Kia Ora
Thank you for contacting Simon Court MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary to
the Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for RMA Reform (and ACT
spokesperson for Energy & Resources and Climate Change).

As Simon receives a large amount of correspondence, it is not always
possible to personally reply to all emails. The following guidelines
apply:

* Invitations and requests to meet with Simon Court will be considered and
a staff member will be in touch with you in due course. Please note it is
not always possible to respond immediately.
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responded to where appropriate.
* If your email falls outside Simon Court’s portfolio or spokesperson
responsibilities, your correspondence may be transferred to another office
or MP.
* Requests for official information will be managed in accordance with the
provisions of the Official Information Act 1982, which may include a
transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency.
* If your email expresses a personal view, or is copied to multiple
Members of Parliament, then your opinion will be noted and there may be no
further response.

Thank you once again for taking the time to write; it is very much
appreciated.
Regards
Simon Court MP 
Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister for Infrastructure 
Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister Responsible for RMA Reform 
Email: [email address] | Website:www.beehive,govt.nz 
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand 
Authorised by Simon Court MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
 
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Good morning

 

Thank you for your email below.

 

Please can you forward us your initial emailed OIA request so we can
process the same.

 

 

Kind regards

 

Office of Simon Court MP

Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister for
Infrastructure
[1]A pink and
white emblem Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister
with two women Responsible for RMA Reform
holding flags
Description Office phone: +64 4 817 6824
automatically
generated Email: [2][Simon Court request email]  Website:
[3]www.beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
6160, New Zealand

 

Authorised by Simon Court MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is
confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by
replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.

 

 

Please note information about meetings related to the Under-Secretary’s
portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or
constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list:
date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at
[4]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

 

 

 

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Kia ora P Robins

 

This email is to confirm the receipt of your request under the Official
Information Act 1982 for “…a list of briefings and advice you have
received since being sworn in as Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the
Minister for Infrastructure and Minister Responsible for RMA Reform.”

 

We would firstly like to acknowledge the delay in response to your
request. Through the link you provided to this office on 2 December 2024
pertaining to your request, we have been made aware of an apparent initial
request on 27 September 2024, followed by a reminder on 27 October 2024
and a subsequent reminder on 24 November 2024.

 

Upon receipt of your 24 November 2024 email, having not been aware of
prior correspondence, we conducted a search to identify the request that
email pertained to in case we had missed something. This search did not
find any previous correspondence from you pertaining to this request.

 

We also note that it is this 24 November 2024 email that generated the
first response to you from this office, which was in the form of an
autoreply that was not similarly generated on either 27 September or 27
October 2024.

 

Now being aware of earlier attempts to make contact, and having been
unable to find those prior emails, it appears there may have been an error
in either their sending or receipt that led to them not being received by
this office. If you would be willing to provide attachments of the 27
September and 27 October 2024 emails, it may help us troubleshoot any
potential issues, so they are addressed going forward.

 

In case it is relevant here, the official email for Parliamentary
Under-Secretary Simon Court is: [1][email address]. As he
is an Under-Secretary and not a Minister, this email format differs from
most other members of the Executive who are Ministers. You can find more
information about Under-Secretary Court, including speeches, press
releases, and diary releases, here:
[2]https://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/sim....

 

The request from this office for a copy of your original request on 25
November 2024, responding to your email from 24 November 2024, might now
make more sense in light of the aforementioned issue. We acknowledge the
receipt of your response to this on 2 December and thank you for providing
us the information about the initial request at:
[3]https://fyi.org.nz/request/28546-briefin....

 

Given 2 December was the first point at which we had the necessary
information about the request to respond to, we are intending to treat
this as the date of the receipt of the request. While we acknowledge the
delay and frustration this may cause, we will work to provide you with a
response to this request as soon as possible and will be in touch in due
course should there be anything to clarify or any updates. Further, if you
would like to discuss or raise concerns in relation to any of this, we
encourage you to give us a call so we can work through how we might be
able to work through any of this.

 

Please note you have the right to seek an investigation and review by the
Ombudsman, in accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. The relevant
details can be found on the Ombudsman’s website at:
[4]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.

 

Sincerely

 

Office of Simon Court MP

Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister for
Infrastructure
[5]A pink and
white emblem Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister
with two women Responsible for RMA Reform
holding flags
Description Office phone: +64 4 817 6824
automatically
generated Email: [6][email address] Website:
[7]www.beehive.govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
6160, New Zealand

 

Authorised by Simon Court MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is
confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by
replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.

 

Please note information about meetings related to the Under-Secretary’s
portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or
constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list:
date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at
[8]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

 

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