4 August 2025
Tēnā koe BAW Russell
Official Information Act request
Thank you for your email of 1 July 2025, requesting information about the Youth
Parliament 2025 speeches.
I have considered your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
Please find my decision on your request set out below.
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Please provide all feedback provided to members of the youth parliament
on speeches they intended to give, any internal documents, emails or other
material relating to the feedback, any guidance provided to attendees in
relation to the content of their speeches.
Following the Youth Parliament 2025 in-person event, the Ministry of Youth
Development (MYD) – Te Manatū Whakahiato is preparing a proactive release of
all documents relating to this topic. This proactive release will include reports
provided to the Minister for Youth on the subject of Youth Parliament 2025, Youth
MP information packs and guidance documents, application forms, feedback
provided to Youth MPs on their General Debate speeches, code of conduct and
training, and information about the live streaming.
As such, part of your request is refused under section 18(d) of the Act, as this
information is soon to be made publicly available.
Regarding your request for copies of all feedback provided to Youth MPs, MYD is
preparing a detailed summary to be proactively released providing an overview of
the feedback. This part of your request is therefore granted by way of a summary
under sections 16(1)(e) and 16(2)(a) of the Act, and will be available to you once
the information is published online.
Your request for emails is very broad, and substantial manual collation would be
required to locate and prepare all documents within scope of your request. As
such, I refuse your request under section 18(f) of the Act. The greater public
interest is in the effective and efficient administration of the public service.
I have considered whether the Ministry would be able to respond to your request
given extra time, or the ability to charge for the information requested. I have
concluded that, in either case, the Ministry’s ability to undertake its work would
still be prejudiced.
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– Telephone 04-916 3300 – Facsimile 04-918 0099
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 regarding Youth
Parliament, you have the right to seek an investigation and review by the
Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi nui
pp.
Anna Graham
General Manager
Ministerial and Executive Services
