Dear Department of Corrections,

Under the OIA I would like to request the following:

How many people if any, attended Waitangi Day celebrations at Waitangi while under electronic monitoring via ankle bracelets or escorted/guiding release or not, from the Department of Corrections care in the last 5 years?

How many people if any applied or sought permission to attend Waitangi while under monitoring by the Department of Correction while in the Department of Corrections care, in the last 5 years? How many of those were approved with in the last 5 years?

How many people if any applied for permission to attend other Waitangi celebrations throughout NZ while in the Department of Corrections care? How many were successful? What prison regions were they from, and to attend where? In the last 5 years?

Did any non Māori who are being monitored by Corrections apply for permission to attend any Waitangi Day celebrations? Were any granted in the last 5 years?

What rights does one have to meet eligibility for such requests?

Yours faithfully,
C.Lane