Kia ora Laura,

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act request received on
08/02/2022.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 20 working days after the day your request was
received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension to that timeframe.

 

Please note the Ministry for the Environment will release responses to
selected OIA requests on our [1]OIA responses page shortly after the
response has been sent.

 

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact us at
[2][MFE request email].

 

Ngā mihi nui

 

Ministerial Services Team 

Ministry for the Environment – Manatū Mō Te Taiao

Email: [3][MFE request email] Website: [4]www.mfe.govt.nz 

23 Kate Sheppard Place, Thorndon, Wellington 6143

 

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Ref: OIAD-214

 

 

Tēnā koe

 

Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request regarding experts advising
government on single-use cups

 

The Ministry wishes to confirm its interpretation of your request dated 8
February 2022 (wording below). It is our view that your request only
relates to work undertaken regarding single use cups.

 

Please respond to this email to either confirm whether our interpretation
is accurate or that you wish to clarify and provide more details about the
information you are seeking.

 

It would be greatly appreciated if you could provide us with your response
by no later than Wednesday, 23 February 2022. Note that if we do not hear
from you by this date, we may assume our interpretation is correct, and
proceed to make our final decision on your request based on the
information before us.

 

 

Ngā mihi nui

 

 

Adam McFerran [1](he/him)

Senior Advisor | Kaitohutohu Matua

Ministerial Services | Ngā Pūnaha Minita

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: uyo nz ltd <[FOI #18488 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 8 February 2022 4:30 pm
To: OIA <[MFE request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Information about experts advising
government on single-use cups

 

MFE CYBER SECURITY WARNING

This email originated from outside our organisation. Please take extra
care when clicking on any links or opening any attachments.

 

Dear Ministry for the Environment,

 

This is a request for information under the OIA.

 

On this web page about ‘Phasing out hard-to-recycle and single-use
plastics’
([8]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...)
the Ministry states that it is "working with sector experts to develop a
plan for expanded polystyrene, single-use cups (including coffee cups) and
wet wipes, with next steps for these to be agreed in 2022.”

 

Please provide the following information:

(a) the Terms of Reference for any committee or group these ’sector
experts’ are members of or observers on

(b) the names of the ‘sector experts’ and the organisations or companies
they work for and/or represent

(c) the selection criteria for recruitment of the ’sector experts’

(d) details of how the ’sector experts’ were identified or recruited
(including public/trade advertising, word of mouth, self-nomination, etc)

(e) dates of meetings of the ’sector experts’ attended by one or more
Ministry official

(f) dates of any meetings Ministry officials have had with any of the
’sector experts’ outside of any committee or group the experts are members
of

(g) the agenda for each meeting of the ’sector experts’

(h) a list of all the papers provided by the Ministry to the ’sector
experts’, either at meetings, or outside of them

(i) the minutes of each meeting of the ’sector experts’.

 

Section 4 of the OIA makes clear that one of the purposes of the law is to
enable public participation in the making and administration of laws and
policies. Please can you ensure sufficient attention is paid to this
purpose when considering the public interest in disclosure of the
information requested.

 

Under section 16 of the OIA I would prefer to receive the information as
attachments to your reply, in Word files, or the other native file format
the documents were created in, not as an image-only PDF, and without any
added watermarks such as ‘Disclosed under the OIA’.

 

Under section 19(a)(ii) of the OIA, if the Ministry decides to withhold
any information, I further request that the Ministry provides me with the
grounds in support of the cited reasons for withholding, in particular
what public interest factors favouring release that it considered.

 

If any part of this request is unclear, or you need further information,
please contact me via the email address from which the Ministry received
this request.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Laura, on behalf of UYO NZ Ltd

 

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Ref: OIAD-214

 

Tēnā koe Laura

Official information request for information about experts advising
government on single-use cups

I refer to your official information request dated 8 February 2022
(wording below).

The OIA requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no
later than 20 working days after the day we received your request.
Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that time limit. We are
therefore writing to notify you of an extension of the time to make our
decision, to 22 March 2022.

