This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'Stats NZ's processing of a previous OIA request and its search for the information requested'.
From:
Kate Satterthwaite
To:
[email address]
Cc:
Office of the Government Statistician & Chief Executive
Subject:
RE: Preliminary inquiry - OIA delay (NZCL) REF:579248
Date:
Friday, 8 April 2022 3:44:23 pm
Attachments:
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Hi Emily, thank you for you email.
 
We’ll look into this and respond no later than Thursday, 21 April 2022.
 
Kind regards, Kate
 
 
Kate Satterthwaite (she/her and Ms)
Senior Manager - Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Chief Executive
Kaiwhakahaere Matua, Rautaki me te Mahi Haumi
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | stats.govt.nz | +64 29 200 8281
About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa
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From: Emily Robins <[email address]> 
Sent: Friday, 8 April 2022 2:21 PM
To: Info Mailin - Shared Mailbox <[email address]>
Subject: Preliminary inquiry - OIA delay (NZCL) REF:579248
Importance: High
 
Tēnā koe,
 
This Office has received a complaint from the New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties (NZCL)
about a delay by stats NZ in responding to an OIA request.
 
The request was made on 8 February 2022 via FYI (attached) seeking a discussion paper
regarding the dimensions of security vs. transparency.
 
I understand that stats NZ has not made a decision on the request.
 
In accordance with the current approach of the Ombudsman to delay issues, please respond to
the following questions:
 
1.  When was the request received by stats NZ?
2.  Was the timeframe for making a decision and communicating it to the requester ever
extended? If so, please provide copies of any correspondence with NZCL.
3.  Was the request ever amended or clarified? If so, please provide copies of any relevant
correspondence.
4.  Does stats NZ accept that there has been a delay in making and communicating a
decision?


5.  Has stats NZ now made and communicated a decision on the request? If so please provide
a copy of the decision to the Ombudsman. If not, please advise when stats NZ expects to
be able to make and communicate a decision.
 
I would be grateful if you could please respond to these questions by Thursday 21 April 2022.
 
Please note: if you accept that there was a delay (ie., a failure to meet the timeliness
requirements imposed by the OIA) and confirm that decisions on the requests have been made
and communicated to the requester (and provide copies) by 21 April 2022, the Ombudsman will
likely decline to investigate the complaints on the basis that investigations are ‘unnecessary’.
However, if we do not receive a response from you by the above date, or if decisions are not
made on the requests and communicated to NZCL by that date, it is likely that formal
investigations will be commenced.
 
Ngā mihi
 
Emily Robins
Assistant Investigator 
Office of the Ombudsman | Tari o te Kaitiaki Mana Tangata
 
Phone 0800 802 602| Fax 04 471 2254
Email [email address] | www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
PO Box 10152, Level 7, SolNet House, 70 The Terrace, Wellington
 
 
 
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