Ref: 2122-0842

 

Dear Victoria,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of the 7^th of October 2021 requesting under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

“Please provide all communications since the 2017 general election with
DLA Piper.”

 

Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course.

 

Due to the recent changes in Covid-19 alert levels, the Ministry is
currently focused on assisting with the pandemic response and your
response may be delayed. The Ministry will contact you to provide further
updates specific to your request once it has been assessed.

 

If you have any enquiries regarding your request, or its urgency, feel
free to contact us via email at [1][MBIE request email].

 

Nâku noa, nâ

MINISTERIAL SERVICES

               

Ngâ Pou o te Taumaru

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

NZBN 9429000106078

 

 

 

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Kia ora Victoria

 

We refer to your request for official information regarding communications
with DLA Piper, which was received by the Ministry of Business, Innovation
and Employment on 7 October 2021.

 

Please find attached a letter seeking clarification of your request.

 

If you are able to provide this clarification to us on or by 5pm Thursday
21 October 2021, that would be ideal. If we do not hear from you by then,
we will proceed with the most obvious interpretation of your request.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Ministerial Services
Engagement, Communications and Ministerial Services

Email: [2][MBIE request email]

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington Central, Wellington 6011

PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

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Kia ora Victoria

 

We refer to our below email on 18 October 2021 regarding request for
official information on communications with DLA Piper, which was received
by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) on 7 October
2021.

 

We would like to reiterate the attached clarification sought on 18 October
2021, as we conduct our searches – particularly whether you were seeking
correspondence on a particular subject matter or area of interest? Given
MBIE’s size and breadth, your information request could feasibly encompass
a high volume of emails for research and collation.

 

If you are able to provide this clarification to us on or by 11:59pm
Monday 25 October 2021, that would be ideal. If we do not hear from you by
then, we will continue processing your request according to its most
obvious interpretation.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Ministerial Services
Engagement, Communications and Ministerial Services

Email: [2][MBIE request email]

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington Central, Wellington 6011

PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

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From: *OIA
Sent: Monday, 18 October 2021 5:22 pm
To: [FOI #17087 email]
Subject: DOIA 2122-0842 V Muninn - Clarification Sought - Comms w DLA
Piper [UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Kia ora Victoria

 

We refer to your request for official information regarding communications
with DLA Piper, which was received by the Ministry of Business, Innovation
and Employment on 7 October 2021.

 

Please find attached a letter seeking clarification of your request.

 

If you are able to provide this clarification to us on or by 5pm Thursday
21 October 2021, that would be ideal. If we do not hear from you by then,
we will proceed with the most obvious interpretation of your request.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[5]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Ministerial Services
Engagement, Communications and Ministerial Services

Email: [6][MBIE request email]

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington Central, Wellington 6011

PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

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Tçnâ koe Victoria

 

Thank you for your email of 7 October 2021 to the Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment (MBIE) requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:

 

“… all communications since the 2017 general election with DLA Piper.”

 

On 18 October 2021, we sought clarification from you on whether you were
only interested in communications with DLA Piper that were related to
services MBIE paid for, and whether there was any particular subject
matter or area of interest that you had in mind for the communications?
(E.g. immigration; employment relations; building and tenancy.) We asked
that you get back to us by 21 October 2021.

 

On 22 October 2021, we re-sent the same clarification to you emphasising
that (given MBIE’s size and breadth) your information request could
feasibly encompass a high volume of emails for research and collation.

 

We have identified 16,000 emails with DLA Piper, from over 200 MBIE email
addresses. The emails range from multiple areas of the business (Managed
Isolation and Quarantine; Legal, Ethics and Privacy; Finance and
Performance’s Procurement team; employment resolution services;
Immigration New Zealand).

             

In line with our correspondence with you thus far, due to MBIE’s size and
breadth, we believe your information request lacks due particularity
and/or would result in substantial collation.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or free 0800 802 602.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Ministerial Services
Engagement, Communications and Ministerial Services

Email: [2][MBIE request email]

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington Central, Wellington 6011

PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

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