Enrolment details : Maori Descent
Grace Haden made this Official Information request to Electoral Commission
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From: Grace Haden
Dear Electoral Commission,
I note that on the enrolment details there is now the provison of Maori descent
On the rear of the form it states My New Zealand maori descent should read : and gives two options either that you are or you are not of maori descent
this requires a person to decide which side of hte segregation line they are on and this classification could be seen as racist as it leaves no room for a person to say that they prefer not to disclose their ancestory or choose between the larger portion of their herritage or the diluted blood line of generations ago
Please provide by OIA all documents which consider the right to privacy of a persons choice of ethniticity much in the same way people are give the right to choose their gender or what they identify as
And Can a person of non maori descent but who identifies as maori be on the maori role .
what consideration has been given to the right of a person to be simply considered to be a New Zealander and not state their ehniticity or ancestory .
Yours faithfully,
Grace Haden
From: OIA Enquiries
Kia ora Grace
We are acknowledging your attached Official Information Act request
received Wednesday 2 August, requesting:
Please provide by OIA all documents which consider the right to privacy of
a persons choice of ethniticity much in the same way people are give the
right to choose their gender or what they identify as
And Can a person of non maori descent but who identifies as maori be on
the maori role .
what consideration has been given to the right of a person to be simply
considered to be a New Zealander and not state their ehniticity or
ancestory .
We will respond as soon as reasonably practicable within 20 working days.
Ngā mihi,
Electoral Commission | Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri
PO Box 3220 | Level 10, 34 – 42 Manners Street | Wellington | 6140 | New
Zealand
Phone +64 4 495 0030 | Fax +64 4 495 0031 | [1]vote.nz | [2]elections.nz
From: Electoral Commission <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 4:04 PM
To: OIA Enquiries <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Enrolment details : Maori Descent
Hi OIA Team,
Here is an enquiry from Grace Haden
([3][FOI #23674 email]).
It was CC'd to: OIA/LGOIMA requests at Electoral Commission
From: Grace Haden
Date: Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 3:30 pm
Dear Electoral Commission,
I note that on the enrolment details there is now the provison of Maori
descent
On the rear of the form it states My New Zealand maori descent should read
: and gives two options either that you are or you are not of maori
descent
this requires a person to decide which side of hte segregation line they
are on and this classification could be seen as racist as it leaves no
room for a person to say that they prefer not to disclose their ancestory
or choose between the larger portion of their herritage or the diluted
blood line of generations ago
Please provide by OIA all documents which consider the right to privacy of
a persons choice of ethniticity much in the same way people are give the
right to choose their gender or what they identify as
And Can a person of non maori descent but who identifies as maori be on
the maori role .
what consideration has been given to the right of a person to be simply
considered to be a New Zealander and not state their ehniticity or
ancestory .
Yours faithfully,
Grace Haden
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Kia ora Grace
Please find attached the response to your recent Official Information Act
request.
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Information Act requests every three months. We will publish this response
with your personal details redacted on elections.nz.
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Ngā mihi,
Electoral Commission | Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri
PO Box 3220 | Level 10, 34 – 42 Manners Street | Wellington | 6140 | New
Zealand
Phone +64 4 495 0030 | Fax +64 4 495 0031 | [1]vote.nz | [2]elections.nz
From: Electoral Commission <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 4:04 PM
To: OIA Enquiries <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Enrolment details : Maori Descent
Hi OIA Team,
Here is an enquiry from Grace Haden
([3][FOI #23674 email]).
It was CC'd to: OIA/LGOIMA requests at Electoral Commission
From: Grace Haden
Date: Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 3:30 pm
Dear Electoral Commission,
I note that on the enrolment details there is now the provison of Maori
descent
On the rear of the form it states My New Zealand maori descent should read
: and gives two options either that you are or you are not of maori
descent
this requires a person to decide which side of hte segregation line they
are on and this classification could be seen as racist as it leaves no
room for a person to say that they prefer not to disclose their ancestory
or choose between the larger portion of their herritage or the diluted
blood line of generations ago
Please provide by OIA all documents which consider the right to privacy of
a persons choice of ethniticity much in the same way people are give the
right to choose their gender or what they identify as
And Can a person of non maori descent but who identifies as maori be on
the maori role .
what consideration has been given to the right of a person to be simply
considered to be a New Zealander and not state their ehniticity or
ancestory .
Yours faithfully,
Grace Haden
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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.
Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[4][FOI #23674 email]
Is [5][Electoral Commission request email] the wrong address for Official Information
requests to Electoral Commission? If so, please contact us using this
form:
[6]https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
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page.
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