8 August 2025
David Adamson
By email:
[FYI request #31555 email]
Ref:
SBOIA25-809
Dear David
Extension of your request for information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) on 11 July 2025
to the Minister of Health, Hon Simeon Brown. You requested:
“Please provide all communications sent or received to or from you or your office
(including internal messages within your office) about your Facebook post of 11 July
regarding nurses striking. This includes any drafts and key messaging (such as how
you calculated nurses earning $125k per annum), and includes any messaging or
information to or from the Ministry of Health or Health New Zealand with your
office/private secretaries on this matter. This includes emails, texts, hardcopy
documents, and any communications you sent to other members of Government
(including the Prime Minister’s office).”
We are writing to notify you that we are extending the timeframe for responding to your
request by three working days, to 13 July 2025. This extension is to allow time to carry out
necessary consultations.
Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any
decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Reef Stewart
Ministerial Advisor