Hi James,

Thank you for your request for information. Specifically you requested all expense information (including but not limited to credit card statements, invoices, reimbursements forms and receipts) for business expenses incurred by our CEO for the period 1 January 2016 to 31 January 2017.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 24 March 2017, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

If you have any queries please feel free to contact me.

Kind regards

Laura Symes
Advisor, Strategy & Risk
STRATEGIC AND REGULATORY SERVICES
Environmental Protection Authority • Level 10 • 215 Lambton Quay • Private Bag 63002 • Wellington 6140 • New Zealand • Tel +64 4 916 2426 • Fax +64 4 914 0433 • www.epa.govt.nz
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-----Original Message-----
From: James Harris [mailto:[FOI #5447 email]]
Sent: Friday, 24 February 2017 8:01 p.m.
To: Information Mailbox <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Environmental Protection Authority CEO expenses

Dear Environmental Protection Authority,

I would like to request the following information under the Official Information Act 1982:

* all expense information (including but not limited to credit card statements, invoices, reimbursement forms and receipts) for business expenses incurred by your CEO for the period 1 January 2016 to 31 January 2017.

In anticipation of any attempt to refuse on privacy grounds, or to charge, I direct your attention to the Ombudsman's guidance on "Chief executive expenses" (http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/syste...), which states that "in most cases, chief executive credit card statements and expense reimbursement claims should be made available with the minimum necessary redactions and at no cost to the requester."

I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about this request will be automatically forwarded to me by the fyi.org.nz website.

Yours faithfully,
James Harris

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Hi James,

Please find the attached response to your OIA request.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me.

Kind regards

Laura

Ministerials
STRATEGIC AND REGULATORY SERVICES
Environmental Protection Authority • Level 10 • 215 Lambton Quay • Private Bag 63002 • Wellington 6140 • New Zealand • Tel +64 4 916 2426 • Fax +64 4 914 0433 • www.epa.govt.nz
This email message and any attachment(s) are intended for the addressee(s) only. The contents may be IN CONFIDENCE and are not necessarily the opinions of EPA New Zealand. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the message and any attachment(s).

-----Original Message-----
From: Laura Symes
Sent: Monday, 27 February 2017 1:39 p.m.
To: '[FOI #5447 email]' <[FOI #5447 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Environmental Protection Authority CEO expenses

Hi James,

Thank you for your request for information. Specifically you requested all expense information (including but not limited to credit card statements, invoices, reimbursements forms and receipts) for business expenses incurred by our CEO for the period 1 January 2016 to 31 January 2017.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 24 March 2017, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

If you have any queries please feel free to contact me.

Kind regards

Laura Symes
Advisor, Strategy & Risk
STRATEGIC AND REGULATORY SERVICES
Environmental Protection Authority • Level 10 • 215 Lambton Quay • Private Bag 63002 • Wellington 6140 • New Zealand • Tel +64 4 916 2426 • Fax +64 4 914 0433 • www.epa.govt.nz This email message and any attachment(s) are intended for the addressee(s) only. The contents may be IN CONFIDENCE and are not necessarily the opinions of EPA New Zealand. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the message and any attachment(s).

-----Original Message-----
From: James Harris [mailto:[FOI #5447 email]]
Sent: Friday, 24 February 2017 8:01 p.m.
To: Information Mailbox <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Environmental Protection Authority CEO expenses

Dear Environmental Protection Authority,

I would like to request the following information under the Official Information Act 1982:

* all expense information (including but not limited to credit card statements, invoices, reimbursement forms and receipts) for business expenses incurred by your CEO for the period 1 January 2016 to 31 January 2017.

In anticipation of any attempt to refuse on privacy grounds, or to charge, I direct your attention to the Ombudsman's guidance on "Chief executive expenses" (http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/syste...), which states that "in most cases, chief executive credit card statements and expense reimbursement claims should be made available with the minimum necessary redactions and at no cost to the requester."

I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about this request will be automatically forwarded to me by the fyi.org.nz website.

Yours faithfully,
James Harris

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #5447 email]

Is [EPA request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to Environmental Protection Authority? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA page.

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