6 December 2022
45 Pipitea St
PO Box 805
Wellington 6140
P Taylor
Phone +64 4 495 7200
Via FYI.org.nz
Fax +64 4 495 7222
fyi‐request‐21025‐[email address]
Website dia.govt.nz
Tēnā koe P Taylor
Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request dated 3 November 2022 (ref 22/23 0357)
Thank you for your OIA request dated 3 November 2022 to the Department of Internal Affairs
(Department). You asked the following –
“Under the Official Information Act 1982, I would like to request the total amount of money the
NZ government has directed to the London Institute for Strategic Dialogue per year since there
has existed a relationship between the NZ government and the London Institute for Strategic
Dialogue.”
Response to your request
We have included a table below which provides the total amount spent by the Department. Please
note, our records show no costs have been identified in the 2022 financial year.
Financial Year
Total ($)
2021
229,957.42
Proactive release of this response
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 Department’s 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
Access to the Ombudsman
If you are dissatisfied with the Department’s decision on your request for information, you have the
right, under section 28 of the OIA, to make a complaint to the Office of the Ombudsman. The Office
of the Ombudsman can be contacted by phone on 0800 802 602, via post at PO Box 10152
Wellington or via email to [email address].
Ngā mihi
Jared Mullen
Director Digital Safety