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5 March 2025
John Luke
[FYI request #29995 email]
Ref: OIA 119570
Tēnā koe John
Official Information Act request: Ministerial Advisory Group (MAG) for retail crime
Thank you for your email of 7 February 2025 to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry), requesting
further information following receipt of OIA 117640, which was in response to OIA 116412. You
have requested additional information on the same subject, under the Of icial Information Act
1982 (the Act). Specifically, you requested:
I’d like to inquire why there are no minutes available for these meetings. I’ve noticed that
most of the meetings are held via Zoom—are these sessions recorded? If so, could you
please share the recordings with me?
Additionally, are there any reading materials provided ahead of the meetings? If so, I
would appreciate it if you could supply me with all the materials that were sent to the
members prior to their meetings.
Lastly, I’m particularly interested in the meeting on 7 Nov 2024, specifically the item
regarding "official information handling and storage." Could you provide more details
about what was discussed or presented regarding this item?
Unfortunately, the Ministry’s server identified some emails from FYI.org.nz as spam and your
bone fide request was not identified until 20 February 2025. We are working with ICT Security to
identify what has happened to cause this issue and temporary fix has been put in place.
The ICT issue notwithstanding, the Ministry has endeavoured to meet the deadline of 7 March
2025 to respond to your request. However, with necessary consultations taking longer than
expected, we require some additional time to be able to respond to you.
Pursuant to section 15A(1)(b) of the Act, the Ministry is extending the date to respond to your
request to 20 March 2025, which is 20 working days after your request was identified. We will
send you the information as soon as possible. I apologise for any inconvenience this delay may
cause you.
If you are not satisfied with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the
Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the Act. The Office of the Ombudsman may be contacted
by email at [email address] or by phone on 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Louise Ainsley
Manager, Ministerial Services
