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Kind regards

 

Kathleen Smitheram

 

 

Canterbury District Health Board and West Coast District Health Board

Official Information Act Co-ordinator, Planning and Funding

Level 2, 32 Oxford Terrace

PO Box 1600

Christchurch 8140

(DDI (03) 364 4134 | *[email address];

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      [3]www.cdhb.health.nz                             
[4]www.westcoastdhb.org.nz

 

Values – A matou uara

Care and respect for others - Manaaki me te kotua I etahi

Integrity in all we do - Hapai i a matou mahi katoa i ruka i te pono    

Responsibility for outcomes - Kaiwhakarite i ka hua

 

 

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Dear Paul Jones,

 

We are considering  your attached request for information under the
guidelines of the NZ Ombudsman and against the Official Information Act
(1982) section 12(1)a-e) “Right of Access to Certain Official Information”
i.e. that the person requesting the information is:

(a) a New Zealand citizen; or

(b) a permanent resident of New Zealand; or

(c) a person who is in New Zealand; or

(d) a body corporate which is incorporated in New Zealand; or

(e) a body corporate which is incorporated outside New Zealand, but which
has a place of business in New Zealand

[1]https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/publ...

 

Can you please provide verification that you fit the above criteria for
requesting Official Information from the CDHB.  We do not have the
capacity to respond to overseas Official Information Act requests.

 

At present all we have for you is your name and an fyi.org email address. 
Could you please provide us with:

 

A residential address within NZ and a contact phone number (NZ landline or
mobile ph)

 

We have logged your request (CDHB 10713) however we have put your request
on hold while we await the above verification.

 

Kind regards

 

Kathleen Smitheram

 

Canterbury District Health Board and West Coast District Health Board

Official Information Act Co-ordinator, Planning and Funding

Level 2, 32 Oxford Terrace

PO Box 1600

Christchurch 8140

(DDI (03) 364 4134| 6: 03 364 4165 | *[email address];

[2]cid:image006.jpg@01CF6ACE.1745A080       
[3]WCDHB-Logo-blue-text-588x226

      [4]www.cdhb.health.nz                             
[5]www.westcoastdhb.org.nz

 

Values – A matou uara

Care and respect for others - Manaaki me te kotua I etahi

Integrity in all we do - Hapai i a matou mahi katoa i ruka i te pono    

Responsibility for outcomes - Kaiwhakarite i ka hua

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Dear Paul Jones

 

Please find attached our response to your Official Information Act request
CDHB 10713.

Kind regards

 

Kathleen Smitheram

 

Canterbury District Health Board and West Coast District Health Board

Official Information Act Co-ordinator, Planning and Funding

Level 2, 32 Oxford Terrace

PO Box 1600

Christchurch 8140

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