10 February 2023
New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties
[FYI request #21465 email]
Dear New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties
Official Information Request
Our Ref: OIA 2022-0202
I refer to your official information request received on 20 December 2022 where you asked:
“The Commission recently ran a public consultation between 24 November 2022 and 12
December 2022 on the draft of New Zealand's 4th National Action Plan as a member of the
Open Government Partnership.
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fogp.org.nz%2Fnew-
zealands-plan%2Ffourth-national-action-
plan%2F&data=05%7C01%7Ccommission%40publicservice.govt.nz%7Cb17008a6a67843fb091
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Please provide the following information:
1) a copy of all the submissions received on the draft 4th National Action Plan.
2) The Commission's analysis of al  the submissions (not simply the summary published here:
https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fogp.org.nz%2Fassets%
2FNew-Zealand-Plan%2FFourth-National-Action-Plan%2FAppendix-B-Summary-of-Feedback-
on-NAP4-
FINAL.pdf&data=05%7C01%7Ccommission%40publicservice.govt.nz%7Cb17008a6a67843fb09
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wiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=orXywbz47OARObjRV6onILyfO8W7CUk571p
fAgx8UgA%3D&reserved=0 ).
3) The Commission's advice to the Minister for the Public Service on the submissions and
amendments to the draft National Action Plan.
4) Al  briefings, advice, aides memoire, reports or other written information provided to the
Minister for the Public Service on matters relating to the draft 4th National Action Plan in the
months September, October, November, and December 2022.
Under section 16 of the OIA, our preference is to receive the information in a text searchable
format (not image-only PDF), as attachments to an email sent to the address from which the
Commission received this request.
Level 10, RBNZ Building |   2 The Terrace | PO Box 329
Wel ington 6140 | New Zealand
Phone +64 4 495 6600

Under section 19(a)(i ) of the OIA, if the Commission decides to withhold any information,
please provide us with the grounds in support of the withholding reason cited in the decision,
along with details of the public interest factors favouring disclosure that were considered by
the Commission when making its decision on the request.”
On 3 February 2023 we notified you of an extension of the time to make our decision to 22 February
2023.
Information being released
Please find enclosed and outlined in the below table submissions that were received on the draft
Fourth National Action Plan.
Item
Document Description
Decision
1
Submissions received on the draft fourth National Action Plan
Released in part
Please find outlined in the below table, the Commission's advice to the Minister for the Public Service
in regard to the draft Fourth National Action Plan.
New Zealand’s Fourth Open Government Partnership National Action Plan Cabinet Paper along with
the Action plan 2023-2024 can be found publicly available on the Commission’s website at the
following link: https://www.publicservice.govt.nz/assets/DirectoryFile/New-Zealands-Fourth-Open-
Government-Partnership-National-Action-Plan-combined-papers.pdf
Item
Date
Document Description
Decision
2
23 September 2022  Aide Memoire: Update on National Action Plan 4  Released in full
(NAP 4) Commitments
3
Attachment: table of consolidated Civil Society  Released in full
Organisations
suggested feedback and
TKM/Agency response
4
3 October 2022
Aide Memoire: Meeting with Civil Society  Released in full
Organisations about the OGP National Action
Plan (NAP4) Commitments
5
Attachment:  table of consolidated Civil Society  Released in full
Organisations suggested feedback and
TKM/Agency response
6
Attachment: Civil Society Organisations Bio’s
Released in full
7
14 October 2022
Report: draft Cabinet paper and Open Released in part
Government Partnership  National Action Plan
for consultation
8
Attachment: draft Cabinet Paper: New Zealand’s  Publicly available
Fourth Open Government Partnership National
Action Plan
9
Attachment  –  Appendix A Open Government  Publicly available
Partnership Draft New Zealand’s Fourth National
Action Plan 2023-2024

10
Attachment
–
Appendix B
potential  Publicly available
commitments for consideration
11
14 November 2022
Aide Memoire: GOV meeting on the Fourth Open  Released in full
Government Partnership National Action Plan
(NAP4)
12
Attachment  –  Appendix 1: Talking points the  Released in full
Fourth  Open Government Partnership National
Action Plan (NAP4) Cabinet Paper
13
22 November 2022
Aide Memoire: Open Government Partnership  Released in full
(OGP) Fourth National Action Plan (NAP4) –
response to concerns raised by civil society
organisations
14
29 November 2022
Responses to media questions
Released in part
15
13 December 2022
Aide Memoire: Approval of the Fourth Open  Released in full
Government Partnership National Action Plan
(the plan)
16
Attachment – Appendix A
Released in full
17
Attachment  –  Appendix B Summary of key  Released in full
feedback received on NAP4
I have decided to release the documents outlined in the tables above subject to some information
being withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) to protect the privacy
of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons.  In making my decision, I have
considered the public interest considerations in section 9(1) of the OIA.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact
[email address].
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz  or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Please note that we intend to publish this letter (with your personal details removed) and enclosed
documents on the Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission’s website.
Yours sincerely
Nicky Dirks
Manager – Ministerial and Executive Services
Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission

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