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Kia ora P Robins,
Please find attached a partial transfer of your request for official
information.

Ngā mihi 

  

OIA Services Team

Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health

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Dear P Robins,

 

I acknowledge receipt of your email of Friday 4 October 2024 which you
submitted an Official Information Act request as follows:

Your OIA Request:

o Request all communications related to the independent advice
referenced and released to the media by the Associate Minister of
Health concerning the excise reduction for heated tobacco products.
o This request encompasses communications within the Ministry as well as
between the Associate Minister and her office and the Ministry,
including between Ministry executives and staff and the Minister,
political staff and departmental private secretaries. Communications
pertaining to articles that were identified but not released should
also be included.
o To clarify, "communications" refers to all forms of electronic and
written correspondence, including but not limited to emails, text
messages, messaging apps (such as Teams, WhatsApp, Signal, Slack, and
Telegram), and handwritten notes (such as notebooks, meeting minutes,
or post-it notes).

Your OIA request was formally transferred to our office on Monday 07
October 2024 from the Ministry of Health under section 14(b)(i) of the
Act.  

Minister Hon Casey Costello is considering your official request in
accordance with the Act, and you can expect a response by you can expect a
response by Tuesday 05 November 2024.

 

Regards

 

Office of Hon Casey Costello

 

 

Office of Hon Casey Costello

Minister of Customs | Minister for Seniors

Associate Minister of Immigration | Associate Minister of Health |
Associate Minister of Police

2.054 PH, Parliament Buildings,Wellington 6160, New Zealand

E: [1][email address]

 

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From: P Robins <[2][FOI #28646 email]>
Sent: Friday, 4 October 2024 08:15
To: OIA Requests <[3][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Communications relating to excise
reduction for heated tobacco products

 

Dear Ministry of Health,

I am writing to formally request all communications related to the
independent advice referenced and released to the media by the Associate
Minister of Health concerning the excise reduction for heated tobacco
products.

This request encompasses communications within the Ministry as well as
between the Associate Minister and her office and the Ministry, including
between Ministry executives and staff and the Minister, political staff
and departmental private secretaries. Communications pertaining to
articles that were identified but not released should also be included.

To clarify, "communications" refers to all forms of electronic and written
correspondence, including but not limited to emails, text messages,
messaging apps (such as Teams, WhatsApp, Signal, Slack, and Telegram), and
handwritten notes (such as notebooks, meeting minutes, or post-it notes).

Yours faithfully,

P Robins

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Kia ora,

 

Please find attached a response to your request for official information.

 

Ngā mihi 

  

OIA Services Team

Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health

M[1]inistry of Health information releases 

 

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Kia ora P Robins,

 

Thank you for your email.

 

After further consideration, the Ministry of Health - Manatū Hauora has
decided to release the sentence requested to you. Please find attached a
copy of the document.

 

We trust this information fulfils your request. 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:
[1][email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.

 

Ngā mihi

 

 

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From: P Robins <[FOI #28646 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 29 October 2024 23:42
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Response to your request for official information, ref:
H2024053059 CRM:0121128

 

Dear OIA Requests,

Thank you for your response. I urge you to reconsider the redaction on
page seven and provide your feedback by the end of the business day. There
is a strong public interest in this information that should outweigh any
justification for keeping it redacted. If I do not receive a timely
response, I will have to file an urgent complaint with the Ombudsman.

Yours sincerely,

P Robins

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Kia ora,

  

 Please find attached a response to your request for official information.

  

 Ngā mihi 

   

 OIA Services Team

 Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health

 M[1]inistry of Health information releases 

  
 
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Dear P Robins,

 

Please find attached a response to your request for official information.

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon Casey Costello

 

 

Office of Hon Casey Costello

Minister of Customs | Minister for Seniors

Associate Minister of Immigration | Associate Minister of Health |
Associate Minister of Police

2.054 PH, Parliament Buildings,Wellington 6160, New Zealand

E: [1][email address]

 

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