5 July 2022
45 Pipitea Street, Thorndon, Wellington 6011
PO Box 805, Wellington 6140
Phone +64 4 495 7200
Will Inglis
Email [email address]
[FYI request #19754 email]
Website www.dia.govt.nz
Tēnā koe Will
Your Official Information Act 1982 request, reference OIA 21/22-0865
Thank you for your email of 27 June 2022 requesting the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the OIA):
“…any reports or documents (including aides-memoires, memos, and emails) sent
to Ministers and their offices (including to Private Secretaries in the past 5 years
regarding the Charities Act, particularly information regarding the provision for
advancement of religion, and/or its application to organisations like Sanitarium
and other businesses owned by religious organisations.”
Your request, as it is currently framed, cannot be fulfilled by the Department of Internal
Affairs (the Department) without conducting substantial research that will take a
considerable amount of time to complete.
You may wish to narrow the time period of your request and/or consider the document type
you are requesting.
If you are unable to amend the request, the Department may be required to refuse it under
section 18(f) of the Act. This section applies where the information cannot be made available
without substantial research.
Please let the Department know before 8 July 2022 whether you are prepared to amend or
clarify your request and, if so, how you wish to do so. To clarify this request, please contact
[email address].
Please note, under section 15(1AA) of the Act, if you amend or clarify your request, this will
be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory timeframe for
response.
Nāku noa, nā
Anita Balakrishnan
Tumuaki | Director Ministerial, Monitoring, and Capability Group
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