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28 June 2023 
 
 
Adam Parsons 
[FYI request #22984 email]  
 
 
Dear Adam 
 
Thank you for your email of 2 June 2023 requesting information from the Reserve Bank of New 
Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua under the Official information Act 1982 (OIA), as follows: 
 
I would like to request any written communications sent to or from the Reserve Bank Governor, 
Adrian Orr, which would contain any reference to or evidence of the Governor's resulting or 
demonstrated awareness of his likeness being used in online memes on websites such as (but not 
limited to) Twitter.com. 
That is to say any communications sent to him containing anything in reference to it, or any 
communications the Governer himself has sent. This may include content in the form of written 
word, URLs, or images. 
These written communications can include but are not limited to emails, SMS, or any instant 
messaging services (i.e. MS Teams). 
A 24 month search period should suffice. 
Response 
 
We are declining your request under section 18(e) of the OIA, as the information requested does 
not exist. 
 
Please note that there were some limitations when undertaking searches of our electronic and digital 
communications for your request, as searches for certain file types or links, including URLs and 
images, would not be specific enough to reduce search results and would capture all of those file 
types, including images in email signature blocks and any website links, sent and received over the 
two year period.  Discussions were undertaken, as part of our decision making process, including 
with the Office of the Governor and our Content and Channels team, and no information was found 
to be in scope of your request. 
 
You may also wish to know that the RBNZ Governor has no social media accounts, including Twitter. 
The RBNZ has an official Twitter account, which is monitored by our Communications and 
Stakeholder Engagement directorate. 
 
 
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You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman for parts two and four 
of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at 
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or on 0800 802 602. 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
Government and Industry Relations 
Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua 
 
 
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