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Our ref: OIA 22- 21
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[ERO request email]
13 July 2022
www.ero.govt.nz
NZBN 9429041901809
Mr Mathews
Email:
<[FYI request #19738 email]> Tēnā koe, Mr Mathews
Re: OIA Request –
Banning of lunchtime game “bullrush”
I refer to your email dated 23 June 2022 to the Education Review Office requesting information
under the Official Information Act 1982 as follows:
Could you please provide me with an explicit answer to the question of whether bullrush is banned in
schools nationally?
Has bullrush ever been a topic discussed in any ERO reviews of schools in New Zealand?
For the Official Information Act to apply, the information must be held by the agency concerned, and
there is no obligation on an agency to form an opinion or create information to answer a request,
please refer to page 5 of the Ombudsman’s guide1.
Accordingly, ERO is unable to give an explicit answer to the first question and in relation to your
second question the topic was not discussed in any ERO reviews. I am refusing your request under
section 18(g) of the Official Information Act as the information is not held by ERO.
1 The OIA for Ministers and agencies
Ko te Tamaiti te Pūtake o te Kaupapa
The Child – the Heart of the Matter
You have a right to complain to the Ombudsman and seek a review of my decision.
Ngā mihi
Jeremy France
Deputy Chief Executive Corporate Services
Education Review Office | Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga
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