Tçnâ koe,

Thank you for contacting the Department of Internal Affairs.  You have
contacted us during the annual legislative closedown period of public
service OIA processing, which spans 24 December 2023 to 15 January 2024
(inclusive). 

During this period Official Information Act processing is suspended.

If you are making a new Official Information Act (OIA) request for
information held by the Department, we will respond to you after OIA
processing resumes on Tuesday the 16th January 2024.  You can check the
time limit for the Department’s response in the [1]Ombudsman’s OIA
Response Calculator. 

If you are contacting the Department about information that is held by a
different agency; a Minister; a District Health Board or a Local
Authority, you will receive your answer up to two weeks sooner if you
[2]request the information from them directly.  If you will be contacting
them directly, please take a moment to let us know that you are
withdrawing your request to the Department.

Nâku noa, nâ

 

OIA Performance and Practice team

Te Urûngi | Organisational Strategy & Performance

Level 6, 45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |
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Good afternoon Adam,

Thank you for your Official Information Act request to the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), included in train, which was received during the annual legislative closedown period of public service OIA processing (24 Dec - 15 January inclusive).

Your request is extremely broad in scope, since you have listed no specific period or topic of interest, and you include 'all Ministers or officials subject to the Act'. It would be administratively unreasonable for the Department to attempt to transfer your request to all Ministers or officials subject to the Act. This comprises more than 100 agencies, entities and Ministers.

REQUESTING INFORMATION HELD BY CURRENT MINISTERS AND ALL OFFICIALS SUBJECT TO THE ACT
-If you would like to request information about correspondence between current Ministers and Cameron Slater, please make your request directly to the individual Ministers you are interested in. You can find contact information for all current Ministers on the beehive website by googling 'beehive, NZ Ministers'. You can also find information from former Minister's Diaries in the public domain here: https://beehive.govt.nz/search?f%5B0%5D=...

- If you would like to request information about meetings between officials and Cameron Slater, please make your request directly to the individual agencies and entities you are interested in. You can find contact information for these on their websites.

REQUESTING INFORMATION ABOUT MEETINGS BETWEEN DIA OFFICIALS AND CAMERON SLATER
Please clarify the time period you would like to enquire about regarding any meetings between Department of Internal Affairs officials and Cameron Slater.

Please note that the Department is considering partially refusing your request under section 18(f) of the Act in respect of former employees, as undertaking a search of meeting history for staff previously employed at the Department would necessitate substantial collation and research which would be likely to disproportionately impact the normal operation of the organisation. This is because the search tool will pick up any mention of the word 'cameron' or 'slater' in the meeting body or attendees, and this can reasonably be expected to result in a very high volume of irrelevant correspondence that must be manually reviewed in order to exclude it. If you are able to identify a specific short time period and business group or former employee, this may sufficiently resolve the substantial nature of the collation.

REQUESTING CORRESPONDENCE AND MEETINGS BETWEEN FORMER MINISTERS AND CAMERON SLATER
The Department of Internal Affairs is able to provide access to information of former Ministers, however your request at its current scope is likely to be refused under section 18(f) of the Act in respect of former Ministers, due to substantial collation and research, as without refinement this will include more than a decade of information of many dozens of Ministers.

If you would like to refine your request to the Department regarding information of former Ministers, please confirm and I will connect you with the team responsible for that information so that you can learn more about how the process for accessing former Minister's information works and agree a scope that is reasonably answerable.

Note that if you would like to pursue this avenue, it will be treated as a separate request. This is because collation of departmental information and collation of information held by the parliamentary service involves quite different processes led by different parts of the organisation and keeping these requests separate ensures the most efficient response timeframes in each.

