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Dear Andy,

Thank you for your email of (date) in which you submitted an Official Information Act request, which reads as follows:

Under the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982, I request access to any communications, in any form, that you or your office have sent or received between December 12, 2024, and March 12, 2025, related to waste-to-energy. This includes emails, memos, meeting notes, and any communications via electronic apps.

Minister Simmonds is considering your request in accordance with the Act, and you can expect a response by 9 April 2025.

Kind regards,

Office of Hon Penny Simmonds
Minister for the Environment | Vocational Education
Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment

P: 04 817 6815
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Authorised by Hon Penny Simmonds, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

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Dear Andrew,

 

Thank you for your OIA request dated 12 March 2025.

 

Just wanted to check with you if there was a particular category of
communications you were seeking.

 

Are you looking for internal communications (within the Minister’s
office), communications between the Minister’s office with officials from
the Ministry for the Environment, or correspondence the Minister’s office
has had with members of the public, or all of these?

 

Kind regards,

Office of Hon Penny Simmonds

Minister for the Environment | Vocational Education

Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment
 

P: 04 817 6815

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

Authorised by Hon Penny Simmonds, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

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confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by
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intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.

 

Dear Andrew,

 

Thank you for clarifying your request.

 

Kind regards,

Office of Hon Penny Simmonds

Minister for the Environment | Vocational Education

Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment
 

P: 04 817 6815

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

Authorised by Hon Penny Simmonds, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

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confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
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replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
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