Tçnâ koe James,

Thank you for your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs (included with this email)

The Department will provide its response to your request as soon as practicable and within twenty working days.  The 20th working day is 25 October 2019

Please note that in cases where the Department’s response provides information that is identified to be of general public interest, the response may also be published on the Department of Internal Affairs website.  If the Department publishes its response to your OIA request, all personal information, including your name and contact details, will be removed.

Ngâ mihi

Michelle Reed | Lead Advisor – Official Correspondence 
Te Urungi - Organisational Strategy and Performance
Te Tari Taiwhenua - The Department of Internal Affairs
45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |  www.dia.govt.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: James Caine <[FOI #11308 email]>
Sent: Friday, 27 September 2019 5:05 PM
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Charity services

Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

This is a request for Charities Services. It is not clear how Charities Services promotes trust and confidence in the charities sector. Please provide an explanation of this in detail. The website provides only vague information.
Please also provide an explanation of the structure of charities services and all of its roles and job titles and how many are in each job and how high the turnover has been in each job over the last seven years.

Could you please explain how you choose the leader of charities (not sure what the title is but manager, commissioner or whatever whoever it is in charge of running charities services). Could you please also provide information about everyone who has held this role for the last seven years. Thats their CVs, background experience and qualifications and their performance reviews while in the job and also performance reviews from before if they were in DIA before going to head charities. Could you please also provide all of this same information for the overall DIA chief executives over the last seven years too.

Could you please explain how you ensure that charitys registered with you are actually doing the charitable things that they say they are or doing charitable things at all. Can you also give numbers for the last seven years of how many charities you have actually investigated to make sure that they actually are and what you have done when you found out they werent.

I have also heard that you have rejected applications from charities that provide support services for people who suffer prejudice because of their unconventional (but entirely lawful) sexual preferences and that you did so in at least one case because the manager or commisioner (person in charge whatever thats called) rejected it because they themselves were part of that particular scene and was worried that might be found out if the charity was accepted and the media looked at it. Could you provide information about these and the official reason they were rejected. Could you please also provide any conflicts of interests that the manager/commisioner/whatever they are called has disclosed in the last seven years.Could you please explain how you prevent conflicts of interest from effecting weather a charity is registered or not.

Could you please provide the numbers of charities that send their reports to you and the number that are late or just dont send them in and explain what you do about the ones that dont file or dont file on time.

Yours faithfully,

James Caine

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #11308 email]

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Tçnâ koe James,

Thank you for your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs (included with this email)

As the information requested is not held by the Department of Internal Affairs, but is believed to be held by, and more closely related to the functions of the State Services Commission, we are transferring part 5 of your request to that agency for response, in accordance with section 14(b)(i) and (ii) of the Official Information Act 1982.

Part 5 of your request is given below, and is informed by the wording of part 4:

4. Could you please also provide information about everyone who has held this role for the last seven years. Thats their CVs, background experience and qualifications and their performance reviews while in the job and also performance reviews from before if they were in DIA before going to head charities.

5. Could you please also provide all of this same information for the overall DIA chief executives over the last seven years too.

You can expect to hear from the receiving agency shortly in regard to your request. 
If you would like to contact them directly, you are able to email them at the following addresses:

The State Services Commission: [email address]

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision to transfer.  Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or Freephone 0800 802 602.  

Ngâ mihi,

Michelle Reed | Lead Advisor – Official Correspondence 
Te Urungi - Organisational Strategy and Performance
Te Tari Taiwhenua - The Department of Internal Affairs
45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |  www.dia.govt.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: OIA <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, 30 September 2019 10:05 AM
To: James Caine <[FOI #11308 email]>
Subject: Your Official Information Act request 1920-0273

Tçnâ koe James,

Thank you for your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs (included with this email)

The Department will provide its response to your request as soon as practicable and within twenty working days.  The 20th working day is 25 October 2019

Please note that in cases where the Department’s response provides information that is identified to be of general public interest, the response may also be published on the Department of Internal Affairs website.  If the Department publishes its response to your OIA request, all personal information, including your name and contact details, will be removed.