Nāku noa, nā

Michelle Reed (she/her)
Lead Advisor Official Correspondence | Information Management and Privacy
He Ringa Manaaki | Workplace Services Group
He Pou Aronui | Organisational Capability and Services
Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs
Level 3, 45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand | http://www.dia.govt.nz/

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Tēnā koe Adam,

Thank you for your clarification regarding your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs (included with this email). You have advised that you would like to amend your request and now only require response from current Ministers and Associate Ministers, in respect of the period that they have been in government. Your request is therefore adjusted to the below:

1. Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty Politics book).
2. Pease provide any information with regards to any meetings between Mr Slater and any government ministers.

We are therefore transferring your request to all incumbent Ministers of the Crown for response, in accordance with section 14(b) of the Official Information Act 1982.

You can expect to hear from the receiving Ministers shortly in regard to your request.  If you would like to contact them directly, you are able to email them at the following addresses:

Rt Hon. Christopher Luxon: [email address]
Rt Hon. Winston Peters: [email address]
Hon. Nicola Willis: [email address]
Hon. Chris Bishop: [email address]
Hon. Dr. Shane Reti: [email address]
Hon. Simeon Brown: [email address]
Hon. Erica Stanford: [email address]
Hon. Paul Goldsmith: [email address]
Hon. Louise Upston: [email address]
Hon. Judith Collins: [email address]
Hon. Mark Mitchell: [email address]
Hon. Todd McClay: [email address]
Hon. Tama Potaka: [email address]
Hon. Matt Doocey: [email address]
Hon. Melissa Lee: [email address]
Hon. Simon Watts: [email address]
Hon. Penny Simmonds: [email address]
Hon. Chris Penk: [email address]
Hon. Nicola Grigg: [email address]
Hon. Andrew Bayly: [email address]
Hon. David Seymour: [email address]
Hon. Brooke van Velden: [email address]
Hon. Nicole McKee: [email address]
Hon. Andrew Hoggard: [email address]
Hon. Karen Chhour: [email address]
Hon. Shane Jones: [email address]
Hon. Casey Costello: [email address]
Hon. Mark Patterson: [email address]

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision to transfer.  Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or Freephone 0800 802 602.  

Nāku, nā

Michelle Reed (she/her)  
Lead Advisor Official Correspondence  | Information Management and Privacy
He Ringa Manaaki | Workplace Services Group
He Pou Aronui | Organisational Capability and Services
Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs
Level 3, 45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |  www.dia.govt.nz

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Tēnā koe Adam,

Thank you for your clarification regarding your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs (included with this email). You have advised that you would like to amend your request and now only require response from current Ministers and Associate Ministers, in respect of the period that they have been in government. Your request is therefore adjusted to the below:

1. Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty Politics book).
2. Pease provide any information with regards to any meetings between Mr Slater and any government ministers.

We are therefore transferring your request to all incumbent Ministers of the Crown for response, in accordance with section 14(b) of the Official Information Act 1982.

You can expect to hear from the receiving Ministers shortly in regard to your request. If you would like to contact them directly, you are able to email them at the following addresses:

Rt Hon. Christopher Luxon: [email address]

Rt Hon. Winston Peters: [email address] Hon.

Nicola Willis: [email address]

Hon. Chris Bishop: [email address]

Hon. Dr. Shane Reti: [email address]

Hon. Simeon Brown: [email address]

Hon. Erica Stanford: [email address]

Hon. Paul Goldsmith: [email address]

Hon. Louise Upston: [email address]

Hon. Judith Collins: [email address]

Hon. Mark Mitchell: [email address]

Hon. Todd McClay: [email address]

Hon. Tama Potaka: [email address]

Hon. Matt Doocey: [email address]

Hon. Melissa Lee: [email address]

Hon. Simon Watts: [email address]

Hon. Penny Simmonds: [email address]

Hon. Chris Penk: [email address]

Hon. Nicola Grigg: [email address]

Hon. Andrew Bayly: [email address]

Hon. David Seymour: [email address]

Hon. Brooke van Velden: [email address]

Hon. Nicole McKee: [email address]

Hon. Andrew Hoggard: [email address]

Hon. Karen Chhour: [email address]

Hon. Shane Jones: [email address]

Hon. Casey Costello: [email address]

Hon. Mark Patterson: [email address]

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision to transfer. Information about how to make a complaint is available at http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/ or Freephone 0800 802 602.

