21 July 2025
Dan Tasman
[FYI request #31043 email]
Tēnā koe Dan Tasman
Official Information Act request
Thank you for your email of 20 May 2025, requesting information about the
Ministry of Social Development’s (the Ministry) response to methamphetamine-
related harm in Te Tai Tokerau/Northland.
I have considered your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
Please find my decision on each part of your request set out separately below.
You requested:
1. Any policy documents, internal reports, or programme evaluations from 1
January 2022 to present that discuss MSD’s role in addressing
methamphetamine harm in Northland, particularly in relation to whānau
support, social services, or employment programmes.
2. A list of any MSD-funded services or community partners in Northland that
specifically provide support for individuals or families affected by
methamphetamine use, including contract values and outcome data if
available.
3. Any inter-agency collaboration MSD has participated in to address
methamphetamine harm in Northland, including with Police, Oranga
Tamariki, Health NZ, or local iwi organisations.
To address your requests please find attached the following documents about the
Resilience to Organised Crime in Communities (ROCC) for Te Tai
Tokerau/Northland. These documents address your request in full.
• Regional Souring Plan for Community Resilience and Whānau Support
(CRWS) Fund.
• Regional Souring Plan for Community Resilience and Whānau Support
(CRWS) Fund – Tranche 2.
• Northland ROCC Stakeholder Update – August 2024
• Northland ROCC Stakeholder Update – September 2024
• Northland ROCC Stakeholder Update – October 2024
• Northland ROCC Stakeholder Update – November December 2024
The Aurora Centre, 56 The Terrace, PO Box 1556, Wellington
– Telephone 04-916 3300 – Facsimile 04-918 0099
• Northland ROCC Stakeholder Update – May 2025.
Please note that the information in the stakeholder updates regarding some
individuals is withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Act 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 in the document
Regional Souring Plan for Community Resilience
and Whānau Support (CRWS) Fund – Tranche 2 is withheld under section 9(2)(j)
of the Act to enable the Ministry to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage,
negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations). The greater public
interest is in ensuring that government agencies can continue to negotiate without
prejudice.
I will be publishing this decision letter, with your personal details deleted, on the
Ministry’s website in due course.
If you wish to discuss this response with us, please feel free to contact
[MSD request email]. If you are not satisfied with my decision on your request, you have the right to
seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman. Information about how to
make a complaint is available a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi nui
pp.
Anna Graham
General Manager Ministerial and Executive Services
