23 October 2024
P Robins
[FYI request #28524 email]
Official information request
Our ref: R00532
Tēnā koe P Robins
Thank you for your official information request received on 25 September 2024. You requested:
I request all invoices paid by or issued to the Ministry in relation to any hospitality
expenditure. This includes but is not limited to catering, gifts and other hospitality expenses.
I also request invoices for Ministry col ateral, including branded stationary (pens, notebooks,
etc), signage, advertising, and other branding expenses including Ministry logos.
Given its recent establishment, this should cover the entire period the Ministry has existed.
In order to respond to your request, we are required to search through our finance system to
identify transactions in scope of your request, and to manually export and collate copies of each
relevant invoice.
Therefore, we are extending the due date for us to make and communicate a decision on your
request in accordance with section 15A(1)(a) of the OIA, because the request is for a large quantity
of official information or necessitates a search through a large quantity of information and meeting
the original time limit would unreasonably interfere with our operations. We wil respond to you as
soon as possible, and by 29 November 2024 at the latest.
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Right of review
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please contact
[Ministry for Regulation request email].
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
Aisling Risdon
Head of Ministerial Services
Ministry for Regulation
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