Ngâ mihi

Michelle Reed | Lead Advisor – Official Correspondence Te Urungi - Organisational Strategy and Performance Te Tari Taiwhenua - The Department of Internal Affairs
45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |  www.dia.govt.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: James Caine <[FOI #11308 email]>
Sent: Friday, 27 September 2019 5:05 PM
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Charity services

Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

This is a request for Charities Services. It is not clear how Charities Services promotes trust and confidence in the charities sector. Please provide an explanation of this in detail. The website provides only vague information.
Please also provide an explanation of the structure of charities services and all of its roles and job titles and how many are in each job and how high the turnover has been in each job over the last seven years.

Could you please explain how you choose the leader of charities (not sure what the title is but manager, commissioner or whatever whoever it is in charge of running charities services). Could you please also provide information about everyone who has held this role for the last seven years. Thats their CVs, background experience and qualifications and their performance reviews while in the job and also performance reviews from before if they were in DIA before going to head charities. Could you please also provide all of this same information for the overall DIA chief executives over the last seven years too.

Could you please explain how you ensure that charitys registered with you are actually doing the charitable things that they say they are or doing charitable things at all. Can you also give numbers for the last seven years of how many charities you have actually investigated to make sure that they actually are and what you have done when you found out they werent.

I have also heard that you have rejected applications from charities that provide support services for people who suffer prejudice because of their unconventional (but entirely lawful) sexual preferences and that you did so in at least one case because the manager or commisioner (person in charge whatever thats called) rejected it because they themselves were part of that particular scene and was worried that might be found out if the charity was accepted and the media looked at it. Could you provide information about these and the official reason they were rejected. Could you please also provide any conflicts of interests that the manager/commisioner/whatever they are called has disclosed in the last seven years.Could you please explain how you prevent conflicts of interest from effecting weather a charity is registered or not.

Could you please provide the numbers of charities that send their reports to you and the number that are late or just dont send them in and explain what you do about the ones that dont file or dont file on time.

Yours faithfully,

James Caine

-------------------------------------------------------------------

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

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #11308 email]

Is [DIA request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to Department of Internal Affairs? 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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Dear Mr Caine

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your OIA requestt which has been
trasferred from Department of Internal Affiairs to the State Services
Commission to response on 2 Ocotober 2019 for:

 

o Could you please also provide information about everyone who has held
this role for the last seven years. Thats their CVs, background
experience and qualifications and their performance reviews while in
the job and also performance reviews from before if they were in DIA
before going to head charities.

 

o Could you please also provide all of this same information for the
overall DIA chief executives over the last seven years too.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than are 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 any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your
request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken
into account.

 

Our letter notifying you of our decision on your request will confirm if
we intend to publish the letter (with your personal details removed) and
any related documents on the State Services Commission’s website.

 

 

Kind regards

 

Ministerial Services 

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Tçnâ koe James

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act request made on 27 September
2019 to the Department of Internal Affairs - Charities Services. This
request (included below) sought information on a number of different
matters relating to the activities of Charities Services.

 

This email is following on from the advice provided to you on Wednesday 2
October 2019 that one item in your request has been transferred to the
State Services Commission.

 

This email relates only to the item included in your request, "Can you
also give numbers for the last seven years of how many charities you have
actually investigated to make sure that they actually are and what you
have done when you found out they weren’t".

As currently phrased a response to this request would require substantial
collation and research, as it is not clear what you are seeking when you
ask 'how many charities have you actually investigated'?

 

The process of substantial collation and research arises because the
meaning of 'investigation' is very broad, as it involves "to examine
something carefully to discover the truth about it". In terms of Charities
Services activities, in its most general terms, this request can
encompass:

- phone calls and other emails with a charity seeking advice on their
activities as a part of the assessment of whether the organisation has a
charitable purpose (covering all of the approximately 27000 currently
registered charities) ;

- communications arising after receipt of a complaint about a charity; and

- conducting a formal inquiry under the provisions of the Charities Act
2005.

The scope of your request would require the Department to undertake
substantial collation and research to be able to answer it, and this would
be likely to disproportionately impact the normal operation of the
Department.  We have considered whether extending the timeframe for
response or fixing a charge would enable your request to be answered,
however neither option is suitable as the time needed cannot be accurately
estimated.  For this reason, the Department is considering refusing your
request.

I am contacting you in order to give you the opportunity to refine your
request to enable it to be answered without substantial collation and
research.  

To assist us to provide the information you are seeking, we are asking if
you can clarify your request on how many charities gas Charities Services
'actually investigated'? If you can explain what you mean by ‘actually
investigated’, or what is the outcome that you are seeking relating to
Charities Services engaging with charities that would be useful.

