Tçnâ koe Charles,

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 26 November 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: Charles Mager <[FOI #11537 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 26 October 2019 7:17 PM
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Detail around name rejection appeals

Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

Thank you for furnishing information about your name rejection basis. I appreciate you doing so. But I am very concerned that your current processes are still very biased in terms of culture, religion and other belief systems.

I am writing now to request further information. Please provide me with detail (for the same period that you furnished the rejected names database) of the names that were appealed and the basis for the acceptance or rejection of the name resulting from the appeal.

Yours faithfully,

Charles Mager

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Good afternoon Charles

 

Please refer to attached for the response to your Official Information Act
request.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Alysha Stevenson | Advisor Official Correspondence

SDO Branch Development and Support Te Waka Aukaha   

The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua   
45 Pipitea Street | PO Box 805, Wellington 6143|  [1]www.dia.govt.nz  

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Good morning Charles

Thank you for your feedback.

I have passed this on to our Operation Policy team who works in this area.

Kind regards

Alysha

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Mager [mailto:[FOI #11537 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 27 November 2019 9:03 AM
To: Alysha Stevenson
Subject: Re: OIA response 19/20 0349

Dear Alysha Stevenson,

Thank you for your reply, I appreciate you taking the time to research my name query (as an aside Alysha is a very nice name, I like it). But I am very concerned at the lack of record keeping regarding the reasons for rejecting name appeals. This leaves my concerns about the biases that I referenced in place.

I do recommend that going forward record of the specific reasons be recorded and collated as this is vital to ensuring transparency. It will also help you to identify both conscious and unconscious bias.

Yours sincerely,

Charles Mager

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Good afternoon Charles

 

Please refer to attached for the response to your Official Information Act request.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Alysha Stevenson | Advisor Official Correspondence

SDO Branch Development and Support Te Waka Aukaha   

The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua
45 Pipitea Street | PO Box 805, Wellington 6143|  [1]www.dia.govt.nz  

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