21 March 2025
C193608
Esther Peters
[FYI request #30179 email]
Tēnā koe Esther
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 22 March 2025 to the
Department of Corrections – Ara Poutama Aotearoa, requesting the following information:
1. Did Corrections send an email to probation offices across New Zealand, advising
them NOT to work with or support RRR?
2. Did Corrections Wellington and probation managers tell businesses to avoid
working with RRR, offering them government incentives instead?
3. Did Corrections officers warn community members and businesses against trusting
RRR because they are “a bunch of convicts”?
4. Did Corrections advise people under their supervision—who were being assisted by
RRR—not to trust or engage with RRR?
Corrections needs to extend the timeframe of our response to your request by 20 working
days, pursuant to section 15A(1)(b) of the OIA, as consultations necessary to make a
decision on the request are such that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably
be made within the original time limit. Therefore, you can expect to receive a response to
your request by 22 April 2025. If you no longer require this information, please let us know
as soon as possible.
I hope this information is helpful. Please be advised that should you have any concerns
regarding this response you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate our
decision to extend the timeframe. Contact details are: Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box
10152, Wellington 6143.
Ngā mihi
Jeremy Lythgoe
Manager Ministerial Services
People and Capability
NATIONAL OFFICE, WELLINGTON
Mayfair House, 44 – 52 The Terrace, Wellington, 6011, Private Box 1206, Wellington 6140,
Phone +64 4 460 3000
www.corrections.govt.nz