 

Also we are not sure what you are seeking where you seek information about
"to make sure that they actually are and what have you done when you found
out they weren't'. Please can you clarify what information you are seeking
when you ask "to make sure that they actually are and what have you done
when you found out they weren't?'

 

Please contact the Department as soon as possible to advise whether you
would like to refine your request’s scope.  If we do not receive response
from you by Monday 14 October, a decision will be made on this item in
your request, and this may result in this item being refused.

If you wish to discuss this email seeking further clarity on what
information you are seeking please contact me directly on either my cell
phone or on my DD below (043824003).

Also if you have any other concerns around the issues raised in this email
please be in touch with me directly.

 

Nâku noa, nâ

Adrian Shields | Kaitatari Matua (Senior Analyst)

Charities Services Ngâ Râtonga Kaupapa Atawhai

Direct Dial: +64 4 382 4003| Mobile: +64 276645124

www.charities.govt.nz |  www.dia.govt.nz |  Follow us on Facebook   

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-----Original Message-----

From: OIA

Sent: Wednesday, 2 October 2019 2:26 PM

To: James Caine

Subject: RE: Your Official Information Act request 1920-0273

 

Tçnâ koe James,

 

Thank you for your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs
(included with this email)

 

As the information requested is not held by the Department of Internal
Affairs, but is believed to be held by, and more closely related to the
functions of the State Services Commission, we are transferring part 5 of
your request to that agency for response, in accordance with section
14(b)(i) and (ii) of the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Part 5 of your request is given below, and is informed by the wording of
part 4:

 

4.  Could you please also provide information about everyone who has held
this role for the last seven years. Thats their CVs, background experience
and qualifications and their performance reviews while in the job and also
performance reviews from before if they were in DIA before going to head
charities.

 

5.  Could you please also provide all of this same information for the
overall DIA chief executives over the last seven years too. 

 

You can expect to hear from the receiving agency shortly in regard to your
request. 

If you would like to contact them directly, you are able to email them at
the following addresses:

 

The State Services Commission:  [email address]

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision to transfer.  Information about how to make a complaint is
available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or Freephone 0800 802 602.  

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

Michelle Reed | Lead Advisor – Official Correspondence 

Te Urungi - Organisational Strategy and Performance

Te Tari Taiwhenua - The Department of Internal Affairs

45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand | 
www.dia.govt.nz

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: OIA <[email address]>

Sent: Monday, 30 September 2019 10:05 AM

To: James Caine <[FOI #11308 email]>

Subject: Your Official Information Act request 1920-0273

 

Tçnâ koe James,

 

Thank you for your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs
(included with this email)

 

The Department will provide its response to your request as soon as
practicable and within twenty working days.  The 20th working day is 25
October 2019

 

Please note that in cases where the Department’s response provides
information that is identified to be of general public interest, the
response may also be published on the Department of Internal Affairs
website.  If the Department publishes its response to your OIA request,
all personal information, including your name and contact details, will be
removed.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Michelle Reed | Lead Advisor – Official Correspondence Te Urungi -
Organisational Strategy and Performance Te Tari Taiwhenua - The Department
of Internal Affairs

45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand | 
www.dia.govt.nz

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: James Caine <[FOI #11308 email]>

Sent: Friday, 27 September 2019 5:05 PM

To: OIA <[email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - Charity services

 

Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

 

This is a request for Charities Services. It is not clear how Charities
Services promotes trust and confidence in the charities sector. Please
provide an explanation of this in detail. The website provides only vague
information.

Please also provide an explanation of the structure of charities services
and all of its roles and job titles and how many are in each job and how
high the turnover has been in each job over the last seven years.

 

Could you please explain how you choose the leader of charities (not sure
what the title is but manager, commissioner or whatever whoever it is in
charge of running charities services). Could you please also provide
information about everyone who has held this role for the last seven
years. Thats their CVs, background experience and qualifications and their
performance reviews while in the job and also performance reviews from
before if they were in DIA before going to head charities. Could you
please also provide all of this same information for the overall DIA chief
executives over the last seven years too.

 

Could you please explain how you ensure that charitys registered with you
are actually doing the charitable things that they say they are or doing
charitable things at all. Can you also give numbers for the last seven
years of how many charities you have actually investigated to make sure
that they actually are and what you have done when you found out they
werent.