Nāku, nā

Michelle Reed (she/her)
Lead Advisor Official Correspondence | Information Management and Privacy He Ringa Manaaki | Workplace Services Group He Pou Aronui | Organisational Capability and Services Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs Level 3, 45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand | http://www.dia.govt.nz/

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Tçnâ koe Adam,

 

On behalf of Hon Paul Goldsmith, I acknowledge receipt of your official
information request dated 28/12/23, where you requested:

 

“1. Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and
Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty
Politics book). 

2. Pease provide any information with regards to any meetings between Mr
Slater and any government ministers.”

 

We received your request on 26/01/24. We will endeavour to respond to your
request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 24/02/24, 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.

 

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith

Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice

Minister for State Owned Enterprises | Minister for Treaty of Waitangi
Negotiations

 

 

Email [1][email address] | [2]www.beehive.govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

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replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
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prohibited and may be unlawful.

information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the release
of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the sender.
You can read more about the proactive release policy at
[3]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

 

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Kia ora Adam,

 

We have received transfer of your request for official information from
the Department of Internal Affairs to the Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti. The
Official Information Act request is as follows: 

 

 

“1. Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and
Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty
Politics book). 

2. Pease provide any information with regards to any meetings between Mr
Slater and any government ministers.”  

 

The reference number for your request is: SROIA-035

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Office will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
the day your request was received. You can expect a response by Monday the
26^th February 2024.

 

Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [1][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602. 

 

Ngâ mihi 

 

 

Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti

 

Member of Parliament for Whangârei

Minister of Health| Minister for Pacific Peoples |
 

Email: [2][email address]   Website: [3]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

Authorised by Hon Dr Shane Reti, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

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Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’
portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or
constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list:
date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy
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Dear Adam, 

 

Thank you for your email received 26 January 2024 in which you submitted
an Official Information Act request as follows: 

1. Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and
Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty
Politics book).

2. Pease provide any information with regards to any meetings between Mr
Slater and any government ministers.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 26 February 2024, 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, please feel free to contact our office. If any
additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request,
please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken into
account.

Kind regards, 

Private Secretary. 

Office of Rt Hon Winston Peters
Deputy Prime Minister

Minister of Foreign Affairs |

Minister for Racing |

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

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Dear Adam

 

Thank you for your email of 28 December 2023 in which you submitted an
Official Information Act request to the Department of Internal Affairs as
follows:

 

Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and Cameron
Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty Politics
book).  I require any and all messages that can be requested under the
OIA.  Also please provide any information with regards to any meetings
between Mr Slater and any government ministers or other officials subject
to the OIA.

 

This request has been transferred to Minister Penk, in addition to other
Ministers which were confirmed with you by DIA. This transfer request was
received by this Office on 26 January 2024.

 

Minister Penk is considering your request in accordance with the Act, and
you can expect a response by 26 February 2024.

 

Kind regards

Office of Hon Chris Penk

Minister for Building and Construction

Minister for Land Information

Minister for Veterans

Associate Minister of Defence

Associate Minister of Immigration
 

Website: [1]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

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confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
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Dear Adam,

Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request, transferred from Department of Internal Affairs on 26 January 2024, in which you requested the following information:

1. Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty Politics book).
2. Pease provide any information with regards to any meetings between Mr Slater and any government ministers.

Your request will be answered within the provisions of the Official Information Act.

Kind regards,

Office of Hon Simeon Brown
Minister of Transport, Minister of Local Government, Minister for Energy, Minister for Auckland

Email: [email address] Website: http://www.beehive/,govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is prohibited and may be unlawful.
Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’ portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list: date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

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Hi Adam - Thank you for your email of 28 December 2023 in which you
submitted an Official Information Act request to the Department of
Internal Affairs as follows:

 

o Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and
Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty
Politics book).  I require any and all messages that can be requested
under the OIA.  Also please provide any information with regards to
any meetings between Mr Slater and any government ministers or other
officials subject to the OIA.

