11th November 2024
P Robins
[FYI request #28815 email]
Ref: OIA-2024/25-0360
Dear P Robins
Official Information Act request for records of meetings with the Policy Advisory
Group in September 2024
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request received by the
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) on 18 October 2024. You requested:
“I request records of meetings between members of the Policy Advisory Group
and Office of the Prime Minister staff that took place in September 2024.”
No records of meetings between officials in DPMC’s Policy Advisory Group and staff in the
Prime Minister’s office have been created or retained. Accordingly, I am refusing your
request for meeting records under section 18(e) of the Act on the basis no such records
exist.
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under
section 28(3) of the Act.
We do not intend to publish this response on the Department of the Prime Minister and
Cabinet’s website.
Yours sincerely
Janine Smith
Deputy Chief Executive, Policy
4963242
Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011
64 4 817 9698 www.dpmc.govt.nz