 

I have also heard that you have rejected applications from charities that
provide support services for people who suffer prejudice because of their
unconventional (but entirely lawful) sexual preferences and that you did
so in at least one case because the manager or commisioner (person in
charge whatever thats called) rejected it because they themselves were
part of that particular scene and was worried that might be found out if
the charity was accepted and the media looked at it. Could you provide
information about these and the official reason they were rejected. Could
you please also provide any conflicts of interests that the
manager/commisioner/whatever they are called has disclosed in the last
seven years.Could you please explain how you prevent conflicts of interest
from effecting weather a charity is registered or not.

 

Could you please provide the numbers of charities that send their reports
to you and the number that are late or just dont send them in and explain
what you do about the ones that dont file or dont file on time.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

James Caine

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------

 

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

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[FOI #11308 email]

 

Is [DIA request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to
Department of Internal Affairs? 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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Tēnā koe James,

 

Unfortunately we have not had any response from you to the email below
sent Tuesday 8 October 2019.  We hope you have received it, but
unfortunately we have no means to contact you except via your FYI.Org
link.

The email to you of 8 October requested you refine or clarify aspects of
your initial request made on 27 September 2019.  The Department will be
providing a response to your request as soon as practicable and within
twenty working days of its receipt, being 25 October 2019.

To respond to your request we would appreciate any response you can
provide to the email (below).

Also to be of assistance I am happy to have a conversation about the
request and how it can be clarified. If you are comfortable to do this , I
would welcome any call on my contact numbers below.

 

Nāku noa, nā

 

Adrian Shields | Kaitatari Matua (Senior Analyst)
Charities Services Ngā Rātonga Kaupapa Atawhai
Direct Dial: +64 4 382 4003| Mobile: +64 276645124

PO Box 12138, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
[1]www.charities.govt.nz |  [2]www.dia.govt.nz |  [3]Follow us on Facebook
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If you’re part of a small charity and want to know more about performance
reports and annual returns, check out our simple guide.    

 

From: Adrian Shields
Sent: Tuesday, 8 October 2019 10:56 AM
To: 'James Caine'
Subject: Seeking a clarification relating to one item in your Official
Information Act request 1920-0273

 

Tēnā koe James

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act request made on 27 September
2019 to the Department of Internal Affairs - Charities Services. This
request (included below) sought information on a number of different
matters relating to the activities of Charities Services.

 

This email is following on from the advice provided to you on Wednesday 2
October 2019 that one item in your request has been transferred to the
State Services Commission.

 

This email relates only to the item included in your request, "Can you
also give numbers for the last seven years of how many charities you have
actually investigated to make sure that they actually are and what you
have done when you found out they weren’t".

As currently phrased a response to this request would require substantial
collation and research, as it is not clear what you are seeking when you
ask 'how many charities have you actually investigated'?

 

The process of substantial collation and research arises because the
meaning of 'investigation' is very broad, as it involves "to examine
something carefully to discover the truth about it". In terms of Charities
Services activities, in its most general terms, this request can
encompass:

- phone calls and other emails with a charity seeking advice on their
activities as a part of the assessment of whether the organisation has a
charitable purpose (covering all of the approximately 27000 currently
registered charities) ;

- communications arising after receipt of a complaint about a charity; and

- conducting a formal inquiry under the provisions of the Charities Act
2005.

The scope of your request would require the Department to undertake
substantial collation and research to be able to answer it, and this would
be likely to disproportionately impact the normal operation of the
Department.  We have considered whether extending the timeframe for
response or fixing a charge would enable your request to be answered,
however neither option is suitable as the time needed cannot be accurately
estimated.  For this reason, the Department is considering refusing your
request.

I am contacting you in order to give you the opportunity to refine your
request to enable it to be answered without substantial collation and
research.  

To assist us to provide the information you are seeking, we are asking if
you can clarify your request on how many charities gas Charities Services
'actually investigated'? If you can explain what you mean by ‘actually
investigated’, or what is the outcome that you are seeking relating to
Charities Services engaging with charities that would be useful.

 

Also we are not sure what you are seeking where you seek information about
"to make sure that they actually are and what have you done when you found
out they weren't'. Please can you clarify what information you are seeking
when you ask "to make sure that they actually are and what have you done
when you found out they weren't?'

 

Please contact the Department as soon as possible to advise whether you
would like to refine your request’s scope.  If we do not receive response
from you by Monday 14 October, a decision will be made on this item in
your request, and this may result in this item being refused.

