This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'URGENT Request of copy of information provided to publication animal welfare in New Zealand'.


 
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