24 January 2025
James
By email to:
[FYI request #29510 email]
Dear James
OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT REQUEST 2024/76
On Friday 6 December 2024 you made a request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA)
for the following information:
Please provide all communications if any, between Hone Matthews and CEO Karl Le Quesne,
regarding the Manurewa Marae, Tash Kemp or Te Pati Māori between the dates August
2023 through July 2024. This should include but not be limited to emails, texts, etc.
Please provide all communications if any between CEO Karl Le Quesne and previous Deputy
Chair Jane Meares this should include but not be limited to all email, texts, and meeting
notes etc, regarding Manurewa, Tash Kemp or Te Pati Māori. This is between the dates the
August 2023 and November 2024.
Please provide all communications if any, between Simon Moore and CEO Karl Le Quesne,
regarding the Manurewa Marae, Tash Kemp or Te Pati Māori. This should include but not be
limited to all emails and texts, meeting notes etc.
Please provide all communications if any, between CEO Karl Le Quesne and the Minister of
Justice Paul Goldsmith or his office regarding the Manurewa Marae, Tash Kemp or Te Pati
Māori between the dates of August 2023 and November 30th 2024.This should include all
communications including but not limited to texts, emails, meeting notes etc.
Please find the information you have requested attached.
Some contact details, such as phone numbers, email addresses and some names have been withheld
under section 9(2)(a) of the OIA which relates to the privacy of natural persons. In each case where
redactions have been made under section 9(2)(a), consideration has been given to, and I am satisfied
that the reasons for withholding of the information are not outweighed by other considerations
which render it desirable in the public interest to make that information available.
In the interests of transparency, we release responses to Official Information Act requests every 3
months. We will publish this response with your personal details redacted.
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Yours sincerely
Anusha Guler
Chief Executive Officer(acting)
Electoral Commission
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