133 Molesworth Street
PO Box 5013
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New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
7 October 2024
P Robins
By email: [FYI request #28646 email]
Ref:
H2024053059
Tēnā koe P Robins
Partial transfer of your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Ministry of
Health - Manatū Hauora (the Ministry) on 4 October 2024. You requested:
“I am writing to formally request all communications related to the independent advice
referenced and released to the media by the Associate Minister of Health concerning the
excise reduction for heated tobacco products. This request encompasses communications
within the Ministry as well as between the Associate Minister and her office and the
Ministry, including between Ministry executives and staff and the Minister, political staff
and departmental private secretaries. Communications pertaining to articles that were
identified but not released should also be included.”
I am advised that this information is held by the Office of the Associate Minister of Health, Hon
Casey Costello. For this reason, I have decided to transfer your request to their office under
section 14(b)(i) of the Act. You can expect a response from the Minister’s office in due course.
The Ministry wil address your request for its internal communications in due course.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with us, including this decision, please feel
free to contact the OIA Services Team on: [email address].
Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any
decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, na
Alex Fuller
Acting Manager, OIA Services
Government and Executive Services | Te Pou Whakatere Kāwanatanga
COPY OF OIA REQUEST
From: P Robins
<[FYI request #28646 email]>
Sent: Friday, 4 October 2024 08:15
To: OIA Requests
<[email address]>
Subject: Of icial Information request - Communications relating to excise reduction for heated
tobacco products
Dear Ministry of Health,
I am writing to formal y request al communications related to the independent advice referenced
and released to the media by the Associate Minister of Health concerning the excise reduction
for heated tobacco products.
This request encompasses communications within the Ministry as well as between the
Associate Minister and her office and the Ministry, including between Ministry executives and
staff and the Minister, political staff and departmental private secretaries. Communications
pertaining to articles that were identified but not released should also be included.
To clarify, "communications" refers to all forms of electronic and writ en correspondence,
including but not limited to emails, text messages, messaging apps (such as Teams, WhatsApp,
Signal, Slack, and Telegram), and handwrit en notes (such as notebooks, meeting minutes, or
post-it notes).
Yours faithfully,
P Robins
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