Kia ora R Bailey,

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.

We received your request today, Monday 16 May 2022. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 14 June 2022, being 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 of that timeframe.

Your request is being handled by the Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive. If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me using the details in the signature below. If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us so these can be taken into account.

Ngâ mihi,

Stallah Valaau (pronouns: he/him/his)
Advisor – Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive
Kaitohutohu – Tari O Te Kaitautauranga Matua Me Te Pouârahi Matua | Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa
P O Box 2922, Wellington 6011 | ddi: +64 4 931 4838 |mob: +64 21 575 528 | stats.govt.nz

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Tçnâ koe R Bailey,

Further to our acknowledgement of your Official Information request below, this is to advise Stats NZ is currently consulting with the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) to determine whether they would accept a transfer of your request.

Unfortunately, I have been advised by our Subject Matter area we do not hold the exact data you are after, and for this reason, we must refuse your request under section 18(e) of the Act.

We will soon provide you with an update once we have a response from DIA.

Ngâ mihi

Stallah Valaau (pronouns: he/him/his)
Advisor – Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive
Kaitohutohu – Tari O Te Kaitautauranga Matua Me Te Pouârahi Matua | Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa
P O Box 2922, Wellington 6011 | ddi: +64 4 931 4838 |mob: +64 21 575 528 | stats.govt.nz

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Tçnâ koe R Bailey,

I am writing following up on my email of Thursday, 19 May 2022. I refer to your official information request of 14 May 2022 for the following information:

• Data on the time lag between date of death occurrence and date of death registration for the NZ population. Any data you have would be appreciated. I am trying to work out the average lag for pre-2020 years and if this has changed since 2020.

This is to confirm Stats NZ has transferred your request to the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), as the information in which your request relates to is not held by us but by DIA. In these circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the Official Information Act to transfer your request.

We understand the Department of Internal Affairs will soon be in touch concerning your request.

Ngâ mihi

Stallah Valaau (pronouns: he/him/his)
Advisor – Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive
Kaitohutohu – Tari O Te Kaitautauranga Matua Me Te Pouârahi Matua | Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa
P O Box 2922, Wellington 6011 | ddi: +64 4 931 4838 |mob: +64 21 575 528 | stats.govt.nz

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