Dear Ministry for Primary Industries,

I would like an extract of the annual amount spent with all suppliers for the 2021/2022 financial year.

I would like this data in an open format, csv or json formats would be suitable.

I would like the following details provided:

- Supplier Name
- Suppliers NZBN number (if available)
- Total Amount Spent

I believe this information would be readily available via an extract from your Accounts Payable system.

I have already received similar data from a number of Government organisations, which implies this information can be treated as open data.

Yours faithfully,

Shane Gibson

Dear Official Information Act,

Please provide the GST Exclusive amounts.

Yours sincerely,

Shane Gibson

Dear Official Information Act,

Disappointed my request has been denied I will submit a complaint to the Ombudsman to obtain this information.

I have already received this information from a number of other agencies, so I am trying to understand why an agency such as yourselves would require substantial effort to extract this data and would refuse the request on this basis.

The followup questions I have to help me understand why this substantial level of effort is involved is:

- What financial system are you currently using which means you are not able to easily export this information?

- What is the estimated effort to make this data available?

- Where is the main complexity or effort which will result in the substantial effort to provide it?

Feel free to treat these questions as a supplementary OIA if you so desire.

Yours sincerely,

Shane Gibson

Dear Official Information Act,

Thank you for the reply and the additional detail.

As I have already received similar data from other agencies, within the OIA timeframe, I do not believe the effort to be onerous and I believe this information should be publicly available.

I will raise a complaint with the Ombudsmen to gain access to this information.

Yours sincerely,

Shane Gibson