Thank you for contacting the Office of Hon Erica Stanford, Minister of
Education, Minister of Immigration, Lead Coordination Minister for the
Government's Response to the Royal Commission's Report into Historical
Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions, and
Member of Parliament for East Coast Bays.

 
While the Minister considers all correspondence to be important and all
messages are carefully read and considered, it is not always possible to
provide a personal response to every email received.

* If your message is for Minister Stanford’s advice, expresses a
personal view, or if you have copied your email to another Minister
and/or Member of Parliament with more appropriate portfolio
responsibilities, then this will be noted.
* If you are seeking ministerial intervention for an immigration case,
you need to seek this from the Associate Minister of Immigration, Hon
Chris Penk. His email is [email address]. Minister Stanford
is unable to comment on individual cases.
* If you are seeking ministerial intervention with an education matter,
this may be transferred to the Ministry of Education, they can be
contacted at [email address]. Minister Stanford
is unable to comment on individual cases.
* If you are seeking assistance related to historical abuse in state
care, you will need to seek this from the Survivor Experiences Team,
who can be contacted at [email address].
* If you have invited Minister Stanford to an event, then a member of
staff may contact you for more information. 
* If you have made a request for official information then this will be
managed in accordance with the provisions of the Official Information
Act 1982, which may include transfer to a more relevant Minister or
agency.
* If you have made a request under the Privacy Act then this will be
managed in accordance with the principles of the Privacy Act 2020,
which may include transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency.
* If you are a journalist then your request will be referred to the
Press Secretary.  
* If you are a constituent of East Coast Bays your email will be shared
with the Electorate Office.  If you wish to keep up to date on
Electorate News please follow: [1]Erica Stanford (national.org.nz)
* To find out more about Minister Stanford read her [2]biography or
recent [3]statements.

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Wellington 6160, New Zealand

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OIA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Dear Alan,

Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request, received on 7 March, in which you requested the following information:

- all correspondence, including but not limited to records of any telephone calls, text messages, emails, reports, Teams messages, between yourself and/or your Office, with David Seymour and/or his Office from 1 February 2025.

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

Kind regards,
Office of Hon Erica Stanford

MP for East Coast Bays
Minister of Education
Minister of Immigration
Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response to the Royal Commission's Report into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions

Website: www.Beehive,govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

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

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Kia ora Alan,

Thank you for your request.

We are contacting you in accordance with section 18B of the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).

We note you have requested information across two Ministerial offices. These communications are not catalogued and as such, the information you have requested cannot be made available without substantial collation and research. We ask that you please refine your request.

Unless your request is amended, we may have to refuse it under section 18(f) of the OIA, which applies where the information cannot be made available without substantial collation and research. Please note, under section 15 of the Act, any clarification or amendments made to a request within seven days after the date it is received may be treated as a new request and the time limit for the response restarts.

Please let us know whether you are prepared to amend or clarify your request and, if so, how. If we do not hear from you, we will need to make a decision on your request.

Kind regards,
Office of Hon Erica Stanford

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Kia ora Alan,

Thank you for your response.

Members of this office regularly communicate with Minister Seymour and/or his Office. Your request as it stands remains broad in scope covering multiple channels, including emails, text messages, Teams messages, and phone calls. Identifying all relevant correspondence would require manually reviewing a significant volume of communications, which would involve substantial collation and research. We ask that you please refine your request.

Unless your request is amended, we may need to refuse it under section 18(f) of the Official Information Act 1982, as it would require substantial collation and research.

Please note, under section 15 of the Act, any clarification or amendments made to a request within seven days after the date it is received may be treated as a new request and the time limit for the response restarts.

Kind regards,
Office of Hon Erica Stanford

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Kia ora Alan,

Thank you for your response.

Your request as it stands remains broad in scope. Identifying all relevant correspondence would require manually reviewing a significant volume of communications, which would involve substantial collation and research. My office has at least 17 members of staff (including departmental secondees). Requiring all of them to go through multiple channels of communication to identify any correspondence with staff would require significant time and prevent them from undertaking their day-to-day role, and I do not believe it is in the public interest for staff time to be diverted in this way.

We ask that you please refine your request further.

Unless your request is amended, we may need to refuse it under section 18(f) of the Official Information Act 1982, as it would require substantial collation and research.

Please note, under section 15 of the Act, any clarification or amendments made to a request within seven days after the date it is received may be treated as a new request and the time limit for the response restarts.

Kind regards,
Office of Hon Erica Stanford

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Kia ora Alan,

On behalf of Hon Erica Stanford, please see the attached response to your request for Official Information dated 6 March 2025

Office of Hon Erica Stanford

Office of Hon Erica Stanford

MP for East Coast Bays
Minister of Education
Minister of Immigration
Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response to the Royal Commission's Report into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions

Website: www.Beehive,govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

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.

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