OIATP-217
7 April 2025
Andy P
[FYI request #30362 email]
Tēnā koe Andy,
Thank you for your email of 10 March 2025 requesting the following under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
•
Any and all communications, including but not limited to texts, emails,
memos, letters, meeting minutes, reports, and other forms of
correspondence, as well as messages exchanged via communication
applications such as WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Microsoft Teams, Slack,
between your office and the Prime Minister's office concerning the press
release titled “Emergency Housing Target Achieved Five Years Early”
(available at
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/emerg
ency-housing-target-achieved-five-years-early__;!!Asq5-
8xVch3Reg!v39g8MafFT3ef2rkiSy_AsJD2h-
CTCfMSAg3NRcXimVmJGJ4pCwj10zGojWdTPfwG0tGfR8c0Sr9e4Y6Y4_Y-
Jm6Yrbpf4lpkoVMWw-8-wbe$ ).
•
Any and all communications between your office and the department that
prepared the aforementioned press release.
Please find attached
Appendix One containing the following email chains:
• Document 1 – Emails to/from Prime Minister’s Office
• Document 2 – Emails to/from MSD in drafting the PR
• Document 3 – Emails to/from MSD post-draft PR
Some information is withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Act in order to protect
the privacy of natural persons. The need to protect the privacy of these individuals
outweighs any public interest in this information.
Some information is also withheld under section 9(2)(g)(i) of the Act to protect
the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of
opinions. I believe the greater public interest is in the ability of individuals to
express opinions in the course of their duty.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review of my response by the
Ombudsman, in accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. The relevant details
can be found on the Ombudsman’s website a
t: www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Mauriora
Hon Tama Potaka
Associate Minister for Housing
