Kia ora

 

Thank you for contacting Hon Kelvin Davis, Minister of Corrections,
Minister for Mâori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti, Minister for Children,
Associate Minister of Education (Mâori), and MP for Te Tai Tokerau.

 

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Tçnâ koe Te Enga,
 
On behalf of the Minister of Corrections, Hon Kelvin Davis, thank you for
your email received on 12 September 2021; you requested to meet with the
Minister to discuss the death of your son, Nicholas Harris.
 
Unfortunately, the Minister cannot personally intervene in operational
matters, including discussing the management individual prisoners.
Therefore, your correspondence has been referred to the National Office of
the Department of Corrections for investigation and response. 
 
Thank you for taking the time to write to the Minister and you should
expect a reply from Corrections in due course.
 
Nâku noa, nâ
 
Jonathan Dowson
Private Secretary  - Corrections | Office of Hon Kelvin Davis
 
Minister for Children | Minister of Corrections | Minister for Mâori Crown
Relations: Te Arawhiti | Associate Minister of Education
Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
( T: 04 817 8702 * E [1][Kelvin Davis request email]
 
Email Disclaimer:
Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’
portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or
constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list:
date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at
[2]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...
 
 

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