2 July 2025
National Library of New Zealand PO Box 1467
Wel ington 6140 Phone +64 4 474 3000
Michael Pringle
dia.govt.nz
fyi-request-31281-
[email address]
Dear Michael
Official Information Act (1982) request 2425-1219
Thank you for your request of 11 June 2025. You have asked:
What is the exact nature of the destruction? Are the books to be recycled, and if so, please
detail the process involved and how the paper and other materials is to be reused.
• Are the books headed to landfil ? Are some of them going to landfil ?
• Releasing the cost of this operation is in the public interest. I wish to know the cost
in dol ar terms of this destruction of public property.
The information that you have requested is commercially sensitive, and because of this, I am
withholding the information under Section 9(2(b))i of the Act, as the making available the
information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person
who supplied or who is the subject of the information.
I consider that the withholding of information as mentioned above is not outweighed by
other considerations which render it desirable, in the public interest, to make that
information available.
Further information relating to the process that the National Library has undertaken can be
found a
t Overseas Published Col ections — Collection management project 2018–2025 |
National Library of New Zealand.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, we may proactively
release a copy of this response on the Department of Internal Affairs website. Al requester
data, including your name and contact details, will be removed prior to release. The released
response will be made available here:
Official Information Act Requests-2 - dia.govt.nz.
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
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or Freephone 0800 802 602.
If you have any feedback or questions about the Department’s response, please let us know
a
t [email address]
Yours sincerely
Mark Crookston
Director, Digital (formerly Director, Content Services)
National Library of New Zealand
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