On behalf of Hon Christopher Finlayson, thank you for your email. Please
be assured that all correspondence is read and noted by this office. Where
the Minister has portfolio responsibilities for the issues raised, a
response will be sent to you in due course. 

 

While the Minister considers all correspondence to be important, if your
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personal view, then your opinion will be noted and your correspondence may
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you.

 

 

Kind Regards

 

Office of Hon Christopher Finlayson

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Dear Mr Corbett

 

Please find attached correspondence from Hon Christopher Finlayson's
Office.

 

Kind regards

 

Office of Hon Christopher Finlayson QC  |  Parliament Buildings,
Wellington

 

 

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Dear Mr Corbett,

On behalf of Hon Michael Woodhouse, Minister of Police, I acknowledge your
request under the Official Information Act 1982 regarding:

1.  Data on the number of prosecutions for a ‘smacking’ event since the
final review was published i.e from July 2012 to date.

Your request was received in this office on 29 June 2015.

The information you have requested is not held by this office, but is
likely to be held by the New Zealand Police.

Therefore I am transferring your request under section 14(b)(i) of the
Official Information Act 1982 to the New Zealand Police for
consideration.   

Yours sincerely,

Office of Hon Michael Woodhouse │ Minister of Police │ Parliament
Buildings │ Wellington

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Dear Mr Corbett

Attached is a reply to your information request to Police.

 

Ministerial Services

Police National Headquarters

PO Box 3017

Wellington

 

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