Nanaia Mahuta office communications in regards blocking the timely release of information per the OIA
Andrew Li made this Official Information request to Nanaia Mahuta
The request was partially successful.
      From: Andrew Li
      
    
    Dear Nanaia Mahuta,
On 18 May 2022, you sent a message stating:
> I am writing concerning your OIA request below. This email is to advise
> that I will need to extend the time limit for responding to you by 24
> working days, to 23 June 2022.
> 
> This is because:
> consultations necessary to make a decision on your request are such that a
> proper response cannot reasonably be made within the original time frame
> (section 15A(1)(a) of the OIA refers).
I am requesting all communications, notes, or any other documents produced within Nanaia Mahuta's office relating to this request and your attempt to delay a timely response, or exchanged with outside parties relating to your response to the original, very simple requests, which was originally made on 23 April 2022.
Kind regards,
Andrew Li
        From: N Mahuta (MIN)
        Nanaia Mahuta
      
    
    Thank you for contacting the office of Hon Nanaia Mahuta, Minister of
 Foreign Affairs, Minister of Local Government, and Associate Minister for
 Mâori Development.
 
Minister Mahuta receives a significant volume of correspondence:
 
If your message is for Minister Mahuta’s advice, or if you have copied
 your email to another Minister and/or Member of Parliament with more
 appropriate portfolio responsibilities, then this will be noted,
 
·       If you have invited Minister Mahuta to an event, then a member of
 staff may contact you for more information if the Minister’s attendance
 might be possible,
·       If you have made a request for official information, then this
 will be managed in accordance with the provisions of the Official
 Information Act 1982, which may include transfer to a more relevant
 Minister or agency,
·       If you have made a request under the Privacy Act, then this will
 be managed in accordance with the principles of the Privacy Act 1993,
 which may include transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency,
·       If you are a journalist, you can make a media request by visiting
 the following link Media Request<https://bit.ly/2IJDfQP>
·       To find out more about Minister Mahuta read her
 biography<https://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/bio...> or
 recent statements<https://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/hon...>.
 
Ngâ mihi
 
[1]cid:image002.jpg@01D6B683.B93AFC70 Office of Hon Nanaia Mahuta
 Minister of Foreign Affairs |
 Minister of Local Government |
 Associate Minister for Mâori
 Development
DDI: 04 817 8711
Private Bag 18041, Parliament
 Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
 Zealand
 
[2]https://xink.io/wp-content/themes/Xink/a...
Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’
 portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or
 constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list:
 date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
 meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
 Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
 be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
 with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
 released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
 private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
 provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
 considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
 copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
 be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
 your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
 release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
 sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at
 [6]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...
Authorised by Hon Nanaia Mahuta, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160,
 New Zealand
 
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References
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 3. https://twitter.com/nanaiamahuta
 4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nanaia-mahut...
 5. https://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/hon...
 6. https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...
        From: Foreign Affairs Portfolio
      
    
    Tçnâ koe Andrew Li
Thank you for your email of 18 May 2022 in which you request the following
 under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):
I am requesting all communications, notes, or any other documents produced
 within Nanaia Mahuta's office relating to this request and your attempt to
 delay a timely response, or exchanged with outside parties relating to
 your response to the original, very simple requests, which was originally
 made on 23 April 2022.
Attached are the documents relevant to your request. Some portions of the
 documents are withheld under the following sections of the OIA: 
9(2)(a): to protect individuals’ privacy; and
9(2)(g)(i): to protect the free and frank expression of opinions by
 departments.
Where the information has been withheld under section 9 of the OIA, no
 public interest in releasing the information has been identified that
 would override the reasons for withholding it.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
 this decision by contacting [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone
 0800 802 602.
 
Nâku noa
 
[2]cid:image002.jpg@01D6B683.B93AFC70 Office of Hon Nanaia Mahuta
 Minister of Foreign Affairs |
 Minister of Local Government |
 Associate Minister for Mâori
 Development
DDI: +64 4 817 8711
Private Bag 18041, Parliament
 Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
 Zealand
 
 
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References
Visible links
 1. http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/
Things to do with this request
- Add an annotation (to help the requester or others)
 - Download a zip file of all correspondence (note: this contains the same information already available above).
 

