OIA22-0180
21 February 2022
Grace Haden
[FYI request #18290 email]
Dear Grace Haden
Thank you for your email of 23 January 2022 requesting information relating to information
given in OIA17-0498. Your request has been considered under the Of icial Information Act
1982 (OIA).
Your request is as follows:
“a foot note in the publication animal welfare in New Zealand reads 10 Email from
Samantha Rickard (Adviser, Official Information Act, Officer of the Director-General,
Ministerial and Business Support, Ministry for Primary Industries) to Elisabeth
Larsen (Assistant Research Fellow), regarding “Your Official Information Act
Request - Reference OIA17-0498” (18 October 2017); and letter attached from
Stephanie Rowe (Director, Compliance Services, Ministry for Primary Industries) to
Elisabeth Larsen (Assistant Research Fellow), regarding “OFFICIAL INFORMATION
ACT REQUEST” (18 October 2017) at 1.3 and 4.2.
Could you please urgently supply a copy of the documents mentioned at foot note
10 OIA 17 0498 and the letter we require them for a court matter which is currently
before the courts
MPI has interpreted your request to be for a copy of the response letter and release of
information provided to Elisabeth Larsen under OIA17-0498. The information is released to
you as at ached.
Some information has been withheld pursuant to section 9(2)(a) of the OIA to protect the
privacy of individuals.
I trust the information provided is of assistance. Should you have any concerns with this
response, I would encourage you to raise these with the Ministry for Primary Industries at
[email address]. Alternatively, you are advised of your right to also raise
any concerns with the Of ice of the Ombudsman. Contact details are: Office of the
Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143 or at
[email address].
Yours sincerely
Gary Orr,
Director Compliance Services
Charles Fergusson Building, 34-38 Bowen Street
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6140, New Zealand
mpi.govt.nz