 
This request has been transferred to Minister Grigg, in addition to other
Ministers which were confirmed with you by DIA. This transfer request was
received by this Office on 26 January 2024.

 

Minister Grigg is considering your request in accordance with the Act, and
you can expect a response by Monday 26 February 2024.

 

Office of Hon Nicola Grigg

Minister of State for Trade

Minister for Women

Associate Minister of Agriculture (Horticulture)

DDI: 04 817 6817

Email: [1][email address] | Website: [2]www.Beehive.govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

Authorised by Hon Nicola Grigg, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

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Dear Adam

 

Thank you for your email in which you submitted an Official Information
Act request as follows:

 

“1. Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and
Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty
Politics book).

2. Pease provide any information with regards to any meetings between Mr
Slater and any government ministers.”

 

We received your request on Friday 26 January 2024. We will endeavour to
respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than
Monday 26 February 2024, 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.

 

Kind regards, Annette

 

Annette Gratkowski | Private Secretary Executive
Support

 

 

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Dear Adam,

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your transferred Official
Information Act request dated 28 December 2023.  You have requested the
following information:

 

“1. Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and
Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty
Politics book).

2. Pease provide any information with regards to any meetings between Mr
Slater and any government ministers.”

 

We received your transferred and amended request on 26/01/2024.  We will
endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event
no later than 26/02/2024, 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.

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon. Chris Bishop

Minister of Housing| Minister for Infrastructure | Minister Responsible
for RMA Reform | Minister for Sport and Recreation | Associate Minister of
Finance | Leader of the House

Private Bag 18041 |Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

Office phone: +64 4 817 6802 | Email: [email address]

 

Email disclaimer:

 

This email communication is confidential between the sender and the
recipient. The intended recipient may not distribute it without the
permission of the sender. If this email is received in error, it remains
confidential and you may not copy, retain or distribute it in any manner.
Please notify the sender immediately and erase all copies of the message
and all attachments. Thank you.

 

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From: adam <[1][FYI request #25304 email]>

Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 12:42 PM

To: OIA <[2][DIA request email]>

Subject: Re: Official Information request - All contact of Ministers with
Cameron Slater

 

[You don't often get email from
[3][FYI request #25304 email]. Learn why this is
important at [4]https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentific... ]

 

Dear OIA,

 

Good Afternoon Michelle

 

I understand your point about it being a very broad request.  I think it
will help if we keep it to the current government which makes it a  VERY
narrow timeframe.  It should not be hard for each minister and associate
minister to provide the information at least.  I would appreciate it if
you could please provide all correspondence from these sources.

 

Ministers

 

Yours sincerely,

 

adam

 

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Dear Adam,

 

Further to our acknowledgment below -

 

I refer to your official information request dated 28 December 2023.

 

I am refusing your request under section 18(e) of the OIA because the
information requested does not exist.

 

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 at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.”

 

Kind regards, Annette

 

Annette Gratkowski | Private Secretary Executive
Support

 

 

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Associate Minister of Health (Pharmac)

 

DDI 04 817 6333 | 7.6 Executive Wing, Parliament
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From: Annette Gratkowski
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 9:11 AM
To: adam <[FOI #25304 email]>
Subject: Official Information request - All contact of Ministers with
Cameron Slater

 

Dear Adam

 

Thank you for your email in which you submitted an Official Information
Act request as follows:

 

“1. Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and
Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty
Politics book).

2. Pease provide any information with regards to any meetings between Mr
Slater and any government ministers.”

 

We received your request on Friday 26 January 2024. We will endeavour to
respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than
Monday 26 February 2024, 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.

 

Kind regards, Annette

 

Annette Gratkowski | Private Secretary Executive
Support

 

 

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Kia Ora Adam,

 

Thank you for your email in which you submitted an Official Information
Act request as follows:

 

Official information request:

 

1. Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and
Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty
Politics book).

