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23 July 2025
ref: OIA2526_05
James
By email
: [FYI request #31578 email]
Dear James
Information about RBNZ’s OIA Statistics
Thank you for your request of 14 July 2025 under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (OIA), for:
How many requests has the RBNZ received between January 6th, 2025, and
June 30th, 2025?
How many if any, have not been responded to within 20 business days? Within
30 business days? Within 40 business days or longer?
Where delays have not been provided within 20 business days, have reasons been
provided for each delay? If not, why not?
Response
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua (RBNZ) can advise that we received 76
requests for official information between 6 January 2025 and 30 June 2025.
We have broken down the 76 requests received, per your request:
Status/Time Taken
Number of Requests
Ongoing
3
Cancelled by Requestor
4
Within 20 working days
33
21 to 30 working days
9
31 to 40 working days
9
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Status/Time Taken
Number of Requests
More than 40 working days
18
Where the time limit to respond to a request made under the OIA had to be extended, either
section 15A(1)(a) or 15A(1)(b) of the OIA was used.
We hope you found this helpful. We encourage you to raise any concerns you have with this
response with RBNZ directly. Alternatively, you have the right to seek an investigation and review
of this response by the Of ice of the Ombudsman. Further information about how to make a
complaint is publicly available, at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Government Relations
Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua
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