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Good morning,

Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request, received on 22/10/2024, in which you requested the following information:

I am writing to formally request access to any meeting notes and minutes recorded by you or your office for meetings held on the following dates:

9 May 2024
8 August 2024
28 August 2024
12 September 2024
26 September 2024

Your request will be answered within the provisions of the Official Information Act.

Kind regards,

Noemi Leinfellner
Private Secretary (Administration) | Office of Hon Simeon Brown
Minister of Transport, Minister of Local Government, Minister for Energy, Minister for Auckland

Reception: 04 817 6804
Email: [email address] Website: www.beehive.govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

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Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers' portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list: date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you'd like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

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Dear P Robbins,

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request,
received on 22/10/2024, in which you requested the following:

 

any meeting notes and minutes recorded by you or your office for meetings
held on the following dates:

 

9 May 2024

8 August 2024

28 August 2024

12 September 2024

26 September 2024

 

I am writing to advise you that as it stands, your request may be refused
under section 18(f) of the Act which applies where information cannot be
made available without substantial collation or research.

 

We are inviting you to clarify the meeting notes and minutes you are
seeking. For example, you may wish to:

o Specify a particular meeting the Minister had on the dates listed.
o Nominate a time period for which meetings you are seeking information
(for example, between a specific window of hours for each day).
o Specify a particular topic you are seeking notes and minutes for.

 

Please note, any clarification or amendment of a request is considered to
be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory
timeframe for response—see section 15(1AA) of the Act. We will be in the
best position to respond to your request if you provide a response by
Friday 25 October 2024.

 

Allie

 

Office of Hon Simeon Brown

Minister for Energy, Minister of Local Government, Minister of Transport,
Minister for Auckland, Member of Parliament for Pakuranga
 

Website: [1]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

Authorised by Hon Simeon Brown, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is
confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by
replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.

Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’
portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or
constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list:
date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at
[2]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

 

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Allie Chau - Private Secretary (Local Government)

Ph: 027 292 0865

 

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Dear P Robins,

 

Thank you for your email.

 

On 22 October 2024, we contacted you via email to discuss the scope of
your request to better understand what you were looking for and narrow the
scope. The reason for this was due to the broad nature of the request and
the fact that no specific meeting notes were requested. This meant that
the response would require substantial collation that would unreasonably
impact the normal operation of the office.

 

As you declined the option to refine, your request is refused under
section 18(f) of the Act, as it requires substantial collation and
research that would be expected to unreasonably impact the normal
operation of the office.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Allie

 

 

Office of Hon Simeon Brown

Minister for Energy, Minister of Local Government, Minister of Transport,
Minister for Auckland, Member of Parliament for Pakuranga
 

Website: [1]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

Authorised by Hon Simeon Brown, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is
confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by
replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.

Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’
portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or
constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list:
date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at
[2]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

 

 

 

Dear P Robins,

 

Thank you for your email.

 

On 22 October 2024, we contacted you via email to discuss the scope of
your request to better understand what you were looking for and narrow the
scope. The reason for this was due to the broad nature of the request and
the fact that no specific meeting notes were requested. This meant that
the response would require substantial collation that would unreasonably
impact the normal operation of the office.

 

As you declined the option to refine, your request is refused under
section 18(f) of the Act, as it requires substantial collation and
research that would be expected to unreasonably impact the normal
operation of the office.

 

 

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