Policy advice on same-sex marriage

Alex Harris made this Official Information request to Ministry of Justice

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From: Alex Harris

Dear Ministry of Justice,

Thanks to Barack Obama, same-sex marriage is in the news. I'm interested in knowing whether the New Zealand government has done any policy work on this topic, so I'd like to request the following information under the Official Information Act 1982:

* all documents (including briefings, correspondence, policy advice etc) on same-sex marriage

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,

Alex Harris

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Ministry of Justice

Dear Mr Harris  
 
We acknowledge receipt of your OIA request received by the Ministry of
Justice on 11 May 2012.  Could you please provide us with a telephone
number we can contact you directly on to clarify the scope of your
request?
 
Yours sincerely
 
SUE
 
Office of Treaty Settlements
[1]www.ots.govt.nz 
Te Tari Whakatau Take e pa ana ki te Tiriti o Waitangi
 

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From: Alex Harris

Dear Ministry of Justice,

This is a public website, so I'm not really happy about posting a phone number for the world to google. If you need to confine the date-range of the request, then I think "since 2005" (post Civil Union Act) would be reasonable.

Yours faithfully,

Alex Harris

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From: official correspondence
Ministry of Justice

Dear Mr Harris

 

Official Information Act Request

I refer to your email of 11 May 2012 requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982 “all documents (including briefings, correspondence,
policy advice etc) on same-sex marriage”.

A response to your request is currently being prepared.  However due to
the consultations necessary to make a decision on the request, a proper
response cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit.

Accordingly, I am extending the time limit for response to this request
for a further 15 working days under section 15A of the Official
Information Act and will respond to you by 2 July 2012.

You have the right under section 28(3) of the Official Information Act to
complain to the Ombudsman about the decision to extend the time frame for
response to your request.

Yours sincerely

Official Correspondence Team I Ministry of Justice

PO Box 180 I Wellington 

Phone +64 4 918 8800

[1]www.justice.govt.nz

 

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From: official correspondence
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Attachment OIA Response Alex Harris Part 1.pdf
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Dear Mr Harris
 
Please find attached part 1 of the Ministry's response to your OIA
request. It was originally sent on Friday but, as per attached, bounced
back due to the large attachment. It has now been broken down into 3
parts, the other 2 will follow shortly.
 
Kind regards
 
 

Official Correspondence Team I Ministry of Justice

PO Box 180 I Wellington 

Phone +64 4 918 8800

[1]www.justice.govt.nz

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Thank you.

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From: official correspondence
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Attachment OIA Response Alex Harris Part 2.pdf
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Please find attached part 2 of 3 of the Ministry's response to your OIA
request.
 
 

Official Correspondence Team I Ministry of Justice

PO Box 180 I Wellington 

Phone +64 4 918 8800

[1]www.justice.govt.nz

========================================================

This e-mail message and attachments do not necessarily reflect the views
of
the New Zealand Ministry of Justice and may contain
information that is confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. If
you
are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you must not
use,
disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail message or its attachments. If
you
received this message in error, please notify the Ministry of Justice
by telephone (call collect: 00-64-4-918-8800) or return the
original message to us by e-mail, and destroy any copies.
Thank you.

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From: official correspondence
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Attachment OIA Response Alex Harris Part 3.pdf
7.3M Download View as HTML


Please find attached part 3 of 3 of the Ministry's response to your OIA
request.
 
 

Official Correspondence Team I Ministry of Justice

PO Box 180 I Wellington 

Phone +64 4 918 8800

[1]www.justice.govt.nz

========================================================

This e-mail message and attachments do not necessarily reflect the views
of
the New Zealand Ministry of Justice and may contain
information that is confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. If
you
are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you must not
use,
disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail message or its attachments. If
you
received this message in error, please notify the Ministry of Justice
by telephone (call collect: 00-64-4-918-8800) or return the
original message to us by e-mail, and destroy any copies.
Thank you.

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