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OIA25-CB101

 

Dear Aaron,

 

I refer to your official information request received in this office on 9
April 2025 for correspondence and documents held in relation to the Treaty
Principles Bill.

 

The OIA requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no
later than 20 working days after the day we received your request.
Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that time limit and we are
therefore writing to notify you of an extension of the time to make our
decision by 20 workings days to 10 June 2025.

 

This extension is necessary because your request is for a large quantity
of information and meeting the original time limit would unreasonably
interfere with our operations and the consultations necessary to make a
decision on your request are such that a proper response cannot reasonably
be made within the original time limit.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon Chris Bishop

Minister of Housing | Minister for Infrastructure | Minister Responsible
for RMA Reform | Minister of Transport |

Associate Minister of Finance | Associate Minister for Sport & Recreation
| Leader of the House | MP for Hutt South
Office: 04 817 6802 | EW 6.3

Email: [2][Chris Bishop request email]   Website: [3]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

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Dear Aaron,

Apologies for the short delay in responding to your OIA request.

Your response is currently awaiting sign-off from the Minister. You will receive it as soon as this has happened.

Kind regards,

Office of Hon Chris Bishop
Minister for Housing | Infrastructure | RMA Reform | Sports & Recreation |
Associate Finance | Leader of the House | MP for Hutt /south

DDI: 04 817 6807
Email: [Chris Bishop request email] Website: www.Beehive,govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

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-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron W <[FOI #30669 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 10 June 2025 9:01 PM
To: Christopher Bishop (MIN) <[email address]>
Subject: Re: OIA25-CB101 - Notification of OIA extension

Dear Christopher Bishop (MIN),

Your response is now overdue.

Please provide promptly.

Yours sincerely,

Aaron W

-----Original Message-----

OIA25-CB101

 

Dear Aaron,

 

I refer to your official information request received in this office on 9 April 2025 for correspondence and documents held in relation to the Treaty Principles Bill.

 

The OIA requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no later than 20 working days after the day we received your request.
Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that time limit and we are therefore writing to notify you of an extension of the time to make our decision by 20 workings days to 10 June 2025.

 

This extension is necessary because your request is for a large quantity of information and meeting the original time limit would unreasonably interfere with our operations and the consultations necessary to make a decision on your request are such that a proper response cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at [1]https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.o... or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon Chris Bishop

Minister of Housing | Minister for Infrastructure | Minister Responsible for RMA Reform | Minister of Transport |

Associate Minister of Finance | Associate Minister for Sport & Recreation | Leader of the House | MP for Hutt South
Office: 04 817 6802 | EW 6.3

Email: [2][Chris Bishop request email]   Website: [3]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

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Dear Aaron

 

Attached is a response from Hon Chris Bishop to your OIA request.

 

Please accept our sincere apology for the time taken getting this response
to you.

 

Kind regards

 

 

 

 

 

 

Office of Hon Chris Bishop

Minister of Housing | Infrastructure | RMA Reform | Transport | Associate
Finance |

Associate Sports & Recreation | Leader of the House | MP for Hutt /south
 

 

 

DDI: 04 817 6807

Email: [1][Chris Bishop request email]   Website: [2]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is
confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by
replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.

Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’
portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or
constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list:
date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at
[3]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

 

 

 

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