NIWA: Records mentioning climate activist Greta Thunberg or either of her parents, (Malena Ernman, Svante Thunberg)

Chris Johnston made this Official Information request to National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited

The request was successful.

From: Chris Johnston

Dear National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited,

Please provide any records (including but not limited to internal/external: documents, emails, notes, minutes, text messages, or social media messages) mentioning climate activist Greta Thunberg or either of her parents, (Malena Ernman, Svante Thunberg). I do not need copies of public news articles held.

For context - so that you can correctly identify the individual - some links relevant to her work are listed below:
This is the Wikipedia page outlining her activities:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Thun...

Yours faithfully,

Chris Johnston

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From: Caroline Beamish
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited

Dear Chris,

 

We acknowledge receipt of your OIA request received on 1 October 2019. We
will reply as soon as possible.

 

Kind regards,

Caroline Beamish

 

Caroline Beamish
Communications Advisor
+64-4-386-0897 |
[1][IMG] National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA)
301 Evans Bay Parade, Greta Point, Wellington Wellington New
Zealand
Connect with NIWA: [2]niwa.co.nz [3]Facebook [4]LinkedIn
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To ensure compliance with legal requirements and to maintain cyber
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provided by third parties. Such third parties can access information
transmitted to, processed by and stored on NIWA's IT systems

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From: Caroline Beamish
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited


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Dear Chris,

Official Information Act request regarding “NIWA: Records mentioning
climate activist Greta Thunberg or either of her parents (Malena Ernman,
Svante Thunberg)”.

Thank you for your request dated 1 October asking NIWA to:

Please provide any records (including but not limited to
internal/external: documents, emails, notes, minutes, text messages, or
social media messages) mentioning climate activist Greta Thunberg or
either of her parents, (Malena Ernman, Svante Thunberg).

Please find enclosed the requested information regarding Greta Thunberg.
We have been unable to locate any records mentioning either Malena Ernman
or Svante Thunberg meaning NIWA does not hold any further information it
can provide with respect to your request. 

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

Kind regards,
Caroline Beamish

 

Caroline Beamish
Communications Advisor
+64-4-386-0897 |
[1][IMG] National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA)
301 Evans Bay Parade, Greta Point, Wellington Wellington New
Zealand
Connect with NIWA: [2]niwa.co.nz [3]Facebook [4]LinkedIn
[5]Twitter [6]Instagram

To ensure compliance with legal requirements and to maintain cyber
security standards, NIWA's IT systems are subject to ongoing monitoring,
activity logging and auditing. This monitoring and auditing service may be
provided by third parties. Such third parties can access information
transmitted to, processed by and stored on NIWA's IT systems

References

Visible links
1. https://www.niwa.co.nz/
2. https://www.niwa.co.nz/
3. https://www.facebook.com/nzniwa
4. https://www.linkedin.com/company/niwa
5. https://twitter.com/niwa_nz
6. https://www.instagram.com/niwa_science

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From: Chris Johnston

Dear Caroline Beamish,

Thanks for the reply. I appreciate the effort that it takes to respond to these requests..

Could the response please be annotated with the reasoning or the redactions.

While achieving the information, I do not want to create work that achieves little value. The following may assist:
1) Where they same reason is being used for all redactions then a simple reply stating the reason once will be acceptable.
2) You may also choose to annotate by exception where there is a generic reason for redaction stated except for a few items that are specific where only these are annotated on the records returned.

Yours sincerely,

Chris Johnston

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From: Caroline Beamish
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited

Dear Chris,

The information has been withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Act.

Kind regards,
Caroline Beamish

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