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4/03/2024

 

Sarah Allison

[1][FOI #25970 email]

 

 

Dear Sarah

 

Official information request for information on the use of subscriptions
and books

Thank you for your official information request of 3 March for:

 

I request under the Offical Information Act a list of the subscriptions
the Director of Economics/Chief Economist has to publications and
newsletters. This includes email newsletters, media publications (FT,
Economist etc etc), academic journal subscriptions.

 

In the interests of making the request actionable, I am happy to limit the
request to cover 1 March 2023 to 1 March 2024.

 

I also request the titles of any books purchased by the Director of
Economics/Chief Economist between 1 March 2023 to 1 March 2024.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 2 April, being 20 working days after the day of
your request. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

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Yours sincerely

Government and Industry Relations Team

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2498, Wellington 6140

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Dear Sarah,

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act Request of 3 March 2024
requesting information about the subscriptions the Director of
Economics/Chief Economist has to publications and newsletters.

 

The information in scope of your request has been identified, however,
consultations are necessary to make a decision on the request. Therefore,
we are notifying you of an extension of the timeframe for our response to
Wednesday 10^th April. This extension is notified under Section 15(a) of
the Official Information Act 1982.

 

We will make endeavours to send you a response to your request before that
date.

 

Regards,

James

 

James Baigent

Senior Government and Industry Relations Advisor

Reserve Bank of New Zealand –
Te Pūtea Matua

2 The Terrace, Wellington 6011.
PO Box 2498, Wellington 6140  

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From: Ministerial correspondence Mailbox <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, March 4, 2024 11:02 AM
To: [FOI #25970 email]
Cc: Ministerial correspondence Mailbox <[email address]>
Subject: Acknowledgement of OIA request

 

4/03/2024

 

Sarah Allison

[8][FOI #25970 email]

 

 

Dear Sarah

 

Official information request for information on the use of subscriptions
and books

Thank you for your official information request of 3 March for:

 

I request under the Offical Information Act a list of the subscriptions
the Director of Economics/Chief Economist has to publications and
newsletters. This includes email newsletters, media publications (FT,
Economist etc etc), academic journal subscriptions.

 

In the interests of making the request actionable, I am happy to limit the
request to cover 1 March 2023 to 1 March 2024.

 

I also request the titles of any books purchased by the Director of
Economics/Chief Economist between 1 March 2023 to 1 March 2024.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 2 April, being 20 working days after the day of
your request. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

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intend to publish our response to your request.

 

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our website at
[9]www.rbnz.govt.nz/research-and-publications/official-information-requests.

 

 

Yours sincerely

Government and Industry Relations Team

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Good afternoon Sarah,

 

Please see the attached response to your Official Information Act Request
that we received on 3 March 2024.

 

As noted in our earlier correspondence, the timeframe for responding to
this request was extended until today to allow for consultations necessary
to make a decision on this request.

 

Many thanks,
James

 

James Baigent

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Reserve Bank of New Zealand –
Te Pūtea Matua

2 The Terrace, Wellington 6011.
PO Box 2498, Wellington 6140  

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From: Sarah Allison <[8][FOI #25970 email]>
Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2024 12:05 PM
To: RBNZ Info <[9][RBNZ request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Subscriptions and books

 

Dear Reserve Bank of New Zealand,

I request under the Offical Information Act a list of the subscriptions
the Director of Economics/Chief Economist has to publications and
newsletters. This includes email newsletters, media publications (FT,
Economist etc etc), academic journal subscriptions.

In the interests of making the request actionable, I am happy to limit the
request to cover 1 March 2023 to 1 March 2024.

I also request the titles of any books purchased by the Director of
Economics/Chief Economist between 1 March 2023 to 1 March 2024.

Yours faithfully,

Sarah Allison

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