24 July 2024
45 Pipitea Street, Wellington 6011
Phone +64 4 495 7200
dia.govt.nz
Martin
fyi-request-27480-
[email address]
Tēnā koe Martin
OIA request 24/25 0014 Request for information on the citizenship by grant workstreams
Thank you for your Official Information Act (Act) request received by the Department of Internal
Affairs (Department) on 2 July 2024.
You requested –
•
In your response to OIA request 23/24 1025, dated 25 June 2024, you provide statistics
related to the processing status and FTE allocated to workstreams 1-6.
Can you please define each workstream?
In response to your request, I can advise that the information you are seeking in regards to OIA
23/24 1025 is available on the Department’s website via a proactively release OIA response
23/24 1073. The response can be viewed her
e, www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/Files/OIA-
Releases-2024/$file/Response-letter-OIA-2324-1073-Citizenship-stats-work-streams-PR-for-
release1.pdf.
Therefore, I must refuse your request pursuant to section 18(d) of the Act; the information
requested is or will soon be publicly available.
Please note, that the Department has updated our system and now has five workstreams. These
are defined on the Department’s w
ebsite, www.govt.nz/browse/passports-citizenship-and-
identity/nz-citizenship/how-to-apply-for-nz-citizenship/citizenship-timeframe-differences/.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, the Department has
decided to proactively release a copy of this response on its website. All requestor data,
including your name and contact details, will be removed prior to release. The released
response will be made available here:
https://www.dia.govt.nz/Official-Information-Act-
Requests-2.
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 www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi
Julia Taylor
Manager Operational Policy and Official Correspondence
Service Delivery and Operations
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