Tçnâ koe John,

Thank you for your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs (included with this email)

The Department will provide its response to your request as soon as practicable and within twenty working days. The 20th working day is 24 May 2022

Please note that in cases where the Department’s response provides information that is identified to be of general public interest, the response may also be published on the Department of Internal Affairs website. If the Department publishes its response to your OIA request, all personal information, including your name and contact details, will be removed.

Nâku, nâ

Michelle Reed (she/her)  
Kaitohutohu Ârahi, te Ture Pârongo Ôkawa | Lead Advisor Official Correspondence 
Te Urûngi | Organisational Strategy & Performance
Level 6, 45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |  www.dia.govt.nz

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Tçnâ koe John,

Thank you for your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs (included with this email)

As the information you have requested is not held by the Department of Internal Affairs, but is believed to be held by, and more closely related to the functions of the Local Government Commission, we are transferring your request to that entity for response, in accordance with section 14(b) of the Official Information Act 1982.

You can expect to hear from the receiving entity shortly in regard to your request.

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

Nâku, nâ

Michelle Reed (she/her)  
Kaitohutohu Ârahi, te Ture Pârongo Ôkawa | Lead Advisor Official Correspondence 
Te Urûngi | Organisational Strategy & Performance
Level 6, 45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |  www.dia.govt.nz

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Dear John Luke

I refer to your official information request dated 25 April 2022,
transferred to the Local Government Commission by the Department of
Internal Affairs on 29 April 2022, for meeting minutes of the Local
Government Commission from 1 January 2020 to now.

The information you have requested is enclosed, along with a list of
minutes, subject to the following:

o In the minutes of the meeting held on 20 August 2020 the names of
Department of Internal Affairs staff below the position of manager
have bee redacted to protect the privacy of natural persons (section
9(2)(a), OIA)

In relation to these minutes I notice that the names of two persons with
positions above that of manager have been mistakenly been redacted. Rather
than delay the release of the information requested I have left these
names redacted but advise that the name redacted from item 6 is Anita
Balakrishnan and the name redacted from item 9 is Michael Lovett. We are
happy to provide a corrected version of that set of minutes next week.

o Minutes of the meetings held on 22 November 2021 and 4, 6 and 8 April
2022 have not yet been confirmed by the Commission and therefore do
not exist as minutes and the draft minutes have not been released
(section 18(e), OIA). We will release these to you when they have been
confirmed.

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.

Yours sincerely

Donald Riezebos | Principal Advisor

Local Government Commission Mana Kāwanatanga ā Rohe

45 Pipitea Street | PO Box 5362, Wellington 6140 | [2]www.lgc.govt.nz

 

[3]LGC

 

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