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24 March 2025
Esther Peters and Levi Marley Hetherington
[FYI request #30195 email]
Ref: OIA 119729
Tēnā koe Esther and Levi
Official Information Act and Privacy Act request: Communications related to RRR
Organisations Worldwide, The RRR Model and personal information related to
yourselves
Thank you for your request made under both the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) and
Privacy Act 2020 (Privacy Act) on 24 February 2025 for communications shared between the
Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) and:
RRR Organisations Worldwide Limited
Esther Peters
Levi Marley Hetherington
The RRR Model (Reintegration Rehabilitation Reduces-Reoffending model)
OIA request response
On 3 March 2025, the Ministry contacted you to clarify your request under section 15 of the
OIA. We stated that your original request was too broad and would need to be amended to
enable the Ministry to respond. We asked you to specify the timeframe of your request, and
if you had worked in or engaged with any parts of the Ministry. To date, we have not
received a response to this query.
We undertook a search of our systems across different parts of the Ministry for RRR
Organisations Worldwide Limited and The RRR Model but did not find any related
information. This part of your request is therefore refused under section 18(e) of the OIA
because, despite a reasonable search, the information cannot be found.
Privacy Act request response
In our email to you of 3 March 2025, we informed you that we would not publish personally
identifiable information on FYI.org.nz to respond to your Privacy Act request. We also stated
that under section 57(a) of the Privacy Act, the Ministry needs to be satisfied of the
requestors’ identity before we can release information. We received no response to our
request for identity documents from either of you.
The Ministry is unable to proceed with your request as we are not satisfied as to the identity
of the requester as required by section 57(a) of the Privacy Act.
Please note that you can request a copy of your criminal record. More information on that
process can be found at:
Get your own criminal record | New Zealand Ministry of Justice. Additionally, Court records (including fines and reparation information or records) are
excluded from the scope of legislation under section 2(6)(a) of the OIA and section 8(a)(iv) of
the Privacy Act. You can request court information by submitting the
attached form, to the
courthouse where the matter took place. Court contact details can be found on the Ministry’s
website at the following link:
Find us | New Zealand Ministry of Justice
If you require any further information, please contact Media & Social Media Manager Joe
Locke at [email address]
Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the
Ministry website at:
Official Information Act responses | New Zealand Ministry of Justice
You have the right under section 28 of the OIA to seek an investigation and review by the
Ombudsman of this response. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
ombudsman.parliament.nz or call 0800 802 602.
You also have the right under section 70 of the Privacy Act to make a complaint to the Office
of the Privacy Commissioner. The Privacy Commissioner may be contacted on 0800 803
909 or via the webform:
privacy.org.nz/about-us/contact-us/enquiry-form/. Nāku noa, nā
Louise Ainsley
Manager, Ministerial Services