Kia ora Andrew, 

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act), received by the Ministry of Health on 28 March 2025. You requested:

 

“On 17 March the Briefings to Incoming Minister Brown were released - at
least a heavily redacted version was released. 

 

Please provide the following in relation to that release 

 

(a) when was the decision made to release the briefings on 17 March? 

 

(b) was the Minister's office involved in the decision on the timing of
the release of the briefings? If so, how. 

 

(c) was the MInister's office involved in any way with the decisions on
what redactions would be made to the briefings prior to their public
release, including being informed in advance for their information and/or
on a 'no surprises' basis? If so, provide copies of all correspondence and
communications between the Ministry of Health and the Minister or the
Minister's office on this - this includes emails, electronic messages,
phone records and meeting minutes.”

 

The reference number for your request is H2025064091. As required under
the Act, the Ministry will endeavour to respond to your request no later
than 20 working days after the day your request was received:
http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/.   

 

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch ([1][email address]).

 

 

Ngā mihi 
 
OIA Services Team 

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