10 October 2022
45 Pipitea Street, Wellington 6011
Phone +64 4 495 7200
dia.govt.nz
John Luke
fyi-request-20505-
[email address]
Tēnā koe John
OIA request 22/23-0247 Request for information about COGS
Thank you for your Official Information Act (Act) request received by the Department of Internal
Affairs (Department) on 10 September 2022.
You requested –
•
Can you please supply the number of nomination you have received per each COGS
committees and number of position available for each COGS committee. How many you
have received from the public and how many you have received from the nomination
agencies, like you have mentioned e.g. TPK.
In response to your request, I can provide you with the following information.
Please see Appendix A, attached alongside this letter. Appendix A provides you with a
breakdown of the following information:
Table one – Provides you with a breakdown of the Local Community Organisation Grants (COGS)
committees in New Zealand, the number of positions available and the number of nominations
submitted as of 28 September 2022.
It may be useful for you to know that all nominations come from the public, to be eligible to
nominate someone to these local COGS committees, the organisation needs to have been
eligible to apply for COGS in the 2022 round.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, the Department has
decided to proactively release a copy of this response on the DIA website. All requestor data,
including your name and contact details, will be removed prior to release. The released
response will be made available here:
https://www.dia.govt.nz/Official-Information-Act-
Requests-2.
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.
Ngā mihi
Julia Taylor
Manager Operational Policy and Official Correspondence
Service Delivery and Operations
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