Kia ora Erika Whittome,
 
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 22/02/2025 requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982, the following:
1 Would you please share the reports and directions from the Minister of
Workplace relations that MBIE and the ERA received for 2024 and 2025.

2. Would you please share these documents on MBIE's website which have
titles on this webpage but no content.
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BRIEFING-REQ-0007323    Advice on the transitional provision for the
personal grievance income threshold        15 January      MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0008015    Employment Relations Amendment (Partial Strikes)
Bill: Initial Briefing 15 January      MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0008163    Employment Relations (Employee Remuneration
Disclosure) Amendment Bill - Member's Bill - Initial Briefing.docx  16
January      MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0008125    Title withheld: Confidential advice to
Government       21 January      MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0008192    Title withheld: Confidential advice to
Government       22 January      MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0008022    MBIE Workplace Relations and Safety Policy Weekly
Report - Week ending 23 January 2025  23 January      MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0008352    HAct Cover note for Minister Meeting    24
January      MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0008381    Additional information regarding the
subcontracting criterion in the new gateway test   29 January      MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0008363    MBIE Workplace Relations and Safety Policy Weekly
Report - Week ending 30 January 2025  30 January      MBIE
BRIEFING-REQ-0008194    Title withheld: Confidential advice to
Government       30 January      MBIE

I request this under the OIA 1982 and if there are in-house lawyers
employed by our government departments, I would like to highlight that the
client is indeed the Public.
 
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 21/03/2025, being 20 working days after the day your request
was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe. If you have any enquiries
regarding your request feel free to contact us via email to
[1][MBIE request email].
 
Nāku noa, nā
Ministerial Services
Strategy and Assurance
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140

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Kia ora Erika

 

Thank you for your request on 22 February 2025 to the Ministry of
Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) requesting for copies of
specific documents and for the following information:

 

“1 Would you please share the reports and directions from the Minister of
Workplace relations that MBIE and the ERA received for 2024 and 2025.”

 

Regarding the above quoted part of your request, while no decision has
been made at this stage, our view is that we would be likely to need to
refuse this information under section 18(f) of the OIA due to the need for
substantial collation and research. To identify all directions received by
MBIE and the ERA from the Minister would require searching through almost
all communication received from the Minister’s office during the specified
period. 

 

However, we have identified that the Mid-Year and End of Year Performance
Reports received by MBIE may be relevant to your request. I am reaching
out to seek if you would be willing exclude the directions from the
Minister from your request, and rescope the first part of your request to
these performance reports for the period 2024-2025?

 

We would appreciate if you can please let us know how you would like to
proceed by 14 March.

 

We are continuing to work on the briefings you have requested. 

 

Thank you

 

Nâku noa, nâ

Ministerial Services

Labour, Science and Enterprise
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140

 

 

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Kia ora Erika

 

Thank you for your question. Our apologies for the delay responding. We
have considered this in detail. MBIE does not receive summary reports or
weekly reports containing directions from Ministers. 

 

As a government agency, ‘directions from Ministers’ is a very broad topic.
It can range from preferences about the length of papers, through to
policy decisions. 

 

Directions from Ministers are generally conveyed to MBIE through decisions
on briefings and comments written on the briefing papers, but also in
meetings, conversations, and email correspondence throughout the policy
development process. 

 

As such, identifying all directions from a Minister would involve looking
through a very large amount of communication to find those that contain
directions. At this stage we are still likely to need to refuse this part
of your request.

 

As mentioned, we have identified MBIE’s six-monthly performance reports
from the Minister as potentially being in scope of “reports… from the
Minister”. However, these reports address MBIE’s performance generally and
do not summarise directions from ministers. Since your request seems to be
interested in the directions aspect, we believe these reports are most
likely not the type of information you are requesting.
 

We are close to completing your request for the ten named documents.
However, we require some more time to complete some consultations. Please
find an extension letter attached.
 

Nāku noa, nā

Ministerial Services

Labour, Science and Enterprise
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140
 

 

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Kia ora Erika
 
Please see attached our response to your request for information under the
Official Information Act 1982 (ref: DOIA-REQ-0010068).

Ngā mihi nui,

Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
 

Kia ora Erika

 

Thank you for reaching out to MBIE. MBIE has reviewed the decision to
withhold some information in BRIEFING-REQ-0008192 under section 9(2)(h) of
the Act to maintain legal professional privilege and we believe that the
ground applies.

 

If you have any further concerns you have the right to seek an
investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.

 

 Ngā mihi nui,

Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

 

 

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