45 Pipitea Street, Thorndon, Wel ington 6011
PO Box 805, Wel ington 6140
28 March 2023
Phone +64 4 495 7200
Email [email address]
Website www.dia.govt.nz
John Luke
[FYI request #22176 email]
Tēnā koe John
Your Official Information Act 1982 request OIA 2223-0650
Thank you for your email of 21 March 2023 requesting the fol owing under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
“The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and New Zealand’s
Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) have signed a new Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) to further promote strategic engagement, facilitate
information sharing and enhance compliance and enforcement outcomes.
May I kindly request the full copy of the MOU mentioned here within.”
This Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) is publicly available on the webpage you provided
by fol owing the link at the end of the page. You can access a copy of the MoU on the ACMA
publications website, www.acma.gov.au/publications, using the search term “MOU
Department of Internal Affairs”. As this is publicly available, I am refusing the request under
section 18(d) of the Act.
We intend to publish our response to your request on www.dia.govt.nz. This letter, with
your personal details removed, will be published in its entirety. Publishing responses
increases the availability of information to the public and is consistent with the Act’s
purpose of enabling more effective participation in the making and administration of laws
and policies and promoting the accountability of Ministers and officials.
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the Act, to seek an investigation or review of this
response by the Office of the Ombudsman. The postal address of the Office of the
Ombudsman is PO Box 10152, Wel ington. Alternatively, you can phone 0800 802 602 or
email [email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Anita Balakrishnan
Tumuaki I Director Ministerial, Monitoring and Capability