2. Pease provide any information with regards to any meetings between Mr
Slater and any government ministers.

 

Minister Upston is considering your request in accordance with the Act,
and you can expect a response by Monday 26^th February 2024.

 

 

Ngā mihi,

 

 

Jess Watt

Private Secretary (Community and Voluntary Sector) | Office of Hon Louise
Upston

Minister for Social Development and Employment

Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector

Minister for Child Poverty Reduction

 
 

Email: [1][email address] | Website: [2]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

 

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Dear Adam,

We have received an OIA transfer from Michelle Reed at DIA 26/1/2024 in
accordance with section 14(b) of the Official Information Act 1982.  Your
request was as follows:

 

OIA Request sent to DIA 28/12/2023 and transferred to Hon Casey Costello’s
office 26/1/24 for the request of:

1. Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and
Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty
Politics book). 

2. Pease provide any information with regards to any meetings between Mr
Slater and any government ministers.

 

Minister Hon Casey Costello is considering your official information
request in accordance with the Act, and you can expect a response by
Monday 26 February 2024.

 

Kind regards

 

 

 

Office of Hon Casey Costello

 

 

Office of Hon Casey Costello

Minister of Customs | Minister for Seniors

Associate Minister of Immigration | Associate Minister of Health |
Associate Minister of Police

2.062 PH, Parliament Buildings,Wellington 6160, New Zealand

DDI: (04) 817 6827

E: [1][email address]

 

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confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by
replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.

 

 

 

 

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OIA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

 

Dear Adam,

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request,
received on 26/01/2024, in which you requested the following information:

 

o Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and
Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty
Politics book).
o Pease provide any information with regards to any meetings between Mr
Slater and any government ministers.

 

Your request will be answered within the provisions of the Official
Information Act.

 

Kind regards,

Office of Hon Erica Stanford

 

Office of Hon Erica Stanford

 

MP for East Coast Bays

Minister of Education

Minister of Immigration

 
Website: [1]www.Beehive,govt.nz

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Dear Adam,

 

We acknowledge receipt of your official information request which was
transferred to us from the Department of Internal Affairs on Friday 26
January 2024. You requested the following information;

 

1. Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and
Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty
Politics book).

2. Please provide any information with regards to any meetings between Mr
Slater and any government ministers.

 

I note that you amended your request on 17 January and now only require
response from current Ministers and Associate Ministers, in respect of the
period that they have been in government.

 

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 within the appropriate
timeframe, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe. If your
OIA request requires full or part transfer, we will contact you within the
required timeframe.

 

Kind regards,

 

Lauren Gillot

Private Secretary (Executive Support) | Office of Hon Todd McClay

 

MP for Rotorua

Minister of Agriculture

Minister of Forestry

Minister for Hunting and Fishing

Minister for Trade

Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs

 
DDI: 04 817 6810

Email: [1][email address]    Website: [2]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

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Kia ora Adam,

 

On behalf of Hon Erica Stanford, please see the attached response to your
request for Official Information.

 

Office of Hon Erica Stanford

 

Office of Hon Erica Stanford

 

MP for East Coast Bays

Minister of Education

Minister of Immigration

 
Website: [1]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

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Dear Adam,

 

 

Please find a response from Hon. Minister Karen Chhour to your Official
Information Act request that was transferred from the DIA.

 

 

Warm regards

 

| Office of Hon Karen Chhour

Minister for Children | Prevention of Family & Sexual Violence

 

Website: [1]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dear Adam,

 

Please find attached a response to your OIA request.

