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15 November 2024
Ref: DOIA - REQ - 0004596
P Robins
[FYI request #28634 email]
Dear P Robins,
Thank you for your email of 3 October 2024 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
(MBIE), requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:
“I request a copy of the briefing with the tracking number 2324-2570.”
As per my letter of 25 October 2024, the due date for response has been extended until 15 November
2024 under section 15A(1)(b) of the Act, as consultations necessary to make a decision on the request
were such that a proper response could not be made within the original time limit.
Please see below my response to your request.
I have identified one document in scope of your request as detailed in the document table below:
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Document
Date
Description /Title
Decision
type
1
Joint report 31 May
2324-2570 Weather Forecasting
Some information withheld under
2024
System Review – Report
sections
Recommendations and Next Steps
9(2)(a), 9(2)(b)(ii), 9(2)(f)(iv), and
9(2)(h) of the Act
Annex One: Letters to MetService
Some information withheld under
and NIWA
section 9(2)(a) of the Act
Annex Two: Weather Forecasting
Refused under section 18(d) of
System Review – Final Report
the Act
A copy of this joint report is enclosed with this response. Please note that some information in this
document is withheld under the following sections of the Act:
• Section 9(2)(a) - to protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural
persons;
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• Section 9(2)(b)(ii) - to protect information where the making available of the information would
be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is
the subject of the information;
• Section 9(2)(f)(iv) - to maintain the constitutional conventions for the time being which protect
the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the Crown and officials;
• Section 9(2)(h) - to maintain legal professional privilege.
Annex One to this report is also enclosed with this response. Please note that some information in this
document is withheld under the following section of the Act:
• Section 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural
persons.
I do not consider that the withholding of this information is outweighed by public interest considerations
in making the information available.
I am refusing Annex Two to this report under section 18(d) of the Act as this information is publicly
available on MBIE website
: Weather forecasting system review – Final report
I trust you will find this information useful.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision, in accordance
with section 28(3) of the Act. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely,
Nicola Scott
Manager, Research, Science and Innovation
Labour, Science and Enterprise, Entity Performance and Investment, MBIE