Scrapping of "State of the Environment" report
Alex Harris made this Official Information request to Ministry for the Environment
The request was refused by Ministry for the Environment.
From: Alex Harris
Dear Ministry for the Environment,
On 29 October, Radio New Zealand reported that the government had scrapped its "State of the Environment" report ("State of the Environment report stopped", RNZ, 29/10/12). I would like to request the following information under the OIA:
* all advice and communications (including emails) on the decision to scrap the "State of the Environment" report. I'm particularly interested in learning when the dcrapping was first proposed and the immediate reasons for it, whether it originated from the Ministry or Minister, and whether it was in reaction to recent media stories which highlighted unflattering aspects of the data.
I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about this request will be automatically forwarded to me by the fyi.org.nz website.
With regards to s12 of the OIA, I am an NZ citizen and in NZ.
Yours faithfully,
Alex Harris
From: Ministerials
Ministry for the Environment
Dear Alex Harris,
On behalf of the Ministry for the Environment I acknowledge receipt of your email below, requesting information on the State of the Environment report under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA).
Your request will be treated according to the provisions of the OIA. You will receive a response as soon as is reasonably practicable.
Regards,
Eleanor Williams
Executive Relations Team
Ministry for the Environment- Manatü Mö Te Taiao
http://www.mfe.govt.nz
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From: Ministerials
Ministry for the Environment
Dear Alex Harris
Please find attached a response to your email of 20 October to the
Ministry for the Environment.
Regards,
The Executive Relations Team
Ministry for the Environment
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Gavin Millar left an annotation ()
Disappointing response. There are clearly decisions around not producing 2012's State of the Environment report, they are even mentioned in the response. And yet they do not provide any of the documents surrounding those decisions because they don't fit the arbitrary and narrow definition they have placed on the request.
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