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

Office of Hon Judith Collins KC MP

 

Member of Parliament for Papakura

Attorney-General | Minister of Defence | Minister for Digitising
Government | Minister Responsible for the GCSB Minister Responsible for
the NZSIS | Minister of Science, Innovation & Technology | Minister for
Space | Lead Coordination Minister for the Government’s Response to the
Royal Commission’s Report into the Terrorist Attack on the Christchurch
Mosques
 

Email: [1][email address]   Website:
[2]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

Authorised by Hon Judith Collins, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

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Kia ora Adam

 

Please find attached a response to your request for official information.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

 

Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti

Minister of Health

Minister for Pacific Peoples
Email: [1][email address]

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

 

 

From: Shane Reti (MIN) <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2024 4:53 PM
To: [FOI #25304 email]
Subject: SROIA-035

 

Kia ora Adam,

 

We have received transfer of your request for official information from
the Department of Internal Affairs to the Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti. The
Official Information Act request is as follows: 

 

 

“1. Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and
Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty
Politics book). 

2. Pease provide any information with regards to any meetings between Mr
Slater and any government ministers.”  

 

The reference number for your request is: SROIA-035

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Office will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
the day your request was received. You can expect a response by Monday the
26^th February 2024.

 

Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [2][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602. 

 

Ngâ mihi 

 

 

Office of Hon Dr Shane Reti

 

Member of Parliament for Whangârei

Minister of Health| Minister for Pacific Peoples |
 

Email: [3][email address]   Website: [4]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

Authorised by Hon Dr Shane Reti, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

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Hi,

 

Please find attached a response from Min Andrew Hoggard’s Office regarding
your OIA request.

 

Regards,

 

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+6448176343 

 

Authorised by Hon Andrew Hoggard, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

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Kia ora,

 

Please find attached a response to your OIA request dated 26^th January
2024 from Minister McKee.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Office Hon Nicole McKee
Minister of Courts | Associate Minister of Justice (Firearms)

 

 

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Tçnâ koe Adam

 

Please find attached the response to your OIA request.

 

Nâku noa, nâ

 

 

Office of Hon Mark Mitchell

Minister of Police

Minister of Corrections

Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery

MP for Whangaparaoa
 

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Authorised by Hon Mark Mitchell, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

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Good Afternoon Adam,

 

Further to your email dated 28 December 2023 via the FYI.org.nz website in
which you submitted an Official Information Act Request to the Minister
for Community and Voluntary Sector:

 

1. Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and
Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty
Politics book). 

2. Pease provide any information with regards to any meetings between Mr
Slater and any government ministers.

 

 

As per previous communication with the Department of Internal Affairs
please see attached response to your OIA request.

 

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Ceri  

 

 

 

Ceri Burke

Private Secretary (Executive Support

Office of Hon Louise Upston | MP for Taupō

Minister for Social Development and Employment

Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector

Minister for Child Poverty Reduction

Acting Minister for Women
 

Website: [1]www.Beehive,govt.nz

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Dear Adam,

 

Please find attached a response from Hon Nicola Grigg, in response to your
Official Information Act request received by this office on 26 January
2024.

 

Kind regards,

Mira

 

Office of Hon Nicola Grigg

Minister of State for Trade

Minister for Women

Associate Minister of Agriculture (Horticulture)

DDI: 04 817 6817

Email: [1][email address] | Website: [2]www.Beehive.govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

Authorised by Hon Nicola Grigg, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

 

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Please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request.

 

Office of Hon Casey Costello

 

Minister of Customs

Minister for Seniors

Associate Minister of Immigration

Associate Minister of Health

Associate Minister of Police

 

Parliament Buildings

Wellington

 

P: 04 817 8255 

 

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Dear Adam,

 

Please see the attached response to your OIA request of 26 January 2024.

 

Kind regards,

 

Lauren Gillot

Senior Private Secretary (Acting) | Office of Hon Todd McClay

 

MP for Rotorua

Minister of Agriculture

Minister of Forestry

Minister for Hunting and Fishing

Minister for Trade

Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs

 
DDI: 04 817 6810

Email: [1][email address]    Website: [2]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

From: Todd McClay (MIN)
Sent: Monday, February 5, 2024 5:30 PM
To: adam <[FYI request #25304 email]>
Subject: RE: OIA017 Acknowledgement | Official Information request - All
contact of Ministers with Cameron Slater

 

Dear Adam,

 

We acknowledge receipt of your official information request which was
transferred to us from the Department of Internal Affairs on Friday 26
January 2024. You requested the following information;

 

1. Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and
Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty
Politics book).

