Advice on publication of COVID-19 Royal Commission report
James Sergeant made this Official Information request to Brooke van Velden
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From: James Sergeant
Dear Brooke van Velden,
This is a request under the Access to Information Act.
Could you please provide copies of advice you have received about the timing of publication of the report of the first phase of the Covid-19 Royal Commission.
Yours faithfully,
James Sergeant
From: Brooke van Velden (MIN)
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From: Brooke van Velden (MIN)
Brooke van Velden
Dear James,
Thank you for your email in which you submitted an Official Information
Act request for the following: Could you please provide copies of advice
you have received about the timing of publication of the report of the
first phase of the Covid-19 Royal Commission.
Minister van Velden is considering your request in accordance with the
Act.
Kind regards,
Office of Hon Brooke van Velden
Minister of Internal Affairs
Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
MP for Tâmaki
Website: www.Beehive,govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
Authorised by Hon Brooke van Velden, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
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confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by
replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.
Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’
portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or
constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list:
date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at
https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...
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