Kia ora Chris

Thank you for your request of 23 August 2023 to Hon Carmel Sepuloni asking:

Please provide the most recent report completed by the Government and their individual agencies that have funding in excess of $20m that report on

• How the agency tackles exploitation risks in their operations and supply chains
• Specifically looking for supply chains relating to individual agencies and electric cars
• Specifically looking for supply chains relating to individual agencies and mobile phones
• Specifically looking for supply chains for any products the government buys in bulk that require rare earth minerals mined in third world countries contributing to modern slavery
• If this has not been done can you confirm when this will be done bearing in mind you are pushing legislation and will this reporting be completed prior to this legislation going through?
• And can you confirm government agencies that receive in excess of $20m will also be subject to this legislation. If not why not?

Aside from All-of-Government contracts, managed by New Zealand Government Procurement at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), we understand that each agency is responsible for its own procurement processes and, as such, the information which you have requested relating to individual agencies is not held by any one agency or office, nor contained in any recent comprehensive report.

As such, for our Office to respond to your request in its original form, we would need to extend the due date to consult each agency on whether it holds information in scope, and then partially transfer the request to the appropriate agencies. This is something we are able and happy to do, but it would likely result in significant delays in you receiving the information you are seeking.

Alternatively, you could make an individual OIA request to each agency yourself. We appreciate this would require additional administrative effort on your part, but that approach would likely allow you to receive the information you are seeking more quickly.

Please advise me of your preference by Friday, 5pm, 15 September, 2023. If our Office does not hear from you by that time, it will be assumed that your preference is for the first option, and we will subsequently advise you of an extended due date for your request.

Caspian Leah | Private Secretary (Workplace Relations and Safety)
Office of Hon Carmel Sepuloni
Mobile: +64 21 242 7080 | Email: [email address]

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Social Development & Employment, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Minister for Auckland, Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pacific)

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Kia ora Chris,

Please find attached a letter from the Office of Hon Carmel Sepuloni regarding your Official Information Act request.

Caspian Leah | Private Secretary (Workplace Relations and Safety)
Office of Hon Carmel Sepuloni
Mobile: +64 21 242 7080 | Email: [email address]

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Social Development & Employment, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Minister for Auckland, Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pacific)

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Hi Chris,

 

Please find attached a letter and OIA response from Hon Carmel Sepuloni.

 

Many thanks

Office of Hon Carmel Sepuloni

 

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Social Development & Employment,
Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Minister for Auckland, Minister
for Workplace Relations and Safety, Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs
(Pacific)

 

 

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Kia ora,

 

Thank you for your request for information below which was transferred
from the Minister of Education to the Ministry of Education on the 18/10/
2023 .  The Ministry will consider and respond to your request in
accordance with the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).

 

Under section 15(1) of the Act, we are required to make and inform you of
our decision on your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in any
case not later than 20 working days after the day on which your request is
received.  You can therefore expect to receive our decision on your
request on or before the 16/11/2023.  If more than 20 working days are
needed due to the potential workload and/or consultations involved in
answering your request, we will notify you accordingly.

 

The Ministry may publicly release on our website the response to your
request five days after you have received it. Any personal information
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In the interim, if you have any questions about your request, please email
[1][email address].

 

Ngā mihi,

 

 

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Good afternoon Chris
 
A transfer of your request has been received and a decision on your
request will be provided as soon as possible and no later than 16 November
2023. Responses to requests for information that are considered to be in
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Tçnâ koe

 

Toka Tû Ake EQC has received a notice transferring part of your Official
Information Act 1982 request of 23 August 2023, to the Minister for
Workplace Relations and Safety, Hon Carmel Sepuloni, to us for response.
Your request relates to the mitigation of exploitation risk in operations
and supply chains.

 

We are working on your request and will be responding to you as soon as
possible but no later than 16 November 2023.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Tina C

 

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Senior Advisor Government Relations | Kaitohutohu Hononga Kâwanatanga
Matua

Toka Tû Ake | EQC

Ôtautahi | Christchurch

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Kia ora Chris

Thank you for your official information request to the Department of
Conservation, received on 18/10/2023. 

Your reference number is OIAD-3501.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and no
later than 16/11/2023, being 20 working days after the day your request
was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

If you have any queries email us at [1][email address]. 

Ngā mihi

Government Services

Department of Conservation

Te Papa Atawhai

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Malo e lelei Chris

 

On 18 October 2023, your request was partially transferred to us from Hon
Carmel Sepuloni as some of the information is more closely connected with
the Ministry's functions. 

 

You can expect a decision as soon as practicable, and in any case no later
than 20 working days after the day on which the request was received. Our
response is due to you on Thursday 16 November 2023.

