14 June 2022
Office of the National Librarian
National Library of New Zealand
PO Box 1467
Michael Pringle
Wel ington 6140
fyi-request-19405-
Phone +64 4 474 3000
[email address]
dia.govt.nz
Tēna koe Michael
Official Information Act (1982) request 2122-0801
Thank you for your Official Information Act (the Act) request received on 20 May 2022, where you
have asked for the following information:
1. A list of the dates of all meetings between the Minister of Internal Affairs and the National
Librarian between 1 August 2021 and 20 May 2022;
2. A complete list of topics discussed at those meetings;
3. Minutes of al those meetings.
I am releasing to you all the information in scope for your request. Some information is contained in
the table below and some is attached at
Appendix A. No minutes were taken for the meetings.
However, we are providing copies of the aides’ memoire for the meetings that I attended as an ex
officio member of the Library and Information Advisory Commission.
Date
Meeting
Topic/Agenda Item
Minutes/Notes
5 August 2021
Internal Affairs
Update on
No notes or
Officials Meeting
/Disinformation work
minutes taken
[with Michael Wood]
17 August 2021
Internal Affairs
New Zealand Society of No notes or
Officials Meeting
Authors
minutes taken
2 September 2021
Library and
Provided in Appendix A No notes or
Information Advisory
minutes taken
Commission (ex-
Officio)
21 September 2021
Internal Affairs
Developing a shared
No notes or
Officials Meeting
vision for the heritage
minutes taken
[with Hoani Lambert
institutions
and Stephen Clarke]
30 November 2021
Internal Affairs
Overseas Published
No notes or
Officials Meeting
Collections
minutes taken
16 March 2022
Library and
Provided in Appendix A No notes or
Information Advisory
minutes taken
Commission (ex-
Officio)
4 April 2022
Internal Affairs
New Zealand Libraries
No notes or
Officials Meeting
Partnership Programme minutes taken
Please note that some information is being withheld under Section 9(2)(a) of the Act to protect the
privacy of natural persons and including that which is out of scope of the request.
I consider that the withholding of information as mentioned above is not outweighed by other
considerations which render it desirable, in the public interest, to make that information available.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, the decision has been made
to proactively release a copy of this response on the Department of Internal Affairs website. Al
requester data, including your name and contact details, wil be removed prior to release. The
released response will be made available here:
Official Information Act Requests-2 - dia.govt.nz.
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
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
Freephone 0800 802 602.
If you have any feedback or questions about the Department’s response, please let us know at
[email address].
Ngā mihi
Rachel Esson
Te Pouhuaki National Librarian
National Library of New Zealand
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Appendix A: Schedule of documents released
Bundle number Description
1.
Internal Affairs Aide Memoire – Meeting with the Library and Information
Advisory Commission (LIAC) on 2 September 2021 (via Zoom)
2.
Internal Affairs Aide Memoire – Meeting with the Library and Information
Advisory Commission (LIAC) on 16 March 2022
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