Information supporting the "Stuff: The Whole Truth" project

P Taylor made this Official Information request to Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Response to this request is long overdue. By law Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet should have responded by now (details and exceptions). The requester can complain to the Ombudsman.

From: P Taylor

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,

1. In the "COVID-19 Disinformation and harmful content" document (dated 18 November 2021), section 29, it states: "The COVID-19 Group and the Ministry of Health also work jointly on providing guidance to the health sector, education sector, businesses, community leaders and the public on responding to COVID-19 mis- and disinformation."

https://fyi.org.nz/request/20099/respons...

2. In the same document in section 30, it states: "Examples of the COVID-19 communications activity to respond to misinformation
include:", and under a bullet point, "Supporting projects like Stuff: The Whole Truth".

3. I would like to request all information associated with supporting the "Stuff: The Whole Truth" project, be it in the form of reports or communications or any other transmitted medium, between the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Stuff Limited over the period of 01 April 2021 and 01 January 2022.

Yours faithfully,

P Taylor

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From: Information [DPMC]
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[IN-CONFIDENCE]

 

Kia ora,

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA)
received on 6 December 2022, copied below. We will respond to your request
within the statutory timeframes set out in the Act. If we are unable to
meet these timeframes we will notify you.

 

Please note, under Section 2(1) of the Act, days in the period starting 25
December 2022 through to 15 January 2023, are not counted as working days.

 

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Ngā mihi,

 

Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
E    [2][DPMC request email]
 
 
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Kia ora koe,

 

Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
E    [1][DPMC request email]
 
 
The information contained in this email message is for the attention of
the intended recipient only and is not necessarily the official view or
communication of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. If you
are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, copy or distribute
this message or the information in it. If you have received this message
in error, please destroy the email and notify the sender immediately.

 

Link: [2]File-List
Link: [3]Edit-Time-Data
Link: [4]themeData
Link: [5]colorSchemeMapping

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The information contained in this email message is for the attention of
the intended recipient only and is not necessarily the official view or
communication of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. If you
are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, copy or distribute
this message or the information in it. If you have received this message
in error, please destroy the email and notify the sender immediately.

 

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4. file:///tmp/Signature_files/themedata.thmx
5. file:///tmp/Signature_files/colorschememapping.xml
6. file:///tmp/Signature_files/filelist.xml
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8. file:///tmp/Signature_files/themedata.thmx
9. file:///tmp/Signature_files/colorschememapping.xml

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Rimmer left an annotation ()

You requested ‘communications or any other transmitted medium’, which would include not only emails, but also phone calls and messages sent using apps like Messengers, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc. If there were such communications relevant to your request, why were they not released? Perhaps DPMC does not regard such non-email communications as official information.

In the email that was released, there is a reference to a Teams meeting. Why was the recording or transcript of that Teams meeting not released?

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P Taylor left an annotation ()

Thanks Rimmer. I have had a cursory look at the Public Records Act 2005. I will have a look at this Act in more detail and follow up on your advice.

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