If you wish to discuss this email seeking further clarity on what
information you are seeking please contact me directly on either my cell
phone or on my DD below (043824003).

Also if you have any other concerns around the issues raised in this email
please be in touch with me directly.

 

Nāku noa, nā

Adrian Shields | Kaitatari Matua (Senior Analyst)

Charities Services Ngā Rātonga Kaupapa Atawhai

Direct Dial: +64 4 382 4003| Mobile: +64 276645124

www.charities.govt.nz |  www.dia.govt.nz |  Follow us on Facebook   

[6]cid:image002.png@01D3597A.8393CCA0

 

-----Original Message-----

From: OIA

Sent: Wednesday, 2 October 2019 2:26 PM

To: James Caine

Subject: RE: Your Official Information Act request 1920-0273

 

Tēnā koe James,

 

Thank you for your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs
(included with this email)

 

As the information requested is not held by the Department of Internal
Affairs, but is believed to be held by, and more closely related to the
functions of the State Services Commission, we are transferring part 5 of
your request to that agency for response, in accordance with section
14(b)(i) and (ii) of the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Part 5 of your request is given below, and is informed by the wording of
part 4:

 

4.  Could you please also provide information about everyone who has held
this role for the last seven years. Thats their CVs, background experience
and qualifications and their performance reviews while in the job and also
performance reviews from before if they were in DIA before going to head
charities.

 

5.  Could you please also provide all of this same information for the
overall DIA chief executives over the last seven years too. 

 

You can expect to hear from the receiving agency shortly in regard to your
request. 

If you would like to contact them directly, you are able to email them at
the following addresses:

 

The State Services Commission:  [email address]

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision to transfer.  Information about how to make a complaint is
available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or Freephone 0800 802 602.  

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Michelle Reed | Lead Advisor – Official Correspondence 

Te Urungi - Organisational Strategy and Performance

Te Tari Taiwhenua - The Department of Internal Affairs

45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand | 
www.dia.govt.nz

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: OIA <[email address]>

Sent: Monday, 30 September 2019 10:05 AM

To: James Caine <[FOI #11308 email]>

Subject: Your Official Information Act request 1920-0273

 

Tēnā koe James,

 

Thank you for your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs
(included with this email)

 

The Department will provide its response to your request as soon as
practicable and within twenty working days.  The 20th working day is 25
October 2019

 

Please note that in cases where the Department’s response provides
information that is identified to be of general public interest, the
response may also be published on the Department of Internal Affairs
website.  If the Department publishes its response to your OIA request,
all personal information, including your name and contact details, will be
removed.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Michelle Reed | Lead Advisor – Official Correspondence Te Urungi -
Organisational Strategy and Performance Te Tari Taiwhenua - The Department
of Internal Affairs

45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand | 
www.dia.govt.nz

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: James Caine <[FOI #11308 email]>

Sent: Friday, 27 September 2019 5:05 PM

To: OIA <[email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - Charity services

 

Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

 

This is a request for Charities Services. It is not clear how Charities
Services promotes trust and confidence in the charities sector. Please
provide an explanation of this in detail. The website provides only vague
information.

Please also provide an explanation of the structure of charities services
and all of its roles and job titles and how many are in each job and how
high the turnover has been in each job over the last seven years.

 

Could you please explain how you choose the leader of charities (not sure
what the title is but manager, commissioner or whatever whoever it is in
charge of running charities services). Could you please also provide
information about everyone who has held this role for the last seven
years. Thats their CVs, background experience and qualifications and their
performance reviews while in the job and also performance reviews from
before if they were in DIA before going to head charities. Could you
please also provide all of this same information for the overall DIA chief
executives over the last seven years too.

 

Could you please explain how you ensure that charitys registered with you
are actually doing the charitable things that they say they are or doing
charitable things at all. Can you also give numbers for the last seven
years of how many charities you have actually investigated to make sure
that they actually are and what you have done when you found out they
werent.

 

I have also heard that you have rejected applications from charities that
provide support services for people who suffer prejudice because of their
unconventional (but entirely lawful) sexual preferences and that you did
so in at least one case because the manager or commisioner (person in
charge whatever thats called) rejected it because they themselves were
part of that particular scene and was worried that might be found out if
the charity was accepted and the media looked at it. Could you provide
information about these and the official reason they were rejected. Could
you please also provide any conflicts of interests that the
manager/commisioner/whatever they are called has disclosed in the last
seven years.Could you please explain how you prevent conflicts of interest
from effecting weather a charity is registered or not.

