Waikato DHB ransomware attack inquiry briefings

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From: Scott

Dear office of Andrew Little,

Earlier this year, I made a request to this office for copies of briefings the minister had received on the inquiry into the Waikato DHB ransomware incident (the inquiry which was eventually completed by InPhySec).

My request was via the FYI website and can be viewed here (your ref ALOIA216):

https://fyi.org.nz/request/19608-waikato...

On 5 July you advised me that:

“Regarding part three of your request for all briefings I have received on this topic, this is refused under section 18(d) of the Act as information requested will soon be publicly available following the release of the independent report.”

Now that the independent report had been released, I would like to request the date that these briefings are scheduled to be made publically available.

If there is no longer an intention to release these proactively, I would like to renew my request for copies of all briefings the minister has received on the topic of the inquiry.

Yours faithfully,

Scott

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Andrew Little

Tçnâ koe

 

Thank you for contacting the office of Hon Andrew Little MP, Minister of
Health, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Minister Responsible
for the NZSIS, Minister Responsible for the GCSB, Minister Responsible for
Pike River Re-entry and Lead Coordination Minister for the Government’s
Response to The Royal Commission’s Report into the Terrorist Attack on the
Christchurch Mosques.

 

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From: Scott

Dear Office of Andrew Little,

I am emailing to follow up on this request, which was due a response by 30 January. Are you able to please let me know what the status of this request is?

Yours faithfully,

Scott

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Andrew Little

Tçnâ koe

 

Thank you for contacting the office of Hon Andrew Little MP, Minister of
Defence, Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi
Negotiations, Minister Responsible for the NZSIS, Minister Responsible for
the GCSB, and Lead Coordination Minister for the Government’s Response to
The Royal Commission’s Report into the Terrorist Attack on the
Christchurch Mosques.

 

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messages are carefully read and considered, it is not always possible to
personally reply to all emails. As such, the following guidelines apply:

 

·         If your message is for Minister Little’s advice, or if you have
copied your email to another Minister and/or Member of Parliament with
more appropriate portfolio responsibilities, then this will be noted,

·         If you have invited Minister Little to an event then a member of
staff may contact you for more information if the Minister’s attendance
might be possible,

·         If you have made a request for official information then this
will be managed in accordance with the provisions of the Official
Information Act 1982, which may include transfer to a more relevant
Minister or agency,

·         If you have made a request under the Privacy Act then this will
be managed in accordance with the principles of the Privacy Act 2020,
which may include transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency,

·         If you are a journalist then your request will be triaged by a
press secretary,

·         To find out more about Minister Little read his [1]biography or
recent [2]statements.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Office of Hon Andrew Little MP
Reception +64 4 817 8707 | Ministerial Email [3][Andrew Little request email]
| Web [4]beehive.govt.nz | Postal Freepost Parliament, Private Bag 18 041,
Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

 

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From: A Verrall (MIN)
Andrew Little

Kia ora Scott,

The Minister is undertaking the release of the requested information to you. However, there is a large quantity of information in scope of your request (over 500 pages). Officials are working through the process to clear the information for release. We sincerely apologise for the delays in releasing this information to you.

Office of Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall
Minister of Health
Minister of Research, Science and Innovation

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott [mailto:[FOI #21400 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2023 8:36 AM
To: A Little Office (MIN) <[Andrew Little request email]>
Subject: Re: Official Information request - Waikato DHB ransomware attack inquiry briefings

Dear Office of Andrew Little,

I am emailing to follow up on this request, which was due a response by 30 January. Are you able to please let me know what the status of this request is?

Yours faithfully,

Scott

-----Original Message-----

Tçnâ koe

Thank you for contacting the office of Hon Andrew Little MP, Minister of Health, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Minister Responsible for the NZSIS, Minister Responsible for the GCSB, Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-entry and Lead Coordination Minister for the Government’s Response to The Royal Commission’s Report into the Terrorist Attack on the Christchurch Mosques.

For general health advice and information you can call Healthline on Freephone 0800 611 116 anytime.

If you need to talk to someone about how you are feeling, you can call or text 1737 for free at any time to talk to a trained counsellor. There is more information available here: [1]https://1737.org.nz/.

While the Minister considers all correspondence to be important, and all messages are carefully read and considered, it is not always possible to personally reply to all emails. As such, the following guidelines apply:

· If your message is for Minister Little’s advice, or if you have copied your email to another Minister and/or Member of Parliament with more appropriate portfolio responsibilities, then this will be noted,

· If you have invited Minister Little to an event then a member of staff may contact you for more information if the Minister’s attendance might be possible,

· If you have made a request for official information then this will be managed in accordance with the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982, which may include transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency,

· If you have made a request under the Privacy Act then this will be managed in accordance with the principles of the Privacy Act 2020, which may include transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency,

· If you are a journalist then your request will be triaged by a press secretary,

· To find out more about Minister Little read his [2]biography or recent [3]statements.

Ngâ mihi

Office of Hon Andrew Little MP
Reception +64 4 817 8707 | Ministerial Email [4][Andrew Little request email] | Web [5]beehive.govt.nz | Postal Freepost Parliament, Private Bag 18 041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

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Kia ora Scott,

 

The Minister’s office has decided to publish the information in scope of
your request on the Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand website.

 

You can now find it publically available here:
[1]https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/publicati...

 

We sincerely apologies for the delay in releasing this information.

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

Vince
Neaves

Private
Secretary
(Health) |
Office of
Hon Dr
Ayesha
Verrall

Minister
of Health

Minister
of
Research,
Science
and
Innovation
 

Private
Bag 18041,
Parliament
Buildings,
Wellington
6160, New
Zealand

 

 

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