2. Please provide any information with regards to any meetings between Mr
Slater and any government ministers.

 

I note that you amended your request on 17 January and now only require
response from current Ministers and Associate Ministers, in respect of the
period that they have been in government.

 

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 within the appropriate
timeframe, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe. If your
OIA request requires full or part transfer, we will contact you within the
required timeframe.

 

Kind regards,

 

Lauren Gillot

Private Secretary (Executive Support) | Office of Hon Todd McClay

 

MP for Rotorua

Minister of Agriculture

Minister of Forestry

Minister for Hunting and Fishing

Minister for Trade

Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs

 
DDI: 04 817 6810

Email: [3][email address]    Website: [4]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

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Dear Adam

 

Please see attached for the response to your Official Information Act 1982
request of 26 January 2024.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Office of Hon Chris Penk

Minister for Building and Construction

Minister for Land Information

Minister for Veterans

Associate Minister of Defence

Associate Minister of Immigration
 

Website: [1]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

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Dear Adam,

 

Please see attached for the response to your Official Information Act 1982

request of 26 January 2024.

 

Kind regards,

Office of Hon Penny Simmonds

 

Minister for Disability Issues | Environment | Tertiary Education and
Skills

Associate Minister for Social Develeopment and Employment
 

P: 04 817 6815

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

Authorised by Hon Penny Simmonds, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

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Dear Adam,

 

Please find a letter attached regarding your OIA request.

 

Kind regards,

Private Secretary.

 

Office of Rt Hon Winston Peters
Deputy Prime Minister

Minister of Foreign Affairs |

Minister for Racing |

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

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Dear Adam,

 

Please see the attached letter from Minister Brooke van Velden in response
to your OIA request.

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon Brooke van Velden

Minister of Internal Affairs

Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety

MP for Tâmaki

Website: [1]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

Authorised by Hon Brooke van Velden, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

 

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meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
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released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
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[2]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

 

 

 

From: OIA <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2024 4:21 PM
To: Christopher Luxon (MIN) <[email address]>; Winston Peters
(MIN) <[email address]>; Nicola Willis (MIN)
<[email address]>; Christopher Bishop (MIN)
<[email address]>; Shane Reti (MIN) <[email address]>;
Simeon Brown (MIN) <[email address]>; Erica Stanford (MIN)
<[email address]>; Paul Goldsmith (MIN)
<[email address]>; Louise Upston (MIN)
<[email address]>; Judith Collins (MIN)
<[email address]>; Mark Mitchell (MIN)
<[email address]>; Todd McClay (MIN)
<[email address]>; Tama Potaka (MIN)
<[email address]>; Matthew Doocey (MIN)
<[email address]>; Melissa Lee (MIN) <[email address]>;
Simon Watts (MIN) <[email address]>; Penny Simmonds (MIN)
<[email address]>; Chris Penk (MIN)
<[email address]>; Nicola Grigg (MIN)
<[email address]>; Andrew Bayly (MIN)
<[email address]>; David Seymour (MIN)
<[email address]>; Brooke van Velden (MIN)
<[email address]>; Nicole McKee (MIN)
<[email address]>; Andrew Hoggard (MIN)
<[email address]>; Karen Chhour (MIN)
<[email address]>; Shane Jones (MIN)
<[email address]>; Casey Costello (MIN)
<[email address]>; Mark Patterson (MIN)
<[email address]>
Subject: OIA022 Notification of transfer to all incumbent Ministers
OIA2324-0495 - Correspondence and meetings with blogger Cameron Slater

 

Good afternoon,

 

The Department of Internal Affairs has received the attached request from
a requester using the FYI.org.nz website and referring to themselves as
'Adam'. 

 

The Department sought refinement of the scope of Adam’s request, and Adam
has refined his request, confirming he wishes to make the below request
(only) to all incumbent Ministers of the currently sitting government, for
the period since the time they took up their portfolios.

