12 November 2024
Nic Lane
[FYI request #29163 email]
Dear Nic
Official Information Request
Our Ref: PSCR 2024-0061
I refer to your official information request received on 12 November 2024 for:
“Are you please able to provide your apology delivered today in te reo Māori in an oral and
written format”.
Information publicly available
Please find listed in the table below information covered by your request which is publicly available
on Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission website at the link provided in the table.  A video
of the Public Service Commissioner's apology with New Zealand Sign Language will be uploaded on
the same page shortly, when it is available.
Item
Date
Document Description
Website Address
1
12 November 2024
Public Service Commissioner’s  Public Service Commissioner’s
apology
apology to survivors of abuse in state
care - Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service
Commission
Accordingly, I have refused your request for the documents listed in the above table under section
18(d) of the OIA on the grounds that the information requested is or wil  soon be publicly available.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact
[email address].
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz  or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Please note that we intend to publish this letter (with your personal details removed) on the Te
Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission’s website.
Yours sincerely
Nicky Dirks
Manager – Ministerial and Executive Services
Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission
Level 10, RBNZ Building |   2 The Terrace | PO Box 329
Wel ington 6140 | New Zealand
Phone +64 4 495 6600

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