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Good afternoon,

On behalf of Hon Paul Goldsmith, I acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 25 September 2024, where you requested:

The names of any group chats in which you or your staff are in. This includes, but is not limited to, group chats on platforms such as WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram, as well as any Slack channels.

We received your request on 25 September 2024. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 23 October 2024, being 20 working days after the day your request was received.

If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith
Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice | Minister for State Owned Enterprises
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations | Minister for Media and Communications

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Good afternoon,

I refer to your official information request dated 25 September 2024 for the names of group chats relating to this office. We are contacting you in accordance with section 18B of the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).

Most, if not all, staff in my office utilise group chats in the course of their work. The scope of your request would capture current, former and temporary staff who have briefly stepped into roles. Names of group chats my office are in are not catalogued and the information you have requested cannot be made available without substantial collation or research.

As such, your request may be refused under section 18(f) of the Act which applies where the information cannot be made available without substantial collation or research.

We kindly ask that you refine your request. We suggest that you may like to refine your request to provide a timeframe, particular topics and/or staff members. Please let us know before end of day on Wednesday 16 October whether you are prepared to amend or clarify your request and, if so, how.

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.

Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith
Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice | Minister for State Owned Enterprises
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations | Minister for Media and Communications

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Good morning,

Thank you for clarifying the scope of your request, further refining the request to "yourself and staff employed by Ministerial Services in your office only".

The information you have requested is not catalogued in my office, is likely to capture a broad amount of information and is unlikely to be able to be made available without substantial collation or research. As such, your request may be refused under section 18(f) of the Act.

We kindly ask that you refine your request. We suggest that you may like to refine your request to a particular timeframe and topic. Please let us know before end of day on Thursday 17 October whether you are prepared to amend or clarify your request and, if so, how.

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.

Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith
Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice | Minister for State Owned Enterprises
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations | Minister for Media and Communications

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