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NAENAE COLLEGE 
910 High Street, Private Box 31-171, Lower Hutt, New Zealand 
Telephone: 64-4-567 7175 
Email: [email address]    Web page: www.naenae-college.school.nz 
Principal: C Taylor MSpLS, BRecEd, Dip Tchg 
 
 
 
27 September 2024 
 
 
 
 
Mr Otis Murray 
Fyi.org.nz/request/24734 
 
 
 
Dear Mr Murray 
 
Official Information Act Request: SMS/TEXT messages 
 
I acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 13 November 2023 for copies of 
SMS/TEXT messages exchanged on official communication devices, encompassing all transmissions 
of official messages, including personal or work duties on official platforms, commencing from April 
1, 2023. Specifically, you requested information pending to three individual staff members, including 
their personal notifications. 
 
In regard to this request, we have decided to refuse your request under section 9(2)(a) of the Official 
Information Act (OIA) for reasons of privacy of natural persons. There is potential for harm in 
releasing this information, giving us good reason to withhold the information.  
 
This now completes this request for information. 
 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
Chris Taylor 
Principal