This extension is necessary because consultations necessary to make a
decision on your request are such that a proper response cannot reasonably
be made within the original time limit.

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

If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with us, including this
decision, please feel free to contact [2][MFE request email].

 

Ngā mihi

Ministerial Services | Ngā Pūnaha Minita

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: uyo nz ltd <[FOI #18488 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 8 February 2022 4:30 pm
To: OIA <[MFE request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Information about experts advising
government on single-use cups

 

MFE CYBER SECURITY WARNING

This email originated from outside our organisation. Please take extra
care when clicking on any links or opening any attachments.

 

Dear Ministry for the Environment,

 

This is a request for information under the OIA.

 

On this web page about ‘Phasing out hard-to-recycle and single-use
plastics’
([9]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...)
the Ministry states that it is "working with sector experts to develop a
plan for expanded polystyrene, single-use cups (including coffee cups) and
wet wipes, with next steps for these to be agreed in 2022.”

 

Please provide the following information:

(a) the Terms of Reference for any committee or group these ’sector
experts’ are members of or observers on

(b) the names of the ‘sector experts’ and the organisations or companies
they work for and/or represent

(c) the selection criteria for recruitment of the ’sector experts’

(d) details of how the ’sector experts’ were identified or recruited
(including public/trade advertising, word of mouth, self-nomination, etc)

(e) dates of meetings of the ’sector experts’ attended by one or more
Ministry official

(f) dates of any meetings Ministry officials have had with any of the
’sector experts’ outside of any committee or group the experts are members
of

(g) the agenda for each meeting of the ’sector experts’

(h) a list of all the papers provided by the Ministry to the ’sector
experts’, either at meetings, or outside of them

(i) the minutes of each meeting of the ’sector experts’.

 

Section 4 of the OIA makes clear that one of the purposes of the law is to
enable public participation in the making and administration of laws and
policies. Please can you ensure sufficient attention is paid to this
purpose when considering the public interest in disclosure of the
information requested.

 

Under section 16 of the OIA I would prefer to receive the information as
attachments to your reply, in Word files, or the other native file format
the documents were created in, not as an image-only PDF, and without any
added watermarks such as ‘Disclosed under the OIA’.

 

Under section 19(a)(ii) of the OIA, if the Ministry decides to withhold
any information, I further request that the Ministry provides me with the
grounds in support of the cited reasons for withholding, in particular
what public interest factors favouring release that it considered.

 

If any part of this request is unclear, or you need further information,
please contact me via the email address from which the Ministry received
this request.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Laura, on behalf of UYO NZ Ltd

 

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[10][FOI #18488 email]

 

Is [11][MFE request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests
to Ministry for the Environment? If so, please contact us using this form:

[12]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

 

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[13]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

 

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

 

 

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Ref: OIAD-214

 

 

Tçnâ koe Laura

 

Please find attached the Ministry for the Environment’s response to your
request for official information dated 8 February 2022.

 

 

Ngâ mihi nui

 

 

Adam McFerran [1](he/him)

Senior Advisor | Kaitohutohu Matua

Ministerial Services | Ngâ Pûnaha Minita

 

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Ref: OIAD-214

 

 

Kia ora Laura

 

Apologies, some information provided to you moments ago had been removed
as out of scope as an error. Please find attached the amended relevant
page of the response.

 

 

Best regards

Adam

 

Adam McFerran [1](he/him)

Senior Advisor | Kaitohutohu Matua

Ministerial Services | Ngā Pūnaha Minita

 

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From: OIA
Sent: Thursday, 17 March 2022 1:51 pm
To: [FYI request #18488 email]
Subject: Response to your OIA request

 

Ref: OIAD-214

 

 

Tēnā koe Laura

 

Please find attached the Ministry for the Environment’s response to your
request for official information dated 8 February 2022.

 

 

Ngā mihi nui

 

 

Adam McFerran [8](he/him)

Senior Advisor | Kaitohutohu Matua

Ministerial Services | Ngā Pūnaha Minita

 

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