26 April 2022
Phil Barrett
[FYI request #19142 email]
Reference: OIA-2021/22-1253
Dear Phil Barrett
Official Information Act request relating to ten emails between Hon Grant
Robertson and Rt Hon Trevor Mallard
Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act),
received on 16 April 2022. You requested:
“ Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, I am wanting the 10 emails
between Trevor Mallard and Grant Robertson in which they discuss the use of
the sprinklers on parliament grounds to deter the protesters camping there, In
perticular I want the responses from Grant Robertson finance minister, also
anyone who was copied into the conversation, Replys to the said emails are also
requested ”
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet does not hold information relating to
your request. I believe that such information is held by Deputy Prime Minister, Hon
Grant Robertson. Accordingly, I have decided under section 14(b)(i) of the Act to
transfer your request to Deputy Prime Minister, Hon Grant Robertson.
Hon Grant Robertson has the usual timeframes under the Act from receipt of this
transfer to make a decision on your request.
Yours sincerely
pp Sarah Corbett
Manager, Ministerial and Business Services
4536116
Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011
64 4 817 9700 Facsimile 64 4 472 3181 www.dpmc.govt.nz