Dates which national environmental reports were presented to parliament
Arthur Rottman made this Official Information request to Statistics New Zealand
This request has an unknown status. We're waiting for Arthur Rottman to read recent responses and update the status.
From: Arthur Rottman
Kia ora StatsNZ,
As you will be aware, the Environmental Reporting Act 2015 requires Ministers to jointly present both domain and synthesis reports to the House of Representatives as soon as possible once published.
Please provide the dates that each domain or synthesis report was presented to the House of Representatives, since the ERA was enacted.
Kind regards,
Arthur Rottman
From: Kelsey Schaumann
Statistics New Zealand
Kia ora Arthur,
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.
We received your request on 20 April 2021. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 19 May, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we cannot respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
Your request is being handled by the Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive. If you have any queries, or have any additional information relevant to your request, please feel free to contact me using the details in the signature below.
Ngâ mihi,
Kelsey Schaumann (pronouns: she/her/hers)
Advisor – Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive
Kaitohutohu – Tari O Te Kaitatauranga Matua Me Te Pouârahi Matua
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa
DDI +64 4 931 4061 | stats.govt.nz
show quoted sections
From: Kelsey Schaumann
Statistics New Zealand
Kia ora Arthur,
Please find attached Stats NZ's response to your Official Information Act request.
Ngâ mihi,
Kelsey Schaumann (pronouns: she/her/hers)
Senior Advisor, Office Of The Government Statistician & Chief Executive |Kaitohutohu Matua - Tari O Te Kaitatauranga Matua Me Te Pouârahi Matua
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | stats.govt.nz | +64 4 931 4061
About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa
Data that improves lives today and for generations to come
show quoted sections
From: Arthur Rottman
Kia ora,
Thank you for the response.
That is extremely disappointing to learn that your legal obligations to present reports to parliament has not been fulfilled. This is the primary mechanism which allows the Government to be held accountable for issues identified in the reports, and for opposition parties to ask questions of responsible ministers.
Please keep me informed when you have 'determine why the other reports have not been presented to the House'.
Yours sincerely,
Arthur Rottman
From: Kelsey Schaumann
Statistics New Zealand
Mōrena Arthur,
We certainly appreciate and share in your disappointment, I will be sure to update you as soon as I have further information.
Kind regards,
Kelsey
show quoted sections
From: Kelsey Schaumann
Statistics New Zealand
Mōrena Arthur,
An update on this situation: the Minister for the Environment's office presented the remaining ERA reports to the House on Monday, 24 May.
The Ministry for the Environment are also reviewing the related processes at their next governance meeting to ensure this doesn't happen again.
Ngā mihi,
Kelsey
show quoted sections
Things to do with this request
- Add an annotation (to help the requester or others)
- Download a zip file of all correspondence
Offensive? Unsuitable?
Requests for personal information and vexatious requests are not considered valid requests for Official Information (read more).
If you believe this request is not suitable, you can report it for attention by the site administrators
Report this request