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Breakdown of fees for DIA certificates.

Brian Mendham made this Official Information request to Department of Internal Affairs

The request was refused by Department of Internal Affairs.

From: Brian Mendham

Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

Can the Department of Internal Affairs please provide a breakdown of the fees required for;

Birth certificates?

Marriage certificates?

Death certificates?

Citizenship applications and certificates?

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Jared Knight.

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Cody C left an annotation ()

Hi there, did the DIA respond yet?

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From: Petar Vrecic
Department of Internal Affairs

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Hi Jared,

 

I refer to your request for information under the Official Information Act
1982.

 

Please find attached the response to your request, received by the
Department on November 21, 2014. I apologise for the delay in replying to
your request.

 

Regards,

 

Petar Vrecic | Business Support Officer | Births, Deaths, Marriages and
Citizenship
Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua 
0800 22 52 52 | [1]www.dia.govt.nz 
[2]http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/Fi...

 

 

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Cody C left an annotation ()

... and they declined it for being "commercially sensitive". If I we're in your position I would send this to the ombudsman. They have previously released similar information to this but for Passports so there is no good reason to decline this request.

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Brian Mendham left an annotation ()

I do not understand why this information would be commercially sensitive, the DIA have released similar information regarding passports in the past. If this information is really commercially sensitive who are their competitors? It's not like there is another competing Births Deaths and Marriages office in New Zealand.

I suspect like passports in the past, that in not releasing this information it could be another case of a DIA overcharging cover-up.

I shall be taking this up with the ombudsman.

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