Ref: 2223-0323

 

Dear Saska,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of the 17^th of August 2022 requesting under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

“I request:

- Any documents, correspondence or advisory documents regarding the review
of the composition of the New Zealand (refugee) Quota Programme from 2017
onwards.

- Any documents, correspondence and advisory that assisted in identifying
the Asia-Pacific region as an area of interest.

- Any documents, correspondence and advisory documents that led to the
increase of the New Zealand (refugee) Quota Programme allocation for the
Middle-East and African regions being increased from 14% to 15%.

- Any documents, correspondence and advisory documents used to justify the
current composition of New Zealand's Refugee Quota Programme.

- Any documents, correspondence and advisory documents that were used make
the recommendations provided in the Hon Iain Lees-Galloway report "Three
year Refugee Quota Programme 2019/20 to 2021/22"

 

Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course.

 

If you have any enquiries regarding your request, or its urgency, feel
free to contact us via email at [1][MBIE request email].

 

Nâku noa, nâ

MINISTERIAL SERVICES

               

Ngâ Pou o te Taumaru

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

NZBN 9429000106078

 

 

References

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Dear Saska,

 

Thank you for your email to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and
Employment on 17 August 2022 requesting under the Official Information Act
1982 the following information:

 

- Any documents, correspondence or advisory documents regarding the review
of the composition of the New Zealand (refugee) Quota Programme from 2017
onwards.
- Any documents, correspondence and advisory that assisted in identifying
the Asia-Pacific region as an area of interest.
- Any documents, correspondence and advisory documents that led to the
increase of the New Zealand (refugee) Quota Programme allocation for the
Middle-East and African regions being increased from 14% to 15%.
- Any documents, correspondence and advisory documents used to justify the
current composition of New Zealand's Refugee Quota Programme.
- Any documents, correspondence and advisory documents that were used make
the recommendations provided in the Hon Iain Lees-Galloway report "Three
year Refugee Quota Programme 2019/20 to 2021/22"

 

Due to the amount of material encompassed in the scope of your request,
this part of your request is likely to be refused in reliance on section
18(f) of the Act as that the information requested cannot be made
available without substantial collation. This decision has not yet been
made, and we would like to consult you about narrowing the scope of your
request before doing so. In particular, could you please confirm whether
references to ‘Any documents, correspondence’ could be refined to specific
categories, for example, documents to the Minister, correspondence between
MBIE and specific person/agency etc.?

 

Can you please respond by 30 August 2022 and confirm if you would like to
refine the scope of your request? If we do not receive a response by this
date, we will proceed without rescoping.

 

Please note any clarification or amendment of a request is considered to
be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory
timeframe for response (see section [15(1AA) of the Act).

 

 

 

Ngâ Mihi,

Richa

 

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TEAM

Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

NZBN 9429000106078

[1]457667B6

 

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Kia ora Saska,

 

Thank you for your email of 17 August 2022 to the Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment (MBIE) requesting under the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act) the following information:

 

- Any documents, correspondence or advisory documents regarding the review
of the composition of the New Zealand (refugee) Quota Programme from 2017
onwards.

- Any documents, correspondence and advisory that assisted in identifying
the Asia-Pacific region as an area of interest.

- Any documents, correspondence and advisory documents that led to the
increase of the New Zealand (refugee) Quota Programme allocation for the
Middle-East and African regions being increased from 14% to 15%.

- Any documents, correspondence and advisory documents used to justify the
current composition of New Zealand's Refugee Quota Programme.

- Any documents, correspondence and advisory documents that were used make
the recommendations provided in the Hon Iain Lees-Galloway report "Three
year Refugee Quota Programme 2019/20 to 2021/22"

 

 

I am writing to advise you that MBIE has decided to extend the time
available to respond to your request under s15A(1)(a) and s15A(1)(b) of
the Act as the request necessitates a search through a large quantity of
information, and to carry out consultations. As such a proper response to
the request cannot be made within the original time limit.

 

MBIE’s response will be sent to you no later than 27 October 2022.
However, we will respond to you sooner if we are able to.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision, in accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. Information
about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

 

Ngâ Mihi,

Richa

 

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TEAM

Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

NZBN 9429000106078

[2]457667B6

 

 

 

References

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Kia ora Saska,

 

 

Forwarding you the response again that was sent to you November last year.

 

Thanks

Richa

INZ OIAs

 

From: INZ OIAs
Sent: Thursday, 17 November 2022 5:30 pm
To: Saska Hayes <[email address]>
Subject: OIA Response 2223-0323 & 2223-0389 [IN-CONFIDENCE:
RELEASE-EXTERNAL]

 

Kia ora Saska,

 

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request. Please note due to the size of the files, the response will be
sent to you in three parts, this email being the first.

 

 

 

Ngā mihi,

Business Management Team

Enablement, Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

NZBN 9429000106078

 

 

 

From: INZ OIAs
Sent: Thursday, 17 November 2022 5:38 pm
To: 'Saska Hayes' <[email address]>
Subject: OIA Response 2223-0323 & 2223-0389 (Email 3 of 3) [IN-CONFIDENCE:
RELEASE-EXTERNAL]

 

Kia ora Saska,

 

Please find attached Tranche 2 in response to your Official Information
Act request.

 

 

 

Ngā mihi,

Business Management Team

Enablement, Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

 

NZBN 9429000106078

 

 

 

From: INZ OIAs
Sent: Thursday, 17 November 2022 5:34 pm
To: Saska Hayes <[email address]>
Subject: OIA Response 2223-0323 & 2223-0389 (Email 2 of 3) [IN-CONFIDENCE:
RELEASE-EXTERNAL]

 

Kia ora Saska,

 

Please find attached Tranche 1 in response to your Official Information
Act request.

 

 

 

Ngā mihi,

Business Management Team

Enablement, Immigration New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

 

NZBN 9429000106078