Dear P. Shaw,

Official information request for communications on Central Bank Digital
Currency.

 

Thank you for your official information request of 5 July 2022 for:

 

·         All email communications between any representative of the
Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Dr Alex Sims of the University of Auckland
that mention "CBDC" or "central bank digital currency", and/or any other
term used to mean central bank digital currency, over the period
01/05/2021 to 20/09/2021.

·         If there are more than 100 emails within the scope of this
request, the first 20 emails will be sufficient to fulfil this request in
order to avoid outright rejection of the request under section(18)(f) of
the Official Information Act 1982.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 2 August 2022, being 20 working days after the day
of your request. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we
will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

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[1]www.rbnz.govt.nz/research-and-publications/official-information-requests.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

Marie Ellen

Communications and Engagement Coordinator

Government and Industry Relations

Reserve Bank of New Zealand – [3]Text Description automatically generated
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[email address] 

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From: P Shaw <[5][FOI #19826 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 5 July 2022 11:08 am
To: RBNZ Info <[6][RBNZ request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Email Communications with Dr Alex
Sims

 

Dear Reserve Bank of New Zealand,

Under the Official Information Act 1982, I would like to request all email
communications between any representative of the Reserve Bank of New
Zealand and Dr Alex Sims of the University of Auckland that mention "CBDC"
or "central bank digital currency", and/or any other term used to mean
central bank digital currency, over the period 01/05/2021 to 20/09/2021.

If there are more than 100 emails within the scope of this request, the
first 20 emails will be sufficient to fulfil this request in order to
avoid outright rejection of the request under section(18)(f) of the
Official Information Act 1982.

Yours faithfully,

P Shaw

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Dear P Shaw,

 

Please find attached our response to your two information requests dated 5
July 2022.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ross Francis

Ministerial and OIA Adviser

Government and Industry Relations

Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te [3]Text Description automatically
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2 The Terrace, Wellington 6011. [4]cid:image010.png@01D7593A.4FF7BCD0   
PO Box 2498, Wellington 6140

T +64 (04) 474 8652 E
[1][email address]  

W [2]rbnz.govt.nz

 

 

 

 

 

 

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notify the sender immediately and delete this message from your system.

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Dear P Shaw,

 

Please find attached our response to your two information requests dated 5
July 2022.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ross Francis

Ministerial and OIA Adviser

Government and Industry Relations

Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te [3]Text Description automatically
Pūtea Matua generated

2 The Terrace, Wellington 6011. [4]cid:image010.png@01D7593A.4FF7BCD0   
PO Box 2498, Wellington 6140

T +64 (04) 474 8652 E
[1][email address]  

W [2]rbnz.govt.nz

 

 

 

 

 

 

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notify the sender immediately and delete this message from your system.

This message does not necessarily reflect the views of the
Reserve Bank of New Zealand. If the recipient has any concerns about
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Dear P Shaw,

 

Please find attached our response to your two information requests dated 5
July 2022.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ross Francis

Ministerial and OIA Adviser

Government and Industry Relations

Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te [3]Text Description automatically
Pūtea Matua generated

2 The Terrace, Wellington 6011. [4]cid:image010.png@01D7593A.4FF7BCD0   
PO Box 2498, Wellington 6140

T +64 (04) 474 8652 E
[1][email address]  

W [2]rbnz.govt.nz

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dear P Shaw,

 

Please find attached our response to your two information requests dated 5
July 2022.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ross Francis

Ministerial and OIA Adviser

Government and Industry Relations

Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te [3]Text Description automatically
Pūtea Matua generated

2 The Terrace, Wellington 6011. [4]cid:image010.png@01D7593A.4FF7BCD0   
PO Box 2498, Wellington 6140

T +64 (04) 474 8652 E
[1][email address]  

W [2]rbnz.govt.nz

 

 

 

 

 

 

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notify the sender immediately and delete this message from your system.

This message does not necessarily reflect the views of the
Reserve Bank of New Zealand. If the recipient has any concerns about
the content of this message they should seek alternative confirmation
from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand."

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