Meka Whaitiri correspondence
Liz Blue made this Official Information request to Chris Hipkins
The request was successful.
From: Liz Blue
Under the Official Information Act I request any correspondence (including but not limited to emails, letters, and text messages) from the Prime Minister or staff in the Prime Minister’s Office sent to or received from Meka Whaitiri between 1 May and 15 May 2023.
Yours faithfully,
Liz Blue
From: C Hipkins (MIN)
Chris Hipkins
Kia ora
Thank you for taking the time to get in touch with Prime Minister, Chris
Hipkins.
Please accept this as acknowledgement that your email has been received by
my office.
If you are writing about an issue relating to COVID-19, mental health,
immigration, housing or benefit assistance, here's a list of links which
you might find helpful:
COVID-19
For information on COVID-19, including the latest updates, go to
[1]www.covid19.govt.nz
For immigration and visa advice
Contact the call centre which is open 6:00am Monday to midnight on
Saturday (NZT).
[2]https://www.immigration.govt.nz/contact/
For urgent housing or benefit enquiries:
∙ Call 0800 559 009 (for under 65)
∙ Call 0800 552 002 (for over 65)
If you need treatment or support for your health or wellbeing. The
following options are available:
Healthline – You can call Healthline for health advice on freephone 0800
611 116 at any time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Healthline staff
can advise you on the best thing to do in your situation, including which
services are near you and open.
1737 – If you need to talk to someone about how you are feeling, you can
call or text 1737 for free at any time to talk to a trained counsellor.
Mental health crisis teams – If you are concerned that someone is going to
hurt themselves or someone else, you can all your local mental health
crisis team. A full list of numbers is available here:
[3]www.health.govt.nz/your-health/services-and-support/health-care-services/mental-health-services/crisis-assessment-teams/
For Police assistance in an emergency call 111. For everything else use
105.
You can also make a report online at [4]www.105.police.govt.nz
We hope that this information is helpful, if not we will try to get back
to you as soon as possible.
Thank you again.
Office of the Prime Minister
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1. http://www.covid19.govt.nz/
2. https://www.immigration.govt.nz/contact/
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4. http://www.police.105.govt.nz/
From: C Hipkins (MIN)
Chris Hipkins
I am writing on behalf of the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Chris Hipkins, to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.
Your request will be responded to under the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982.
Yours sincerely
Dinah Okeby
Office of the Prime Minister
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From: C Hipkins (MIN)
Chris Hipkins
Tēnā koe Liz Blue,
On behalf of Andrew Kirton, I attach the response to your OIA request PMO
2023-205.
Ngā mihi,
Private Secretary (Executive Support)
Office of the Prime Minister
Authorised by Rt. Hon Chris Hipkins MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
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