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Tēnā koe,  

 

I refer to your official information request dated 12 March 2025, “for the
number of persons who are currently eligible for NZ superannuation ….”, as
below.

 

We have transferred your request to The Ministry of Social Development
(MSD) in full.  The information to which your request relates is not held
by us but is believed to be held by MSD. In these circumstances, we are
required by section 14 of the OIA to transfer your request.

 

You will hear further from MSD concerning your request.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Tēnā koe Jack Zhang,

 

Thank you for your request regarding the number of people who get Chinese
state pension  transferred from the Office of Hon Louise Upston on 14
March 2025, under the Official Information Act 1982. Your request has been
forwarded to the appropriate officials at National Office to respond. You
may expect a decision regarding your request to be sent to you as soon as
possible.

 

The information you have requested may contain the names and contact
details of our staff. Please let us know by 17 March 2025 whether you
require these names and contact details. We will need to consult our staff
before deciding whether we can release this information, and this will
take a bit more time. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that you
do not require staff names and contact details.

 

Ngā manaakitanga,

 

Official Information Team   |  Ministerial and Executive Services

Ministry of Social Development | Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora

 

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Tēnā koe Jack Zhang

We refer to your below request made to the Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).

I have a question regarding the second part of your request, which is for the number of people who are not receiving NZ Superannuation (NZS) due to overseas pension exceeding the NZS amount. Due to the way the Ministry records this information, we are unable to provide this data to you as at a specific point in time. However, we could report on how many people are marked as having a higher overseas pension than their NZS amount over a set period of time. If you would like this data, could you please let me know over which time-frame you would like it (e.g. the month of February).

Please note that once you have refined the second part of your request, under section 15(1AA) of the Official Information Act, the Ministry will treat your refined request as a new request that replaces the original request. This restarts the 20-working day response period. This is required to ensure that the Ministry has enough time to process your request.

Could you please let me know if you would like to refine your request by 31 March 2025. If we do not hear from you, we may assume that you do not want to refine your request, and the Ministry will proceed with your original request. Please note that this is likely to result in a partial refusal of your original request.

Ngā mihi

Will
Official Information team | Ministerial and Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development

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We help New Zealanders to be safe, strong and independent.
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