Inter /Intra Agency comms on RAL OIAs
AnonSkiGuy made this Official Information request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
The request was refused by Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment.
From: AnonSkiGuy
Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,
Please supply all communications from 01 November 2022 to present, including but not limited to Texts , Emails, Phone records, Social messages where the subject or content included the discussion of OIA requests on RAL liquidation or Administration.
Yours faithfully,
Stephen Prendergast
From: Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Ref: 2324-0822
Dear Stephen,
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 12 October 2023 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:
‘Please supply all communications from 01 November 2022 to present,
including but not limited to Texts , Emails, Phone records, Social
messages where the subject or content included the discussion of OIA
requests on RAL liquidation or Administration.’
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 10 November 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 enquiries regarding your request feel free to contact us
via email to [1][MBIE request email].
Nâku noa, nâ
Ministerial Services
Corporate, Governance and Information | Ngâ Pou o te Taumaru
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140
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From: *OIA
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Kia ora
Please find attached a letter that requests to narrow the scope of your
Official Information Request (2324-0822).
Ngâ mihi
Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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From: Ministerial Services
Sent: Friday, 13 October 2023 2:00 pm
To: AnonSkiGuy <[FYI request #24428 email]>
Subject: Acknowledgement of your Official Information Request (2324-0822)
[UNCLASSIFIED]
Ref: 2324-0822
Dear Stephen,
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 12 October 2023 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:
‘Please supply all communications from 01 November 2022 to present,
including but not limited to Texts , Emails, Phone records, Social
messages where the subject or content included the discussion of OIA
requests on RAL liquidation or Administration.’
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 10 November 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 enquiries regarding your request feel free to contact us
via email to [2][MBIE request email].
Nâku noa, nâ
Ministerial Services
Corporate, Governance and Information | Ngâ Pou o te Taumaru
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140
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2. mailto:[MBIE request email]
mailto:[MBIE request email]
From: AnonSkiGuy
Kia Ora MBIE team
Can you please clarify if you are suggesting you would need to review the requests which you have already responded to, so that you could determine whether you should not respond to this request or some other intention ?
Yours sincerely,
Stephen
From: *OIA
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Good morning Stephen
Please note that we have completed an initial scope your request for “all communications (including texts, emails, Phone records, social messages) from 01 November 2022 to present where the subject or content included is regarding OIA requests on RAL liquidation or Administration."
Our initial review/scope concluded that your request is too large and will be very difficult to meet without substantial collation or research. We have invited you to narrow your request as if your request is not narrowed, we will have to refuse it under section 18(f) of the Act, which applies where the information cannot be made available without substantial collation or research.
Ngā mihi
Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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From: AnonSkiGuy
Kia Ora MBIE ,
Can you please indicate the volume as it seems incongruous that here has been such a significant volume of correspondence dealing with OIAs. This would suggest that MBIE is consuming more effort on the OIAs themselves.
Regards
Stephen Prendergast
From: *OIA
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Good afternoon
Thank you for your email.
MBIE has identified 28 Official Information Act (OIA) requests that are within scope of your request. As mentioned before, our initial assessment / search indicated that the material in scope of your request for all communications relating to OIA’s regarding Ruapehu Alpine Lifts Limited (In Liquidation) liquidation or administration, would require substantial time to collate and assess. We advised that it may be refused under section 18(f) of the Act unless the request is narrowed.
Searches by MBIE’s Records Services identified 4,173 emails within scope of your request (this does not contain any media alerts and messages generated by the OIA workflows). This is an average of 149 emails per request, however, please note that this number does not include texts or phone calls.
As indicated in our letter to you of 20 October 2023, unless the request is amended, we may have to refuse it under section 18(f) of the Act, which applies where the information cannot be made available without substantial collation or research.
Please advise us before 10 November 2023 if you are willing to reframe and submit a revised request.
Ngâ mihi
Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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From: AnonSkiGuy
Kia Ora MBIE Team
Please also include the filter term concession or licence . This is likely to reduce the volume to those discussions focused on concession transfer.
Yours sincerely,
Stephen Prendergast
From: *OIA
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Good afternoon
Thank you for email of 10 November 2023 that amends your OIA request (2324-0822) to be for the following information:
"Please supply all communications from 01 November 2022 to present, including but not limited to Texts , Emails, Phone records, Social messages where the subject or content included the discussion of OIA requests on RAL liquidation or Administration.
Please also include the filter term concession or license. This is likely to reduce the volume to those discussions focused on concession transfer."
Please contact us if we have interpreted this amendment to the scope of your request incorrectly.
We will endeavor to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no later than 8 December 2023, being 20 working days after the day your amended request was received, as per section 15(1AA) of the Official Information Act. 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 enquiries regarding your request, feel free to contact us via email to [MBIE request email].
Ngā mihi
Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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From: *OIA
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Dear Stephen Prendergast
Please find attached a letter from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment regarding your recent request for Official Information (2324-0822).
Ngā mihi
Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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