Kia ora,
On behalf of Hon Damien O'Connor, thank you for your email. Please accept this reply as an acknowledgement that your correspondence has been received.
While the Minister considers all correspondence to be important, and all messages are carefully read and considered, it is not always possible to personally reply to all emails. As such, the following guidelines apply:
· Invitations and meeting requests will be processed and a staff member will be in contact with you in due course
· All media queries will be responded to by a staff member
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· If your email falls outside of the Minister’s portfolio responsibilities, expresses a personal view, or is copied to multiple Members of Parliament, then your opinion will be noted and your correspondence may be transferred to another office, or there may be no further response to you
We note that our office receives a large volume of correspondence and it may take us some time to get back to you. If you need urgent assistance you may find some of the links below helpful:

For information on COVID-19, including the latest updates, go to covid19.govt.nz

For immigration and visa advice: contact the call centre which is open 6:00am Monday to midnight on Saturday (NZT).

https://www.immigration.govt.nz/contact

For urgent housing or benefit enquiries:
∙ Call 0800 559 009 (for under 65)
∙ Call 0800 552 002 (for over 65)

If you need treatment or support for your health or wellbeing the following options are available.

Healthline – You can call Healthline for health advice on freephone 0800 611 116 at any time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Healthline staff can advise you on the best thing to do in your situation, including which services are near you and open.

1737 – If you need to talk to someone about how you are feeling, you can call or text 1737 for free at any time to talk to a trained counsellor.

Mental health crisis teams – If you are concerned that someone is going to hurt themselves or someone else, you can all your local mental health crisis team. A full list of numbers is available here: www.health.govt.nz/your-health/services-...<http://www.health.govt.nz/your-health/se...>

Thank you for the taking the time to write.
Ngā mihi,
Office of Hon Damien O'Connor
Minister of Agriculture | Minister for Biosecurity | Minister for Land Information | Minister for Rural Communities | Minister for Trade and Export Growth | MP for West Coast-Tasman

Private Bag 18888 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand
Authorised by Hon Damien O'Connor MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011

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Kia ora Athina Andonatou

On behalf of Hon Damien O'Connor, thank you for your email. We appreciate you taking the time to contact our office.

We acknowledge your questions below. I note you have requested for your questions to be answered under the Official Information Act 1982. As you have not requested anything that constitutes official information this is not possible. If you wish to make an official information request, we are able to provide guidance around how to do so and what constitutes official information.

If you would like to receive a response to your question, we are happy to come back to you with an email or letter response.

Kind regards,

Office of Hon Damien O'Connor
Executive Wing 5.1L | Parliament Buildings | Wellington

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Kia ora,

On behalf of Hon Damien O'Connor, thank you for your email.  Please accept
this reply as an acknowledgement that your correspondence has been
received.

While the Minister considers all correspondence to be important, and all
messages are carefully read and considered, it is not always possible to
personally reply to all emails.  As such, the following guidelines apply:

·         Invitations and meeting requests will be processed and a staff
member will be in contact with you in due course

·         All media queries will be responded to by a staff member

·         Requests for official information 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 your email falls outside of the Minister’s portfolio
responsibilities, expresses a personal view, or is copied to multiple
Members of Parliament, then your opinion will be noted and your
correspondence may be transferred to another office, or there may be no
further response to you

We note that our office receives a large volume of correspondence and it
may take us some time to get back to you. If you need urgent assistance
you may find some of the links below helpful:

 

For information on COVID-19, including the latest updates, go to
covid19.govt.nz

 

For immigration and visa advice: contact the call centre which is open 
6:00am Monday to midnight on Saturday (NZT).

 

[1]https://www.immigration.govt.nz/contact

 

For urgent housing or benefit enquiries:

∙             Call 0800 559 009 (for under 65)

∙             Call 0800 552 002 (for over 65)

 

If you need treatment or support for your health or wellbeing the
following options are available.

 

Healthline – You can call Healthline for health advice on freephone 0800
611 116 at any time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Healthline staff
can advise you on the best thing to do in your situation, including which
services are near you and open.

 

1737 – If you need to talk to someone about how you are feeling, you can
call or text 1737 for free at any time to talk to a trained counsellor.

 

Mental health crisis teams – If you are concerned that someone is going to
hurt themselves or someone else, you can all your local mental health
crisis team. A full list of numbers is available here:
[2]www.health.govt.nz/your-health/services-and-support/health-care-services/mental-health-services/crisis-assessment-teams

 

Thank you for the taking the time to write.

Ngā mihi,

Office of Hon Damien O'Connor

Minister of Agriculture | Minister for Biosecurity | Minister for Land
Information | Minister for Rural Communities | Minister for Trade and
Export Growth | MP for West Coast-Tasman

 

Private Bag 18888 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

Authorised by Hon Damien O'Connor MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
6011

 

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Kia ora Athina,

Thank you for your email.

Official information includes forms of information such as documents, reports, memos, briefings, agendas, meeting minutes, and manuals. More information can be found here:

https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/what...

Ngâ mihi,

Office of Hon Damien O’Connor
Executive Wing 5.1L | Parliament Buildings | Wellington

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