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Everything you enter in your request is published immediately to the web.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>If you ignore these notices, your request may be deleted.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.msd.govt.nz/form/msd/govt/nz/form.req2?requestType=msd-govt-nz-select-form-v1\">Contact MSD privately</a> and select \"Privacy Act Request\" on their contact form.</p>","publication_scheme":"","tags":[["popular_agency",null],["ministry",null]],"info":{"requests_count":888,"requests_successful_count":504,"requests_not_held_count":34,"requests_overdue_count":50,"requests_visible_classified_count":734}},"user":{"id":414958,"url_name":"james_welsh","name":"James Welsh","ban_text":"","about_me":""}},{"id":271480,"event_type":"response","created_at":"2026-05-26T12:32:11+12:00","described_state":null,"calculated_state":null,"last_described_at":null,"incoming_message_id":145338,"outgoing_message_id":null,"comment_id":null,"display_status":"Response","snippet":"IN-CONFIDENCE\n\nT\u0113n\u0101 koe James Welsh\n\nThank you for your email received 22 May 2026, under the Official Information Act 1982. Your request has been forw...","info_request":{"id":34768,"url_title":"34768-one-housing-rule-for-ministers-another-for-everyone-else","title":"One Housing Rule for Ministers, Another for Everyone Else?","created_at":"2026-05-22T16:40:14+12:00","updated_at":"2026-05-27T14:51:07+12:00","described_state":"waiting_response","display_status":"Awaiting classification.","awaiting_description":true,"prominence":"normal","law_used":"foi","tags":[]},"public_body":{"id":23,"url_name":"msd","name":"Ministry of Social Development","short_name":"MSD","created_at":"2010-01-26T23:37:18+13:00","updated_at":"2026-05-26T12:32:12+12:00","home_page":"http://www.msd.govt.nz","notes":"<p><strong>Do not request access to information about yourself.</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Do not include private information in your request.</strong> This website is not private. Everything you enter in your request is published immediately to the web.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>If you ignore these notices, your request may be deleted.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.msd.govt.nz/form/msd/govt/nz/form.req2?requestType=msd-govt-nz-select-form-v1\">Contact MSD privately</a> and select \"Privacy Act Request\" on their contact form.</p>","publication_scheme":"","tags":[["popular_agency",null],["ministry",null]],"info":{"requests_count":888,"requests_successful_count":504,"requests_not_held_count":34,"requests_overdue_count":50,"requests_visible_classified_count":734}},"user":{"id":414958,"url_name":"james_welsh","name":"James Welsh","ban_text":"","about_me":""}},{"id":271103,"event_type":"comment","created_at":"2026-05-22T17:09:29+12:00","described_state":null,"calculated_state":null,"last_described_at":null,"incoming_message_id":null,"outgoing_message_id":null,"comment_id":7588,"snippet":"My apologises Alex, you may not have been representing the entity I thought that was responding.\r\n\nI am sticking to this FYI request, thank you though....","info_request":{"id":34768,"url_title":"34768-one-housing-rule-for-ministers-another-for-everyone-else","title":"One Housing Rule for Ministers, Another for Everyone Else?","created_at":"2026-05-22T16:40:14+12:00","updated_at":"2026-05-27T14:51:07+12:00","described_state":"waiting_response","display_status":"Awaiting classification.","awaiting_description":true,"prominence":"normal","law_used":"foi","tags":[]},"public_body":{"id":23,"url_name":"msd","name":"Ministry of Social Development","short_name":"MSD","created_at":"2010-01-26T23:37:18+13:00","updated_at":"2026-05-26T12:32:12+12:00","home_page":"http://www.msd.govt.nz","notes":"<p><strong>Do not request access to information about yourself.</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Do not include private information in your request.</strong> This website is not private. Everything you enter in your request is published immediately to the web.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>If you ignore these notices, your request may be deleted.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.msd.govt.nz/form/msd/govt/nz/form.req2?requestType=msd-govt-nz-select-form-v1\">Contact MSD privately</a> and select \"Privacy Act Request\" on their contact form.</p>","publication_scheme":"","tags":[["popular_agency",null],["ministry",null]],"info":{"requests_count":888,"requests_successful_count":504,"requests_not_held_count":34,"requests_overdue_count":50,"requests_visible_classified_count":734}},"user":{"id":414958,"url_name":"james_welsh","name":"James Welsh","ban_text":"","about_me":""}},{"id":271102,"event_type":"comment","created_at":"2026-05-22T17:07:43+12:00","described_state":null,"calculated_state":null,"last_described_at":null,"incoming_message_id":null,"outgoing_message_id":null,"comment_id":7587,"snippet":"Don&#x27;t play politics please, your boss Louise Upston is in charge of this entity, and she is making changes to accommodation supplement which falls unde...","info_request":{"id":34768,"url_title":"34768-one-housing-rule-for-ministers-another-for-everyone-else","title":"One Housing Rule for Ministers, Another for Everyone Else?","created_at":"2026-05-22T16:40:14+12:00","updated_at":"2026-05-27T14:51:07+12:00","described_state":"waiting_response","display_status":"Awaiting classification.","awaiting_description":true,"prominence":"normal","law_used":"foi","tags":[]},"public_body":{"id":23,"url_name":"msd","name":"Ministry of Social Development","short_name":"MSD","created_at":"2010-01-26T23:37:18+13:00","updated_at":"2026-05-26T12:32:12+12:00","home_page":"http://www.msd.govt.nz","notes":"<p><strong>Do not request access to information about yourself.