16 January 2024
Our Ref: C56091
By email: [FYI request #25260 email]
Tēnā koe, John,
Official Information Act 1982 (OIA): Staff involved in OIA and Stats
We note your request made via email dated 20 December 2023 in which you requested the
following:
May I kindly request org chart of your team who deal with OIA Act request. How
many OIA Act request you have received from 1st Jan 2022 to 1 Dec 2023. Also are
able to provide the status of how many requests you have delayed in reply and how
many you required extension of time to response.
We have considered your request under the OIA.
Information being released
Please find below the information requested for the period 1 January 2022 to 1 December
2023. Please note that we have interpreted the reference to “… have delayed in reply…” to
refer to late responses and have reflected that in the information provided. I note that we
take all steps to respond as soon as possible to OIA requests, and our median response time
as published in the PSC OIA statistics for January – June 2023 was 14.6 days.
For the period 1 January 2022 to 1 December 2023 REA:
Received 82 OIA requests;
Sought 9 extensions; and
Had 8 late responses.
With regards to your question as to who deals with OIA requests, as a small agency we do
not have a special team who manages these requests. Requests are logged by the Legal
Operations and Litigation Coordinator and allocated to the team that they relate to. OIA
responses are generally signed out by the relevant senior leader, with engagement from the
General Counsel and Chief Executive if required. There is no further information to provide
with regards to this aspect of your request.
Information not being released
We are not providing our organisational chart as this information has previously been
provided to you.
Next steps
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss this response with us, please contact me by email at
[REA request email].
Nāku iti noa, nā
Herman Visagie
General Counsel
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