28 February 2022
Craig Innes
[FYI request #18229 email]
Dear Mr Innes
Official Information Act Request: Bullying and harassment
Thank you for your email of 4 February 2022, in which you sought further clarification of my
3 February 2022 response to your Official Information Act request of 19 January 2022.
Your initial request concerned a request for
all briefings and other communications to or from
the Minister of Justice on the subjects of workplace bullying and sexual harassment within
the Ministry of Justice since September 2017.
You have further asked:
I have communicated concerns about workplace bullying and
sexual harassment at the Ministry of Justice to the Minister of Justice myself. Please explain
your reply in light of this fact.
As explained in my response of 3 February, Ministers do not usually get involved in
employment issues.
If you are not satisfied with my response, you have the right to complain to the Ombudsman
under section 28(3) of the Act. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at:
[email address].
Yours sincerely
Hon Kris Faafoi
Minister of Justice