6 September 2021
Mr Jack Kirkpatrick
[FYI request #16377 email]
Dear Mr Kirkpatrick
Official Information Request
Our Ref: 2021-0109 and 2021-0112
I refer to your official information request received by Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service
Commission (the Commission) on 10 August 2021 for the questions listed below related to the
recently updated New Zealand Government logo.
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When work on the new New Zealand Al -of-Government logo (bilingual Te Kawanatanga o
Aotearoa and New Zealand Government) was commissioned.
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Documents that show Ministerial sign-off on the Government changing its All-of-
Government logo.
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Whether there was public consultation and iwi consultation on the government changing
its logo.
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Documents or record of communications regarding how the new logo was chosen.
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The costs of consultation, designing, implementing and rolling out this new logo.
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All communications in regards to work on the new logo to and from the Minister responsible
for it and Government and/or Public Services Commission staff members responsible for
dealing with the logo.
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Any document that shows the case for changing such a Government logo, and any
document or communications that supports why changing the Government logo was
necessary.
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Copies of the latest policies and style guides on Government branding, reflecting the new
Government logo.
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The name of the agency, company, third party, or contractor that the Government used in
designing the new logo, their contract with the Government or invoice, how they were
chosen, and documents that support this (e.g. a log of a tender process, communications
with this entity, a log a decision making process that shows they were chosen).
I also refer to your official information request for the same information that was transferred to
the Commission for reply from the Minister for the Public Service, Hon Chris Hipkins on 13 August
2021.
The Official Information Act 1982 requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no
later than 20 working days after the day that we received your request. Unfortunately, it wil not
be possible to meet that time limit and we are, therefore, writing to notify you of an extension of
the time to make our decision, to 5 October 2021.
We wil keep you updated on the progress of our response to your request.
This extension is necessary because your request necessitates a search through information,
some of which is contained in our office building which while we are under Alert Level 2 settings,
we are unable to access and therefore meeting the original time limit would unreasonably
interfere with our operations.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with us, including this decision, please feel free
to contact Ministerial Services a
t [email address]. 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.
Yours sincerely
Nicky Dirks
Manager – Ministerial and Executive Services
Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission
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