Tēnā koe

Thank you for your email. Your OIA request has been noted and will be responded to within the statutory timeframe.

Nāku noa, nā
NZ On Air Admin

-----Original Message-----
From: Luke <[FOI #19383 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 17 May 2022 4:30 pm
To: NZOA Info <[NZ On Air request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Funding decisions for "Being Chole"

Dear NZ On Air,

The following requests are made under the Official Information Act 1982 and relate to the recently announced documentary "Being Chole", starring Chole Swarbrick MP.

1. Who made the decision to grant $200,000 in funding for a proposed documentary about a sitting Member of Parliament?

2. Is this a tacit endorsement by NZ On Air of a political candidate?

3. If not, how does NZ On Air aim to stay politically neutral in light of funding this documentary?

4. Please explain the reasoning used by NZ On Air in deciding to fund this documentary.

5. Please release the guidelines that NZ On Air has regarding their obligations to stay politically neutral.

6. Please state whether NZ On Air has met their neutrality obligations by funding this documentary.

7. How many days (or hours) did it take for NZ On Air staff to consider the documentary proposal before granting funding?

8. What processes did NZ On Air go through when considering this particular proposal?

9. Please provide all correspondence between NZ On Air and Chloe Swarbrick MP regarding this documentary.

10. Please provide all correspondence between NZ On Air and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet regarding this documentary.

11. Please provide all correspondence between NZ On Air and the Film Commission regarding this documentary.

12. Please provide all correspondence between NZ On Air and any other government Ministry regarding this documentary.

13. Please release all correspondence between senior NZ On Air staff regarding the choice to fund this documentary. If there are any relevant board minutes, then release those too.

Yours faithfully,

Luke

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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:
[FOI #19383 email]

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Tēnā koe

An update on your OIA request below.

On Friday 20 May NZ On Air responded to your initial query with an email outlining the released statement regarding the funding here and a release of documents under the Official Information Act here. We have not had response from you regarding if these documents have satisfied your initial OIA request.

NZ On Air is currently experiencing an increase in the volume and complexity of OIA requests. Due to staff capacity some of the current requests may not be able to be met in the statutory timeframe.
As such, we are currently extending the response time for your OIA by another 10 working days. This is to ensure that we are gathering the correct and relevant information for your request.

Rest assured your OIA has been noted and we will endeavour to answer as soon as possible.

Nāku noa, nā
NZ On Air Admin

-----Original Message-----
From: Luke <[FOI #19383 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 15 June 2022 3:24 pm
To: NZOA Info <[NZ On Air request email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Funding decisions for "Being Chole"

Dear NZOA Info,

This is a reminder a response to my information request is due today.

Please provide an update regarding the status of this request, and when a reply will be received.

Yours sincerely,

Luke

-----Original Message-----

Tēnā koe

Thank you for your email. Your OIA request has been noted and will be responded to within the statutory timeframe.

Nāku noa, nā
NZ On Air Admin

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #19383 email]

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

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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Kia ora Luke

Our apologies. It looks as if we accidentally sent the email below to our own address, instead of a reply via the FYI website. We apologise for this error.
Please see below for the information communicated out on 20 May 2022.

Noho ora mai rā
Admin on behalf of NZ On Air

-----Original Message-----
From: NZOA Info
Sent: Friday, 20 May 2022 12:21 pm
To: NZOA Info <[NZ On Air request email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Funding decisions for "Being Chole"

Kia ora,

This morning we have published on our website documents relating to the Being Chlöe funding decision.

As you have lodged a current Official Information Act request relating to this subject we are forwarding both the link to this, and the statement we have just issued.
OIA Release - https://www.nzonair.govt.nz/documents/81...
Statement - https://www.nzonair.govt.nz/news/informa...

We acknowledge that this is a partial release under the Official Information Act and there are questions you may have asked that are not specifically answered in this document set.
We will respond on those further questions within the statutory timeframe of 20 working days.

Alternatively, if you are satisfied with the information published today and wish to withdraw your request, please let us know.

Ngā mihi nui
Admin on behalf of NZ On Air

-----Original Message-----
From: NZOA Info <[NZ On Air request email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 17 May 2022 5:16 pm
To: Luke <[FOI #19383 email]>; NZOA Info <[NZ On Air request email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Funding decisions for "Being Chole"

Tēnā koe

Thank you for your email. Your OIA request has been noted and will be responded to within the statutory timeframe.

Nāku noa, nā
NZ On Air Admin

-----Original Message-----
From: Luke <[FOI #19383 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 17 May 2022 4:30 pm
To: NZOA Info <[NZ On Air request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Funding decisions for "Being Chole"

Dear NZ On Air,

The following requests are made under the Official Information Act 1982 and relate to the recently announced documentary "Being Chole", starring Chole Swarbrick MP.

1. Who made the decision to grant $200,000 in funding for a proposed documentary about a sitting Member of Parliament?

2. Is this a tacit endorsement by NZ On Air of a political candidate?

3. If not, how does NZ On Air aim to stay politically neutral in light of funding this documentary?

4. Please explain the reasoning used by NZ On Air in deciding to fund this documentary.

5. Please release the guidelines that NZ On Air has regarding their obligations to stay politically neutral.

6. Please state whether NZ On Air has met their neutrality obligations by funding this documentary.

7. How many days (or hours) did it take for NZ On Air staff to consider the documentary proposal before granting funding?

8. What processes did NZ On Air go through when considering this particular proposal?

9. Please provide all correspondence between NZ On Air and Chloe Swarbrick MP regarding this documentary.

10. Please provide all correspondence between NZ On Air and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet regarding this documentary.

11. Please provide all correspondence between NZ On Air and the Film Commission regarding this documentary.

12. Please provide all correspondence between NZ On Air and any other government Ministry regarding this documentary.

13. Please release all correspondence between senior NZ On Air staff regarding the choice to fund this documentary. If there are any relevant board minutes, then release those too.

Yours faithfully,

Luke

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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:
[FOI #19383 email]

Is [NZ On Air request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to NZ On Air? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

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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Tēnā koe Luke,

 

Please see attached for correspondence relating to your OIA .

 

Nāku noa, nā

NZ On Air Admin