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9 May 2023
B. White
[FYI request #22051 email]
Our ref: OIA 103158
Tēnā koe Mr White
Official Information Act request: Pacific peoples and restorative justice conferences
Thank you for your email of 9 March 2023, regarding information on fines and addresses.
Specifically, you requested:
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that an address is no longer current?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financial years to addresses that the Ministry had received notice that it is no longer valid at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).
Pursuant to section 15(1) of the Act, the Ministry has decided to grant your request. A response is
currently being prepared; however, we require more time to finalise the document for release. The
information wil be provided to you as soon as it is ready. I apologise for any inconvenience this
delay may cause you.
You have the right under section 28(3) of the Act to complain to the Ombudsman about this
response. The Ombudsman may be contacted by emaili
ng [email address].
If you require any further information, please contact Media & Social Media Manager Joe Locke at
[email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Jan Morison
Team Leader, Ministerial Relations and Services
