16 December 2021
Chuck Schooner
By email:
[FYI request #17130 email]
Dear Chuck Schooner
Official Information Act Request
Our Ref: OIA353/1
1.
On 11 October 2021 you made a request for information under the Official
Information Act 1982 to the Human Rights Commission. On 18 November 2021 the
Human Rights Commission transferred one part of your request to Te Tari Ture o te
Karauna, the Crown Law Office. This was the request to provide the “number of
legal challenges against them (this Labour Government).”
2.
Given the context of your letter, which expresses concerns with the government’s
COVID-19 response, we have understood your request to be asking for the number
of legal challenges to the Government’s COVID-19 response.
3.
Legal challenges have been brought about various aspects of the Government’s
response. We have endeavoured to best ascertain the total number and have
identified 45 legal challenges to various aspects of the Government’s response to
COVID-19. There may be other proceedings of which we are unaware.
Yours faithfully
Crown Law
Helen Carrad
Crown Counsel
Level 3 Justice Centre 19 Aitken Street PO Box 2858 DX SP20208 Wellington 6140 New Zealand
Ph: +64 4 472 1719
www.crownlaw.govt.nz
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