Dear Suzanne

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your OIA request below.

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 by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

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.

Our letter notifying you of our decision on your request will confirm if we intend to publish the letter (with your personal details removed) and any related documents on the Te
Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission’s website.

Kind regards

Enquiries Team
îmçra: [email address]

Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission
http://www.publicservice.govt.nz/ | http://www.govt.nz/

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Dear Suzanne

 

Please find attached our response to your below OIA request advising we
are transferring part four of your request to the New Zealand Security
Intelligence Service.

 

Kind regards

 

Enquiries Team

īmēra: [1][email address]

Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission [4]Facebook logo[5]Twitter
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[3]www.govt.nz

 

 

 

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Tçnâ koe Suzanne,

 

Thank you for your request made under Official Information Act 1982 (OIA),
partially transferred to the NZSIS from Te Kawa Mataaho | Public Service
Commission on 16 February 2024. The part of your request transferred to
the NZSIS asks:

 

·         Would a diagnosis of ADHD/ Autism preclude an individual from
holding a National Security Clearance?

 

 

Before we begin processing your request, we require more information to
establish your eligibility to make a request under the OIA. Per Section 12
of the OIA, to be eligible to make a request you must be:

•             a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident;

•             a person in New Zealand; or

•             a corporate entity (that is, a company or an incorporated
society) which is either incorporated in New Zealand or has a place of
business here.

 

We would appreciate it if you could please provide us with information
that confirms your eligibility to make an OIA request. This could be a
posted or emailed scan of a New Zealand driver’s licence or passport, or
evidence of residency in New Zealand, such as a utility bill with your
name/address.

 

If you would prefer to not provide evidence of your eligibility to us
directly, you are welcome to provide it via the Office of the Ombudsman,
or ask FYI.org to make a request on your behalf (refer ‘Can I make an OIA
request using a pseudonym?’ on  [1]https://fyi.org.nz/help/privacy).

 

If you have any queries, please feel free to email us via
[2][email address].

 

Ngâ mihi,

NZSIS

 

 

From: Enquiries <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, 16 February 2024 4:20 PM
To: [FOI #25666 email]
Cc: Enquiries <[email address]>
Subject: OIA 2024-0007 - TRANSFER

 

Dear Suzanne

 

Please find attached our response to your below OIA request advising we
are transferring part four of your request to the New Zealand Security
Intelligence Service.

 

Kind regards

 

Enquiries Team

îmçra: [3][email address]

Te Kawa Mataaho Public [6]Facebook
Service Commission logo[7]Twitter
logo[8]LinkedIn
[4]www.publicservice.govt.nz logo[9]Rainbow
| [5]www.govt.nz Tick certified
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Tēnā koe Suzanne

We can reassure you that making a request under the Official Information Act 1982 is not in and of itself a reason to prevent someone from holding a national security clearance. We can also reassure you that seeking general information about the national security clearance process is not a cause for concern. You may be interested to know that further information about national security clearances can be found online at: https://www.protectivesecurity.govt.nz/p.... We would particularly draw your attention to the information under Security Assessment Criteria and the Adjudicative Guidelines.

When needed, we ask for assurance that requesters are eligible to make a request under section 12 of the OIA before proceeding. The assurance we seek is that which is enough to make clear that you are a New Zealand citizen / permanent resident or are in New Zealand. In addition to the ways listed below, another way to provide assurance to us that you are in New Zealand would be to send something that substantiates that, for example, a photo of that day’s local newspaper. As noted, if you would prefer to not provide evidence of your eligibility to us directly, you are welcome to provide it via the Office of the Ombudsman, or ask FYI.org to make a request on your behalf. We are flexible in the ways you can provide us assurance that you are a person eligible to make a request.

Please note, you may complain to the Inspector-General of Security and Intelligence (IGIS) if you feel you have, or may have been adversely affected by any act, omission, practice, policy, or procedure of an intelligence and security agency. The IGIS contact details can be found out at https://igis.govt.nz/.

Please feel free to clarify any further queries with us. If you prefer, you may email us directly via [email address].
Alternatively, if you have queries about the clearance process that are not OIA requests, you are welcome to contact the Protective Security team directly. Their contact details can be found at: https://www.protectivesecurity.govt.nz/c....

Ngā mihi
NZSIS

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Kia Ora Suzanne

 

Please find attached our response to your below OIA request.

 

Kind regards

 

Enquiries Team

īmēra: [1][email address]

Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission [4]Facebook logo[5]Twitter
logo[6]LinkedIn logo[7]Rainbow
[2]www.publicservice.govt.nz | Tick certified logo
[3]www.govt.nz

 

 

 

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Tēnā koe Suzanne,

Further to the below, we are seeking confirmation whether you would like to proceed with the part of your OIA request (part 4) transferred to the NZSIS on 16 February 2024.

If you would like to, please provide the assurance of your eligibility, either directly or indirectly, as outlined below.

If we do not receive this by 6 March 2024 we will treat the request as cancelled.

Please note, should this happen, you will be welcome to resubmit your request at any time with proof of eligibility.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact [email address].

Ngā mihi,
NZSIS

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Kia ora Suzanne

Thank you, appreciated. We will wait to hear from FYI.org.

Ngā mihi
NZSIS

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Tēnā koe Suzanne,

This message is to advise you that, as we have not yet received assurance of your eligibility from FYI.org, we have closed your request for administrative purposes.

Once we receive the assurance of your eligibility, we will endeavour to respond to your OIA request within the standard 20 working days. We will notify you once we receive this assurance.

In the interim, we would again draw your attention to the information about national security clearance guidelines online at: https://www.protectivesecurity.govt.nz/p....

Please feel free to clarify any further queries with us. If you prefer, you may email us directly via [email address].

Ngā mihi
NZSIS

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