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Good morning

 

Thank you for your OIA request to Hon Nicola Willis, Minister for the
Public Service requesting:

 

“Please provide all advice your office has received on staff cuts in the
public sector.

 

Please provide all briefings, reports, and updates your office has
received on public sector staff cuts. This should include all formal and
informal informal channels.

 

Please provide all communications between staff in your office on public
sector updates. This should include all emails, instant messages and
texts.

 

Please provide all communications you have sent relating to public sector
staff cuts and updates your office has received. Please include any
initial communications if your response is to external communications.”

 

The Minister is considering your request, and you can expect a response by
Friday 7 February 2025.

 

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2025, inclusive, there is a three-week period that doesn’t count as
‘working days’. Any OIA requests submitted on 27 November 2024 or later
may take longer than you expected. 

 

Kind regards

 

 

Misty

 

 Misty Mossman

 Private Secretary (Public Service) | Office of Hon Nicola Willis

 Minister of Finance

 Minister for the Public Service

 Minister for Social Investment

 Associate Minister of Climate Change
 

 M: 021 196 6033

 E: [1][email address]

  Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

-----Original Message-----
From: James Webb <[2][FOI #29603 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 18 December 2024 1:29 PM
To: Nicola Willis (MIN) <[3][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Public Sector Staff Cuts

 

Dear Nicola Willis,

 

Please provide all advice your office has received on staff cuts in the
public sector.

 

Please provide all briefings, reports, and updates your office has
received on public sector staff cuts. This should include all formal and
informal informal channels.

 

Please provide all communications between staff in your office on public
sector updates. This should include all emails, instant messages and
texts.

 

Please provide all communications you have sent relating to public sector
staff cuts and updates your office has received. Please include any
initial communications if your response is to external communications.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

James Webb

 

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Good afternoon

Apologies for the delay in responding to your request.

The portions of your request relating to the Public Service portfolio have been transferred to the office of Hon Judith Collins KC for response. We are aiming to get this to you next week.

Kind regards

Misty

Misty Mossman
Private Secretary (Public Service) | Office of Hon Judith Collins KC MP

Member of Parliament for Papakura
Attorney-General | Minister of Defence | Minister for Digitising Government | Minister for the Public Service | Minister Responsible for the GCSB | Minister Responsible for the NZSIS | Minister for Space

[mobile number]
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-----Original Message-----
From: James Webb <[FOI #29603 email]>
Sent: Friday, 14 February 2025 1:42 PM
To: Misty Mossman <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Public Sector Staff Cuts

You have left me no choice but to make a complaint about it the ombudsman due to the poor handling of this request!

-----Original Message-----

Good morning

 

Thank you for your OIA request to Hon Nicola Willis, Minister for the Public Service requesting:

 

“Please provide all advice your office has received on staff cuts in the public sector.

 

Please provide all briefings, reports, and updates your office has received on public sector staff cuts. This should include all formal and informal informal channels.

 

Please provide all communications between staff in your office on public sector updates. This should include all emails, instant messages and texts.

 

Please provide all communications you have sent relating to public sector staff cuts and updates your office has received. Please include any initial communications if your response is to external communications.”

 

The Minister is considering your request, and you can expect a response by Friday 7 February 2025.

 

Please note, over the holiday period from 25 December 2024 to 15 January 2025, inclusive, there is a three-week period that doesn’t count as ‘working days’. Any OIA requests submitted on 27 November 2024 or later may take longer than you expected. 

 

Kind regards

 

 

Misty

 

 Misty Mossman

 Private Secretary (Public Service) | Office of Hon Nicola Willis

 Minister of Finance

 Minister for the Public Service

 Minister for Social Investment

 Associate Minister of Climate Change
 

 M: 021 196 6033

 E: [1][email address]

  Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

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Good afternoon

The office of Hon Willis will respond to your request for the Finance and Social Investment portfolios. However, as the Public Service portfolio has transferred, the new Minister is required to sign out the response for this portfolio.

This is because section 8.61 of the Cabinet Manual states "Sometimes a request for official information that was received by a previous Minister or administration will not have been responded to before the appointment of a new Minister or administration. In these cases, the request for information continues and the new Minister must respond to the request in accordance with the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982."

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Apologies again for the delay.

