20 January 2023
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 #21464 email]
Webs
ite dia.govt.nz
Tēnā koe P Taylor
Your Official Information Act 1982 request, reference OIA 22/23-0480
Thank you for your email of 20 December 2022 requesting the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
1. In a previous request, communications between the Department of Internal Affairs
and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue revealed that the following reports were
provided to the Department of Internal Affairs:
a. Storming of the US Capitol Building on 06 January 2021.
b. Dominant Covid-19 Narratives Among New Zealand Extremists and
Conspiracy Theorists.
c. Two Years On: Understanding the Resonance of the Christchurch Attack
among Online Extremists.
d. Gender in the New Zealand Online Ecosystem.
e. QAnon in New Zealand.
f. 1080 and Online Extremism in New Zealand.
g. Gun Amnesty Discussions among New Zealand Extremists Online.
h. New Zealand Extremism Quarterly report 1st April 2021 – 30th June 2021.
2. In accordance with the Official Information Act 1982, I would like to request all of the
reports, listed above, provided to the Department of Internal Affairs from the Institute
for Strategic Dialogue.
For all new requests under the Act that concern digital safety, we require evidence of
eligibility. Under section 12(1) of the Act, to be eligible to request information under the Act,
you must be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident; or a person in New Zealand.
On 23 December 2022, we sought evidence of your eligibility to make a request under the
OIA. On 16 January 2023, we sent you a follow-up request asking for evidence of your
eligibility.
On 20 January 2023, you confirmed your eligibility however did not provide any evidence of
this. As you have not provided us with evidence of your eligibility, we are unable to confirm
your eligibility to make a request under the Act. Therefore, we are declining to supply the
content you have requested under the Act.
If you would like to make a new request, please supply your evidence of eligibility with your
new request to [email address].
If you are dissatisfied with our decision on your request for information, you have the right,
under section 28 of the Act, 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
Jeremy Cauchi
Acting Director Ministerial, Monitoring, and Capability
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