 

Could you please provide the numbers of charities that send their reports
to you and the number that are late or just dont send them in and explain
what you do about the ones that dont file or dont file on time.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

James Caine

 

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Hi James,

Thanks for trying to get in touch. I am definitiely employed by DIA Charities Services.
My email is [email address]
And my DD at work os 042360230. My cell phone number below is my personal one.
Unfortunately I could not see any messages on my direct dial phone, and I have no missed calls from a new number on my cell phone.
I am still keen to connect, and will be at or around my desk in coming days.
Thanks for trying, and sadly you did not leave a phone number that I can ring you on.

Best wishes
Nāku noa, nā

Adrian Shields | Kaitatari Matua (Senior Analyst)
Charities Services Ngā Rātonga Kaupapa Atawhai
Direct Dial: +64 4 382 4003| Mobile: +64 276645124
PO Box 12138, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
www.charities.govt.nz | www.dia.govt.nz | Follow us on Facebook

If you’re part of a small charity and want to know more about performance reports and annual returns, check out our simple guide.

-----Original Message-----
From: James Caine [mailto:[FOI #11308 email]]
Sent: Saturday, 19 October 2019 7:08 PM
To: Adrian Shields
Subject: Re: Second email seeking a clarification relating to one item in your Official Information Act request 1920-0273

Dear Adrian Shields,

I have tried calling you but no one picked up. So I tried a DIA free calling number on two occasions. Both times the call centre could not find you on their directory.

I tried emailing you using the standard government email format but my email bounced back

Yours sincerely,

James Caine

-----Original Message-----

Tēnā koe James,

 

Unfortunately we have not had any response from you to the email below
sent Tuesday 8 October 2019.  We hope you have received it, but
unfortunately we have no means to contact you except via your FYI.Org
link.

The email to you of 8 October requested you refine or clarify aspects of
your initial request made on 27 September 2019.  The Department will be
providing a response to your request as soon as practicable and within
twenty working days of its receipt, being 25 October 2019.

To respond to your request we would appreciate any response you can
provide to the email (below).

Also to be of assistance I am happy to have a conversation about the
request and how it can be clarified. If you are comfortable to do this , I
would welcome any call on my contact numbers below.

 

Nāku noa, nā

 

Adrian Shields | Kaitatari Matua (Senior Analyst)
Charities Services Ngā Rātonga Kaupapa Atawhai
Direct Dial: +64 4 382 4003| Mobile: +64 276645124

PO Box 12138, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
[1]www.charities.govt.nz |  [2]www.dia.govt.nz |  [3]Follow us on Facebook
[4]FB-fLogo-Blue-broadcast-2_10px  

[5]cid:image002.png@01D3597A.8393CCA0

If you’re part of a small charity and want to know more about performance
reports and annual returns, check out our simple guide.    

 

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Oh James, and just to be clear my cell phone is 0276645124.

-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Shields
Sent: Monday, 21 October 2019 9:05 AM
To: 'James Caine'
Subject: Problems in connecting re your Official Information Act request 1920-0273

Hi James,

Thanks for trying to get in touch. I am definitiely employed by DIA Charities Services.
My email is [email address]
And my DD at work os 042360230. My cell phone number below is my personal one.
Unfortunately I could not see any messages on my direct dial phone, and I have no missed calls from a new number on my cell phone.
I am still keen to connect, and will be at or around my desk in coming days.
Thanks for trying, and sadly you did not leave a phone number that I can ring you on.

Best wishes
Nāku noa, nā

Adrian Shields | Kaitatari Matua (Senior Analyst)
Charities Services Ngā Rātonga Kaupapa Atawhai
Direct Dial: +64 4 382 4003| Mobile: +64 276645124
PO Box 12138, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
www.charities.govt.nz | www.dia.govt.nz | Follow us on Facebook

If you’re part of a small charity and want to know more about performance reports and annual returns, check out our simple guide.

-----Original Message-----
From: James Caine [mailto:[FOI #11308 email]]
Sent: Saturday, 19 October 2019 7:08 PM
To: Adrian Shields
Subject: Re: Second email seeking a clarification relating to one item in your Official Information Act request 1920-0273

Dear Adrian Shields,

I have tried calling you but no one picked up. So I tried a DIA free calling number on two occasions. Both times the call centre could not find you on their directory.

