requests to Immigration New Zealand, Ministry of
Business, Innovation and Employment for response.  Further correspondence
on these requests will therefore come to you from the Ministry. 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Office of Hon Michael Woodhouse

Minister of Immigration

4.5R, Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

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