Reports received about Waikato DHB ransomware attack
Scott made this Official Information request to Andrew Little
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      From: Scott
      
    
    Dear Andrew Little,
I would like to request a list of all reports, briefings, memoranda or other written advice received by Minister Little on the topic of the Waikato DHB ransomware attack.
I would like this list to include the following details for each item:
1)	Date received
2)	Agency of origin 
3)	Reference number
4)	Title
Yours faithfully,
Scott
        From: A Little Office (MIN)
        Andrew Little
      
    
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        From: Georgia Roden
      
    
    Kia ora Scott
Thank you for your email received 17 September 2021 in which you submitted an Official Information Act request to Hon Andrew Little.
You requested:
"I would like to request a list of all reports, briefings, memoranda or other written advice received by Minister Little on the topic of the Waikato DHB ransomware attack.
I would like this list to include the following details for each item:
1)Date received
2)Agency of origin
3)Reference number
4)Title"
Pursuant to section 15 (1) of the Act we will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no later than 15 October 2021 being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request within this timeframe, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Ngâ mihi nui
Georgia Roden
Private Secretary, Health
Email [email address]
Office of Hon Andrew Little MP, Minister of Health, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Minister Responsible for the NZSIS, Minister Responsible for the GCSB, Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-entry
Reception +64 4 817 8707 | Ministerial Email [Andrew Little request email] | Web beehive.govt.nz | Postal Freepost Parliament, Private Bag 18 041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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 https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...
Authorised by Hon Andrew Little MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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        From: Georgia Roden
      
    
    Kia ora
Thank you for your request for official information, received on 17 September 2021.
This office has decided to extend the period of time available to respond to your request under section 15A of the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) as further collation and consultation is required.
You can now expect a response to your request on, or before, 5 November 2021.
You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to extend the time available to respond to your request.
Ngâ mihi
Georgia Roden
Private Secretary, Health
Email [email address]
Office of Hon Andrew Little MP, Minister of Health, Lead Coordination Minister for the Government’s Response to The Royal Commission’s Report into the Terrorist Attack on the Christchurch Mosques, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Minister Responsible for the NZSIS, Minister Responsible for the GCSB, Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-entry
Reception +64 4 817 8707 | Ministerial Email [Andrew Little request email] | Web beehive.govt.nz | Postal Freepost Parliament, Private Bag 18 041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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 https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...
Authorised by Hon Andrew Little MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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        From: Georgia Roden
      
    
    Kia ora
 
Please find attached a response to your request for official information
 from Hon Andrew Little, Minister of Health.
 
Ngâ mihi nui
 
 
Georgia Roden
 Private Secretary, Health
Email [1][email address]
 
Office of Hon Andrew Little MP, Minister of Health, Minister for Treaty of
 Waitangi Negotiations, Minister Responsible for the NZSIS, Minister
 Responsible for the GCSB, Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-entry
 Reception +64 4 817 8707 | Ministerial Email
 [2][Andrew Little request email] | Web [3]beehive.govt.nz | Postal Freepost
 Parliament, Private Bag 18 041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
 Zealand
[4]https://xink.io/wp-content/themes/Xink/a...
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
 [9]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...
Authorised by Hon Andrew Little MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160,
 New Zealand
 
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      From: Scott
      
    
    Dear Georgia Roden,
Thank you for this reply. I would like to make a follow-up request.
I would like to request copies of all of the "Waikato DHB Ministers Briefings" dated between 19 May and 26 August (i.e. every report listed under the "Joint Ministry/GCSB briefing to Ministers" heading in your first release document).
Yours sincerely,
Scott
        From: Georgia Roden
      
    
    Kia ora Scott
Thank you for your email received 18 October 2021 in which you submitted an Official Information Act request to the Hon Andrew Little, Minister of Health.
You requested:
"I would like to request copies of all of the "Waikato DHB Ministers Briefings" dated between 19 May and 26 August (i.e. every report listed under the "Joint Ministry/GCSB briefing to Ministers" heading in your first release document)."
Pursuant to section 15 (1) of the Act we will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no later than 16 November 2021 being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request within this timeframe, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Ngā mihi nui
Georgia Roden
Private Secretary, Health
Email [email address]
Office of Hon Andrew Little MP, Minister of Health, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Minister Responsible for the NZSIS, Minister Responsible for the GCSB, Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-entry
Reception +64 4 817 8707 | Ministerial Email [Andrew Little request email] | Web beehive.govt.nz | Postal Freepost Parliament, Private Bag 18 041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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 https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...
Authorised by Hon Andrew Little MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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        From: Steph Harding
      
    
    Kia ora Scott
 
Please find attached a response to your request for official information
 from Hon Andrew Little, Minister of Health.
 
Ngâ mihi nui
 
Steph Harding
 Private Secretary (Health)
 
Office of Hon Andrew Little MP, Minister of Health, Lead Coordination
 Minister for the Government’s Response to The Royal Commission’s Report
 into the Terrorist Attack on the Christchurch Mosques, Minister for Treaty
 of Waitangi Negotiations, Minister Responsible for the NZSIS, Minister
 Responsible for the GCSB, Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-entry
 Reception +64 4 817 8707 | Ministerial Email
 [1][Andrew Little request email] | Web [2]beehive.govt.nz | Postal Freepost
 Parliament, Private Bag 18 041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
 Zealand
[3]https://xink.io/wp-content/themes/Xink/a...
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
 [8]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...
Authorised by Hon Andrew Little MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160,
 New Zealand
 
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