 

1. Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and
Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty
Politics book). 

2. Pease provide any information with regards to any meetings between Mr
Slater and any government ministers.

 

As Adam has made clear that he would like his request to be made to all
incumbent Ministers, the Department must transfer his request to each
Minister for individual response.  

 

Due to the number of transfer recipients in this case, transfer is being
undertaken as a collective notification to Ministers, rather than via
direct consultation between Minister’s offices.  This notification
approach is on an exceptional basis, and direct consultation between
Ministers offices will continue to be the transfer approach observed by
the Department under normal circumstances.  Should any Minister receiving
this notification have already received the same request from Adam
directly, this transfer notification will have no effect.

 

Please accept this email as confirmation of transfer under section 14(b)
of the Act, as the information requested is not held by the Department of
Internal Affairs, but is believed to be held by and more closely connected
with the functions of each incumbent Minister of the Crown.

 

I attach the original request from Adam, the clarification sought with
Adam, and the notification to Adam of this transfer, for your reference.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision to transfer.  Information about how to make a complaint is
available at [3]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or Freephone 0800 802 602.  

 

Nâku, nâ

 

 

Nâku noa, nâ

 

Michelle Reed (she/her)  

Lead Advisor Official Correspondence  | Information Management and Privacy

He Ringa Manaaki | Workplace Services Group

He Pou Aronui | Organisational Capability and Services

Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal
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Letter from Hon Nicola Willis, Minister of Finance, attached.

Private Secretary | Office of Hon Nicola Willis
Minister of Finance | Minister for the Public Service | Minister for Social Investment
Associate Minister of Climate Change
Private Bag 18 888 |Parliament Buildings |Wellington 6011 http://www.beehive.govt.nz/

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Good afternoon Adam

Please disregard the email sent to you at 3.26pm and note the letter attached to this email instead.

Many thanks

Private Secretary | Office of Hon Nicola Willis
Minister of Finance | Minister for the Public Service | Minister for Social Investment
Associate Minister of Climate Change
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Kia ora Adam,

 

Please find attached a response to your OIA request ref: OIA24-CB014 from
Hon. Chris Bishop.

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon. Chris Bishop

Minister of Housing| Minister for Infrastructure | Minister Responsible
for RMA Reform | Minister for Sport and Recreation | Associate Minister of
Finance | Leader of the House

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Office phone: +64 4 817 6802 | Email: [email address]

 

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Good afternoon, Adam.

 

Please find attached a response from Hon Simon Watts, Minister of Climate
Change and Minister of Revenue to your OIA request on 14 February

 

Kind regards,

 

 

[1]Crest Jack Boltar | Ministerial Advisor

Office of Hon Simon Watts

Minister of Climate Change | Minister of Revenue

E: [2][email address]

PH: +64 4 817 8380 | +64 21 841 392

 

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Dear Adam

 

On behalf of Hon Matt Doocey, please see the attached letter in response
to your request under the Official Information Act.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Office of Hon Matt Doocey

Minister for ACC | Minister for Mental Health | Minister for Tourism and
Hospitality | Minister for Youth |

Associate Minister of Health | Associate Minister of Transport
DDI: 04 817 6812

Email: [1][email address]   Website: [2]www.Beehive,govt.nz

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Dear Adam

Please see attached for Minister Patterson's response to your request for official information.

Kind regards,

Hayley

Office of Hon Mark Patterson

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Tēnā koe Adam,

 

Please see the attached correspondence from the Hon Paul Goldsmith.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith

Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice

Minister for State Owned Enterprises | Minister for Treaty of Waitangi
Negotiations

 

Email [1][email address] | [2]www.beehive.govt.nz
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Dear Adam,

 

Please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request.

 

 

Kind regards,

Evana

 

Office of Hon Simeon Brown

Minister of Transport, Minister of Local Government, Minister for Energy,
Minister for Auckland

 

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