Kia ora Phoebe

 

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Ngā mihi

 

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Education | TW

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We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent
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From: Phoebe Brown <[4][FOI #30337 email]>

Sent: Friday, 7 March 2025 10:40 pm

To: Enquiries National <[5][email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - Decision to remove school lunch
Cabinet Papers from online

 

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Dear Ministry of Education,

 

Numerous links to the Cabinet Paper (or papers - reference is made across
reporting to both March and April papers, though perhaps it is a paper
dated March, with decision dated April) relating to the re-design of the
school lunches programme are now broken. The Cabinet Paper now cannot be
found online.

 

For example, it was previously available via a link on this page:
[8]https://www.labour.org.nz/release_govt_c...

 

And noted as proactively released in OIA responses that you have provided.
For example:

 

[9]https://web-assets.education.govt.nz/s3f...

 

Can you please provide the following information:

 

1. When was the Cabinet Paper/s taken off the website?

2. All correspondence, meeting and call notes, or recollections as to
discussions etc about removing the Cabinet Paper/s. This is not limited to
internal Ministry conversations, I am also seeking any communications with
- for example - the Minister or Associate Minister's offices.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Phoebe Brown

 

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Kia ora Phoebe,
 
I apologise for the broken link.  The Ministry has recently refreshed its
website and as a result some papers have moved.
 
I have considered your request under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act).
 
With respect to Part 1 of your request, the paper you refer to, dated 4
April 2024, has not been removed from our website. It can be found at the
following link along with other relevant School Lunch papers.
[1]https://www.education.govt.nz/our-work/i...
 
I am therefore refusing your request for this paper under section 18(d) of
the Act as the information is publicly available.
 
With respect to part 2 of your request;

* All correspondence, meeting and call notes, or recollections as to
discussions etc about removing the Cabinet Paper/s.

 
I am refusing this information under section 18(e) of the Act as the
information does not exist. As noted above, the paper was not removed from
the Ministry's website.
 
Thank you again for your email. You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to
review this decision. You can do this by writing to
[email address] or Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152,
Wellington 6143.
 
Ngā mihi
 
Enquiries National Team | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of
Education | MS education.govt.nz
 
We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent
outcomes He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana
taurite ai ōna huanga
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Phoebe Brown <[2][FOI #30337 email]>
Sent: Friday, 7 March 2025 10:40 pm
To: Enquiries National <[3][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Decision to remove school lunch
Cabinet Papers from online
 
[You don't often get email from
[4][FOI #30337 email]. Learn why this is
important at [5]https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentific... ]
 
Dear Ministry of Education,
 
Numerous links to the Cabinet Paper (or papers - reference is made across
reporting to both March and April papers, though perhaps it is a paper
dated March, with decision dated April) relating to the re-design of the
school lunches programme are now broken. The Cabinet Paper now cannot be
found online.
 
For example, it was previously available via a link on this page:
[6]https://www.labour.org.nz/release_govt_c...
 
And noted as proactively released in OIA responses that you have provided.
For example:
 
[7]https://web-assets.education.govt.nz/s3f...
 
Can you please provide the following information:
 
1. When was the Cabinet Paper/s taken off the website?
2. All correspondence, meeting and call notes, or recollections as to
discussions etc about removing the Cabinet Paper/s. This is not limited to
internal Ministry conversations, I am also seeking any communications with
- for example - the Minister or Associate Minister's offices.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Phoebe Brown
 
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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.
 
Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[8][FOI #30337 email]
 
Is [9][Ministry of Education request email] the wrong address for Official
Information requests to Ministry of Education? If so, please contact us
using this form:
[10]https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...
 
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
[11]https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers
 
If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.
 
 
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