 

If you have any questions, you can respond to this email.

 

Faka’apa’apa atu

 

Losaline Sefesi

Senior Advisor, Ministerial Services

M +64 22 024 1429 
Te Puni Kokiri House, 9 Ronwood Ave, Manukau 2104
PO Box 97-005, South Auckland Mail Centre, Manukau 2240

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Kia ora Chris Mccashin,

Thank you for your Official Information Act request received on
18/10/2023.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 20 working days after the day your request was
received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension to that timeframe.

Please note the Ministry for the Environment will release responses to
selected OIA requests on our [1]OIA responses page shortly after the
response has been sent.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact us at
[email address].

Please note that this Taku Mahi inbox is not monitored.

Ngâ mihi nui

Ministerial Services Team 

Ministry for the Environment – Manatû Mô Te Taiao

Email: [email address] Website: [2]www.mfe.govt.nz 

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Dear Mr McCashin

 

I refer to your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act)
that was partially transferred to Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities by
Hon Carmel Sepuloni, Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, on 18
October 2023:

 

 

You can expect to be notified of the decision on your request by 16
November 2023 at the latest, being 20 working days after the day on which
the request was received by Kāinga Ora in accordance with section 15(1) of
the Act.

 

If an extension of time is required to make a decision you will be
notified prior to that date in accordance with section 15A of the Act.

 

We may also contact you if further clarification or refinement of your
request is required to enable a decision to be made.

 

Yours sincerely

Kāinga Ora

 

   
 
Freephone: 0800 801 601 | Mainline: (04) 439 3000 | Kāinga Ora - Homes and
Communities
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Kia ora Chris

Thank you for your request received on 18/10/2023 to the Department of
Conservation.

Please find attached our response to your request.

If you have any queries email us at [1][email address]. 

Ngā mihi

Government Services
Department of Conservation
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Dear Chris,

On behalf of Hon Carmel Sepuloni, thank you for your email.

The matter you have raised falls within the portfolio responsibilities of the Minister for Conservation. I have therefore referred your email to the office of Hon Willow-Jean Prime.

Ngā mihi,
Shahd

Shahd El-Matary | Private Secretary Executive Support
Email [email address]

Office of Hon Carmel Sepuloni MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Social Development & Employment, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Minister for Workplace Relations & Safety, Minister for Auckland, Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pacific Region)

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Kia ora

 

Please find attached the response to your OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Enquiries National Team | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of
Education | MC

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We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent
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Talofa lava Chris

 

Please find attached the Ministry’s response to your recent OIA request
for information relating to the Ministry’s procurement.

 

If you have questions, you can respond to this email.

 

 

Ia manuia (Regards)

 

Ministerial Services

Level 1, 101 The Terrace, Wellington 6011

PO Box 833, Wellington 6140

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Cc: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: OIA response from Ministry for Pacific Peoples
Importance: High

 

Malo e lelei Chris

 

On 18 October 2023, your request was partially transferred to us from Hon
Carmel Sepuloni as some of the information is more closely connected with
the Ministry's functions. 

 

You can expect a decision as soon as practicable, and in any case no later
than 20 working days after the day on which the request was received. Our
response is due to you on Thursday 16 November 2023.

 

If you have any questions, you can respond to this email.

 

Faka’apa’apa atu

 

Losaline Sefesi

Senior Advisor, Ministerial Services

M +64 22 024 1429 
Te Puni Kokiri House, 9 Ronwood Ave, Manukau 2104
PO Box 97-005, South Auckland Mail Centre, Manukau 2240

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Tēnā koe Chris

 

Please find attached a response to a request made under the Official
Information Act.

 

Have a lovely week!

 

Alma

 

Alma Shaw

Senior Advisor | Government Relations

Toka Tū Ake | EQC

Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington

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Kia ora Chris

 

Please find attached a response to your information request for the
following:

 

Please provide the most recent report completed by the Government and
their individual agencies that have funding in excess of $20m that report
on:

o How the agency tackles exploitation risks in their operations and
supply chains
o Specifically looking for supply chains relating to individual agencies
and electric cars
o Specifically looking for supply chains relating to individual agencies
and mobile phones
o Specifically looking for supply chains for any products the government
buys in bulk that require rare earth minerals mined in third world
countries contributing to modern slavery.

 

Ngā mihi

Louise

Good afternoon Chris

 

Please find attached a response to your request.

 

Regards

 

Corporate and Ministerial Services

OCDF, Office of Chief of Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force

[1]www.nzdf.mil.nz

 

 

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Dear Mr McCashin

 

Please find attached to this email a response from Kāinga Ora – Homes and
Communities to your email 18 October 2023.

 

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