I tried emailing you using the standard government email format but my email bounced back

Yours sincerely,

James Caine

-----Original Message-----

Tēnā koe James,

 

Unfortunately we have not had any response from you to the email below
sent Tuesday 8 October 2019.  We hope you have received it, but
unfortunately we have no means to contact you except via your FYI.Org
link.

The email to you of 8 October requested you refine or clarify aspects of
your initial request made on 27 September 2019.  The Department will be
providing a response to your request as soon as practicable and within
twenty working days of its receipt, being 25 October 2019.

To respond to your request we would appreciate any response you can
provide to the email (below).

Also to be of assistance I am happy to have a conversation about the
request and how it can be clarified. If you are comfortable to do this , I
would welcome any call on my contact numbers below.

 

Nāku noa, nā

 

Adrian Shields | Kaitatari Matua (Senior Analyst)
Charities Services Ngā Rātonga Kaupapa Atawhai
Direct Dial: +64 4 382 4003| Mobile: +64 276645124

PO Box 12138, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
[1]www.charities.govt.nz |  [2]www.dia.govt.nz |  [3]Follow us on Facebook
[4]FB-fLogo-Blue-broadcast-2_10px  

[5]cid:image002.png@01D3597A.8393CCA0

If you’re part of a small charity and want to know more about performance
reports and annual returns, check out our simple guide.    

 

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Tçnâ koe James,

Please refer to the attached correspondence, which provides the Department’s decision on your OIA request.

Ngâ mihi,

Michelle Reed | Lead Advisor – Official Correspondence 
Te Urungi - Organisational Strategy and Performance
Te Tari Taiwhenua - The Department of Internal Affairs
45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |  www.dia.govt.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: OIA <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, 30 September 2019 10:05 AM
To: James Caine <[FOI #11308 email]>
Subject: Your Official Information Act request 1920-0273

Tçnâ koe James,

Thank you for your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs (included with this email)

The Department will provide its response to your request as soon as practicable and within twenty working days.  The 20th working day is 25 October 2019

Please note that in cases where the Department’s response provides information that is identified to be of general public interest, the response may also be published on the Department of Internal Affairs website.  If the Department publishes its response to your OIA request, all personal information, including your name and contact details, will be removed.

Ngâ mihi

Michelle Reed | Lead Advisor – Official Correspondence Te Urungi - Organisational Strategy and Performance Te Tari Taiwhenua - The Department of Internal Affairs
45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |  www.dia.govt.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: James Caine <[FOI #11308 email]>
Sent: Friday, 27 September 2019 5:05 PM
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Charity services

Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

This is a request for Charities Services. It is not clear how Charities Services promotes trust and confidence in the charities sector. Please provide an explanation of this in detail. The website provides only vague information.
Please also provide an explanation of the structure of charities services and all of its roles and job titles and how many are in each job and how high the turnover has been in each job over the last seven years.

Could you please explain how you choose the leader of charities (not sure what the title is but manager, commissioner or whatever whoever it is in charge of running charities services). Could you please also provide information about everyone who has held this role for the last seven years. Thats their CVs, background experience and qualifications and their performance reviews while in the job and also performance reviews from before if they were in DIA before going to head charities. Could you please also provide all of this same information for the overall DIA chief executives over the last seven years too.

Could you please explain how you ensure that charitys registered with you are actually doing the charitable things that they say they are or doing charitable things at all. Can you also give numbers for the last seven years of how many charities you have actually investigated to make sure that they actually are and what you have done when you found out they werent.

I have also heard that you have rejected applications from charities that provide support services for people who suffer prejudice because of their unconventional (but entirely lawful) sexual preferences and that you did so in at least one case because the manager or commisioner (person in charge whatever thats called) rejected it because they themselves were part of that particular scene and was worried that might be found out if the charity was accepted and the media looked at it. Could you provide information about these and the official reason they were rejected. Could you please also provide any conflicts of interests that the manager/commisioner/whatever they are called has disclosed in the last seven years.Could you please explain how you prevent conflicts of interest from effecting weather a charity is registered or not.

Could you please provide the numbers of charities that send their reports to you and the number that are late or just dont send them in and explain what you do about the ones that dont file or dont file on time.

Yours faithfully,

James Caine

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Dear Mr Caine

 

Please find the attached SSC response to your OIA request.

 

Kind regards

 

SSC Enquiries 
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Commission  
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