</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Do not include private information in your request.</strong> This website is not private. Everything you enter in your request is published immediately to the web.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>If you ignore these notices, your request may be deleted.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.msd.govt.nz/form/msd/govt/nz/form.req2?requestType=msd-govt-nz-select-form-v1\">Contact MSD privately</a> and select \"Privacy Act Request\" on their contact form.</p>","publication_scheme":"","tags":[["popular_agency",null],["ministry",null]],"info":{"requests_count":888,"requests_successful_count":504,"requests_not_held_count":34,"requests_overdue_count":50,"requests_visible_classified_count":734}},"user":{"id":414958,"url_name":"james_welsh","name":"James Welsh","ban_text":"","about_me":""}},{"id":271101,"event_type":"comment","created_at":"2026-05-22T16:50:48+12:00","described_state":null,"calculated_state":null,"last_described_at":null,"incoming_message_id":null,"outgoing_message_id":null,"comment_id":7586,"snippet":"Ministerial housing allowances are administered by parliament, not MSD. You would be better to address this query to the Speaker.","info_request":{"id":34768,"url_title":"34768-one-housing-rule-for-ministers-another-for-everyone-else","title":"One Housing Rule for Ministers, Another for Everyone Else?","created_at":"2026-05-22T16:40:14+12:00","updated_at":"2026-05-27T14:51:07+12:00","described_state":"waiting_response","display_status":"Awaiting classification.","awaiting_description":true,"prominence":"normal","law_used":"foi","tags":[]},"public_body":{"id":23,"url_name":"msd","name":"Ministry of Social Development","short_name":"MSD","created_at":"2010-01-26T23:37:18+13:00","updated_at":"2026-05-26T12:32:12+12:00","home_page":"http://www.msd.govt.nz","notes":"<p><strong>Do not request access to information about yourself.</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Do not include private information in your request.</strong> This website is not private. Everything you enter in your request is published immediately to the web.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>If you ignore these notices, your request may be deleted.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.msd.govt.nz/form/msd/govt/nz/form.req2?requestType=msd-govt-nz-select-form-v1\">Contact MSD privately</a> and select \"Privacy Act Request\" on their contact form.</p>","publication_scheme":"","tags":[["popular_agency",null],["ministry",null]],"info":{"requests_count":888,"requests_successful_count":504,"requests_not_held_count":34,"requests_overdue_count":50,"requests_visible_classified_count":734}},"user":{"id":414958,"url_name":"james_welsh","name":"James Welsh","ban_text":"","about_me":""}},{"id":271099,"event_type":"sent","created_at":"2026-05-22T16:40:16+12:00","described_state":"waiting_response","calculated_state":"waiting_response","last_described_at":"2026-05-22T16:40:16+12:00","incoming_message_id":null,"outgoing_message_id":55836,"comment_id":null,"display_status":"Clarification","snippet":"As a member of the Public, I am incredibly outraged to have learned that the Minister for Social Development is making $1,000 a week for accommodati...","info_request":{"id":34768,"url_title":"34768-one-housing-rule-for-ministers-another-for-everyone-else","title":"One Housing Rule for Ministers, Another for Everyone Else?","created_at":"2026-05-22T16:40:14+12:00","updated_at":"2026-05-27T14:51:07+12:00","described_state":"waiting_response","display_status":"Awaiting classification.","awaiting_description":true,"prominence":"normal","law_used":"foi","tags":[]},"public_body":{"id":23,"url_name":"msd","name":"Ministry of Social Development","short_name":"MSD","created_at":"2010-01-26T23:37:18+13:00","updated_at":"2026-05-26T12:32:12+12:00","home_page":"http://www.msd.govt.nz","notes":"<p><strong>Do not request access to information about yourself.</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Do not include private information in your request.</strong> This website is not private. Everything you enter in your request is published immediately to the web.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>If you ignore these notices, your request may be deleted.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.msd.govt.nz/form/msd/govt/nz/form.req2?requestType=msd-govt-nz-select-form-v1\">Contact MSD privately</a> and select \"Privacy Act Request\" on their contact form.</p>","publication_scheme":"","tags":[["popular_agency",null],["ministry",null]],"info":{"requests_count":888,"requests_successful_count":504,"requests_not_held_count":34,"requests_overdue_count":50,"requests_visible_classified_count":734}},"user":{"id":414958,"url_name":"james_welsh","name":"James Welsh","ban_text":"","about_me":""}}]