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Te Tari Taiwhenua
Internal Affairs
18
June 2021
Ministerial and Secretariat Services
45 Pipitea St, Thorndon
Francis Cole
PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
fyi-reguest-15563-
Phone +64 4 495 7200
[email address]
Fax +64 4 470 2942
Website www.dia.govt.nz
Dear Francis Cole
Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) Request 2021-0679
I refer to your follow-up Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request to the Department of
Internal Affairs (the Department) dated 25 May 2021, requesting the following information:
A list of ministerial staff positions/tit/es in each separate ministerial office currently
employed as of May 2021 and the number of people in each role.
In view of the consultation necessary to enable this request to be completed I am extending
the request timeframes by 10 working days under section 15A (1) of the Act as:
b) consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such that a proper
response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit.
The revised response date will be 7 July 2021. If the response is ready before that date we will
send it to you sooner.
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.
?Mceely
Morag In ra
General Manager
Ministerial and Secretariat Services