Kia ora,

Thank you for your email of 21 December 2023. We are treating your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). We acknowledge receipt of your OIA, asking for any advice provided to the Minister on transgender participation in sport.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 12 February 2024. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

Please note that this takes into account the 2023/24 holiday period where there is a three-week period where the days are not counted as 'working days'. You can find out more information about the holiday period on the Ombudsman website: https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/news...

Caitlin Knell
Senior Ministerial Servicing Advisor

-----Original Message-----
From: T Murray <[FOI #25277 email]>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2023 11:38 PM
To: SportNZ Policy <[Sport and Recreation New Zealand request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Transgender participation

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Dear Sport and Recreation New Zealand,

All advice provided to the Minister on Transgender participation in sport. All directions provided by the Minister to Sport NZ regarding the participation of transgender participants in sport. This should include written advice and recollections of discussions between the Ministers and Sport NZ staff.

Yours faithfully,

T Murray

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Kia ora

Please see attached response to your Official Information Act request regarding Transgender participation in Sport.

Ngâ mihi
Elizabeth

Elizabeth Miles Willis (she/her)
Senior Ministerial Communications and Servicing Advisor

-----Original Message-----
From: SportNZ Policy
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2024 2:02 PM
To: T Murray <[FOI #25277 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Transgender participation

Kia ora,

Thank you for your email of 21 December 2023. We are treating your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). We acknowledge receipt of your OIA, asking for any advice provided to the Minister on transgender participation in sport.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 12 February 2024. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

Please note that this takes into account the 2023/24 holiday period where there is a three-week period where the days are not counted as ‘working days’. You can find out more information about the holiday period on the Ombudsman website: https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/news...

Caitlin Knell
Senior Ministerial Servicing Advisor

-----Original Message-----
From: T Murray <[FOI #25277 email]>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2023 11:38 PM
To: SportNZ Policy <[Sport and Recreation New Zealand request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Transgender participation

[You don't often get email from [FOI #25277 email]. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentific... ]

Dear Sport and Recreation New Zealand,

All advice provided to the Minister on Transgender participation in sport. All directions provided by the Minister to Sport NZ regarding the participation of transgender participants in sport. This should include written advice and recollections of discussions between the Ministers and Sport NZ staff.

Yours faithfully,

T Murray

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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:
[FOI #25277 email]

Is [Sport and Recreation New Zealand request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to Sport and Recreation New Zealand? If so, please contact us using this form:
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:
https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA page.

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Sport New Zealand is the crown entity responsible for Aotearoa New Zealand's play, active recreation and sport system.

For more details, visit http://www.sportnz.org.nz/<http://www.sportnz.org.nz/>

The information contained in this email is confidential and intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient,
you are asked to respect that confidentiality and not disclose, copy or make use of its contents. If received in error, you are asked
to destroy this email and contact the sender immediately.
Your assistance is appreciated.

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