EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
19 April 2024
John Luke
[FYI request #26389 email]
Ref: OIA OIA-2023/24-0742
Tēnā koe John Luke
Official Information Act request: Copy of documents released in relation to
James Wallace’s knighthood
Thank you for your Official Information Act request received on 10 April 2024. You
requested:
“I noted, James Wallace: Prime Minister’s Office releases documents which
led to stripping of disgraced arts patron’s knighthood
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/james-wallace-prime-ministers-office-
releases-documents-leading-to-stripping-disgraced-arts-patron-of-knighthood
Can you please supply a copy of all released documents to the media
regarding to this news report- regarding to the James Wallace.”
The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet holds the documents identified below in
relation to your query. I have decided to release these documents subject to certain
information being withheld as noted below:
Document released
Information withheld
Letter from Clerk of the
The personal details of the requestor are withheld under
Executive Council
s 9(2)(a) of the Act. This is to protect the privacy of
responding to the original
natural persons.
OIA request identified in
your query
Documents released in
These documents are released with the redactions as
the original OIA request
supplied to the original requestor. The grounds for
withholding in the original request are set out in the
above letter.
In making my decision, in accordance with section 9(1) of the Act I have considered
whether the public interest in disclosure outweighs the need to withhold the information,
and I have concluded that it does not.
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CABINET OFFICE, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, WELLINGTON 6011, NEW ZEALAND
Telephone: +64 (4) 830 5010. Email: [email address]
www.dpmc.govt.nz
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under
section 28(3) of the Act.
We do not intend to publish this response on the Department of the Prime Minister and
Cabinet’s website.
Nāku noa, nā
Rachel Hayward
Clerk of the Executive Council