21 December 2023
45 Pipitea St
PO Box 805
Wel ington 6140
P Taylor
Phone +64 4 495 7200
Via FYI.org.nz
Fax +64 4 495 7222
[FYI request #21464 email]
Website dia.govt.nz
Tēnā koe P Taylor
Your Official Information Act 1982 request, reference OIA 23/24-0382
I am responding to an email received from the Office of the Ombudsman of 24 November
2023 in regard to your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request of 20 December 2022
requesting the fol owing:
1. In a previous request, communications between the Department of Internal Affairs
and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue revealed that the fol owing 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.
Thank you for confirming your eligibility with the Office of the Ombudsman.
In response, please find the eight documents you mention above attached and enclosed as
Appendix A. Some information in these documents is withheld under the fol owing sections
of the Act:
• section 6(a) of the Act, where making available of the information would be likely to
prejudice the security or defence of New Zealand or the international relations of the
Government of New Zealand; and
• section 6(c) of the Act, where making available of the information would be likely to
prejudice the maintenance of the law, including the prevention, investigation, and
detection of offences, and the right to a fair trial.
