Dear James

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and in any event no later than 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.

Kind regards

Private Secretary | Office of Hon Nicola Willis
Minister of Finance | Minister for Economic Development | Minister for Social Investment
Private Bag 18 888 |Parliament Buildings |Wellington 6011   www.beehive.govt.nz

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Dear James,

I am contacting you on behalf of Hon Nicola Willis, regarding your Official Information Act request of 3 March 2025.

The part of your request for the number of OIAs transferred to Hon Nicola Willis from other departments, agencies, or Ministers, is likely to be refused under section 18(f) of the Official Information Act, as substantial manual collation would be required to provide the information requested.

As such, I would like to suggest refining your request, so we are able to make the proper considerations on the information you are seeking. I recommend significantly reducing the time period captured by your request. We recommend refining this part of your request to a one month period.

Once you have amended or clarified your request, under section 15(1AA) of the Official Information Act, the Minister may treat your amended or clarified request as a new request that replaces the original request. This may lead to a new start of the statutory response period.

I look forward to hearing from you regarding the refinement of your request.

Kind regards,
Nikki

Senior Ministerial Advisor | Te Tai Ôhanga – The Treasury
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