4 September 2024
Anatoly
[FYI request #28089 email]
Tēnā koe Anatoly
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00061123
Thank you for your email on 19 August 2024, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for the
following under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (the Act):
1- Any contact that has been made with journalists, media outlets, or other relevant parties
in response to discrimination against people with mental distress in the media.
2 - Any formal or informal responses, including but not limited to pushback, advocacy, or
corrective measures taken when instances of discrimination were identified.
3 - Data or records on media monitoring and responses facilitated through the programme,
including social action grants, public campaigns, or communications aimed at addressing
discrimination.
4 - Any evaluations or reviews of the programme’s effectiveness in changing public
attitudes and reducing discriminatory media coverage, particularly through media
monitoring and engagement.
We attempted to clarify the date range of your request with you on the 22 August 2024, as the
programme you were referring to (Nōku te ao) had been active for approximately 30 years but did
not hear back from you.
Response
Your request for any contact and data is very broad, and substantial manual collation would be
required to locate and prepare all documents within scope of your request. As such, I refuse your
request under section 18(f) of the Act.
I have considered whether fixing a charge for the supply of the information or extending the
timeframe for response would enable Health NZ to respond. I do not consider that either option
would remove the impact that supplying the information would have on our other operations.
How to get in touch
If you have any questions, you can contact us at
[email address].
If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the
Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
by phoning 0800 802 602.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, Health NZ may proactively
release a copy of this response on our website. Al requester data, including your name and
contact details, wil be removed prior to release.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Danielle Coe
Manager (OIAs) – Government Services
Office of the Chief Executive
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Health NZ, PO Box 793,
Wel ington 6140, New Zealand