Kind regards

Misty

Misty Mossman
Private Secretary (Public Service) | Office of Hon Judith Collins KC MP

Member of Parliament for Papakura
Attorney-General | Minister of Defence | Minister for Digitising Government | Minister for the Public Service | Minister Responsible for the GCSB | Minister Responsible for the NZSIS | Minister for Space
[mobile number]
Email: [email address]   Website: www.Beehive,govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

-----Original Message-----
From: James Webb <[FOI #29603 email]>
Sent: Friday, 14 February 2025 2:11 PM
To: Misty Mossman <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Public Sector Staff Cuts

Good afternoon Misty,

Since my request was to Minister Willis’ office and all the information in scope would be held by her office since it was before the portfolio moved, I do not understand what Minister Collins can provide me. The portfolio moving does not absolve Minister Willis of the OIA.

Yours sincerely,

James Webb

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Good afternoon

Apologies for the delay in responding to your request.

The portions of your request relating to the Public Service portfolio have been transferred to the office of Hon Judith Collins KC for response. We are aiming to get this to you next week.

Kind regards

Misty

Misty Mossman
Private Secretary (Public Service) | Office of Hon Judith Collins KC MP

Member of Parliament for Papakura
Attorney-General | Minister of Defence | Minister for Digitising Government | Minister for the Public Service | Minister Responsible for the GCSB | Minister Responsible for the NZSIS | Minister for Space

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Kia ora James,

 

Please find attached a response to your OIA request. Our sincerest
apologies for the delay during the transfer of the Public Service
portfolio.

 

Kind regards,

Erica

 

-----Original Message-----

From: James Webb <[1][FOI #29603 email]>

Sent: Friday, 28 February 2025 9:22 AM

To: Misty Mossman <[2][email address]>

Subject: RE: Official Information request - Public Sector Staff Cuts

 

This request is now 3 weeks overdue and it is completely unacceptable!
This is not an optional process you are legally required to respond in a
timely manner

 

-----Original Message-----

 

Good afternoon

 

The office of Hon Willis will respond to your request for the Finance and
Social Investment portfolios. However, as the Public Service portfolio has
transferred, the new Minister is required to sign out the response for
this portfolio.

 

This is because section 8.61 of the Cabinet Manual states "Sometimes a
request for official information that was received by a previous Minister
or administration will not have been responded to before the appointment
of a new Minister or administration. In these cases, the request for
information continues and the new Minister must respond to the request in
accordance with the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982."

 

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Apologies again for the delay.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Misty

 

 

Misty Mossman

Private Secretary (Public Service) | Office of Hon Judith Collins KC MP

 

Member of Parliament for Papakura

Attorney-General | Minister of Defence | Minister for Digitising
Government | Minister for the Public Service | Minister Responsible for
the GCSB | Minister Responsible for the NZSIS | Minister for Space [mobile
number]

Email: [email address]   Website: [4]www.Beehive,govt.nz Private Bag
18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

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-----Original Message-----

From: James Webb <[7][FOI #29603 email]>

Sent: Wednesday, 18 December 2024 1:29 PM

To: Nicola Willis (MIN) <[8][email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - Public Sector Staff Cuts

Dear Nicola Willis,

Please provide all advice your office has received on staff cuts in the
public sector.

Please provide all briefings, reports, and updates your office has
received on public sector staff cuts. This should include all formal and
informal informal channels.

Please provide all communications between staff in your office on public
sector updates. This should include all emails, instant messages and
texts.

Please provide all communications you have sent relating to public sector
staff cuts and updates your office has received. Please include any
initial communications if your response is to external communications.

 

Yours faithfully,

James Webb

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Erica Julian

Private Secretary (Advisory/Media) | Office of Hon Judith Collins KC MP

 

Member of Parliament for Papakura

Attorney-General | Minister of Defence | Minister for Digitising
Government | Minister for the Public Service | Minister Responsible for
the GCSB | Minister Responsible for the NZSIS | Minister for Space
 

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Letter from Hon Nicola Willis, Minister of Finance, attached.

 

Private Secretary | Office of Hon Nicola Willis

Minister of Finance | Minister for Economic Growth | Minister for Social
Investment

Private Bag 18 888 |Parliament Buildings |Wellington 6011 
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-----Original Message-----
From: James Webb <[3][FOI #29603 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 18 December 2024 1:29 PM
To: Nicola Willis (MIN) <[4][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Public Sector Staff Cuts

 

Dear Nicola Willis,

 

Please provide all advice your office has received on staff cuts in the
public sector.

 

Please provide all briefings, reports, and updates your office has
received on public sector staff cuts. This should include all formal and
informal informal channels.

 

Please provide all communications between staff in your office on public
sector updates. This should include all emails, instant messages and
texts.

 

Please provide all communications you have sent relating to public sector
staff cuts and updates your office has received. Please include any
initial communications if your response is to external communications.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

James Webb

 

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