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-----Original Message-----
From: B. White <[FOI #22051 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 9 March 2023 2:28 pm
To: [Ministry of Justice request email]
Subject: Official Information request - Fine letters sent to known "bad" addresses

Dear Ministry of Justice,

I am seeking information regarding the sending of repeated fine letters to addresses which the Ministry has been informed that the individual is no longer contactable (usually an address which they no longer reside).

Regarding fine communication on behalf of the courts:
1 - Does the Ministry have a flag in it's databases for when the Ministry has been informed that an address is no longer current?
2 - Does the Ministry have policies and/or procedures relating to how what it does when it receives "Return to sender - not at this address" mail (or similar)? If so please supply copes of these polices and/or procedures.
3 - Does the Ministry have policies and/or procedures relating to how what it does when it receives other information regarding addresses not being valid (phone call, email etc.)? If so please supply copes of these polices and/or procedures.
4 - If the Ministry does record information noted in 1 above, please supply a breakdown of fines under administration - aggregating: count of individuals and $ value
by:
a) address status (marked as non-current vs not)
b) dollar size of fines outstanding by that individual in sensible groupings (less than $50, $50-$100, $100-$500 etc.).
5 - Can you please also provide details of the count of letters sent in each of the last 3 financial years to addresses that the Ministry had received notice that it is no longer valid at the time of sending.
6 - Please also provide an estimate of the cost of the above (again by financial year).

Yours faithfully,

B. White

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Kia ora Mr White

 

Please find attached an extension letter for your OIA request regarding
how the Ministry of Justice manages addresses.

 

Ngā mihi  

Annie  

   

   

[1]Description: Annie May
http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...
Senior
Advisor (Communications)

Ph: 027 291 7573

[2]www.justice.govt.nz

 

 

 

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Kia ora Mr White

 

Thanks for following up on the extension letter sent to you last week.

 

I'll make enquiries with the OIA team and come back to you.

 

 

 

Ngā mihi  

Annie  

   

   

[1]Description: Annie May
http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...
Senior
Advisor (Communications)

Ph: 027 291 7573

[2]www.justice.govt.nz

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: B. White <[FYI request #22051 email]>
Sent: Monday, 3 April 2023 9:23 am
To: May, Annie <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Your OIA regarding managing addresses

 

Hi there,

 

Can you please clarify for me - who external is being consulted on this
request?

 

Thanks,

B. White

 

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Kia ora Mr White

 

 

 

Please find attached an extension letter for your OIA request regarding 
how the Ministry of Justice manages addresses.

 

 

 

Ngā mihi  

 

Annie  

 

   

 

   

 

[1]Description: Annie May

[3]http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...

Senior

Advisor (Communications)

 

Ph: 027 291 7573

 

[2][4]www.justice.govt.nz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mōrena Mr White

 

I've now heard back from the OIA team looking into your query regarding
the management of email addresses.

 

I'm told that the wrong wording was used in your extension letter and in
fact, no external consultations are being made for your OIA.

 

The letter should have read as follows:

 

                "A response to your request is currently being prepared.
However, the request necessitates a search through a large quantity of
information, and meeting          the original time limit would
unreasonably interfere with the operations of the department."

 

My apologies for the miscommunication.

 

Ngā mihi  

Annie  

   

   

[1]Description: Annie May
http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...
Senior
Advisor (Communications)

Ph: 027 291 7573

[2]www.justice.govt.nz

 

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: B. White <[FOI #22051 email]>
Sent: Monday, 3 April 2023 9:23 am
To: May, Annie <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Your OIA regarding managing addresses

 

Hi there,

 

Can you please clarify for me - who external is being consulted on this
request?

 

Thanks,

B. White

 

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

 

Kia ora Mr White

 

 

 

Please find attached an extension letter for your OIA request regarding 
how the Ministry of Justice manages addresses.

 

 

 

Ngā mihi  

 

Annie  

 

   

 

   

 

[1]Description: Annie May

[3]http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...

Senior

Advisor (Communications)

 

Ph: 027 291 7573

 

[2][4]www.justice.govt.nz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kia ora,

 

Please see attached a response regarding your OIA request.

 

  Ngā mihi,

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Kia ora,

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Ngā mihi,

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Justice Centre I Aitken Street

DX Box SX 10088 I Wellington

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Kia ora Mr White

 

Please find attached a response to your OIA regarding fines information.

 

 

Ngā mihi  

Annie  

   

   

[1]Description: Annie May
http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...
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Kia ora B White

 

Your query regarding Fines letters has been received and acknowledged by
the Ministry’s OIA team.

 

The ID number for this query is 104639, with a due date of 13 June 2023.

 

Ngâ mihi  

Annie  

   

   

[1]Description: Annie May
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Dear Mr White,

 

Please find a letter regarding your OIA attached, with apologies for
lateness.

 

 

Ngā mihi,

Communications Services
Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture

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Dear B White,

 

Please find your OIA response attached.

 

Please accept our apologies for the lateness of this response.

 

 

Ngā mihi,

Paul Easton

Principal Media Advisor | Communications Services
Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture

027 276 9810

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