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-----Original Message-----
From: B. White <[FOI #31832 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 31 July 2025 1:52 pm
To: Information [DPMC] <[NEMA request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Link between the National
Emergency Alerts and the discovery of contraband cell phones

Hi there,

I am interested if there is any link between the National Emergency Alerts
and the discovery of contraband cell phones in NZ prisons.

I have asked Corrections to supply data on the number of contraband cell
phones discovered, by day over the year to 31 July 2025.

Please supply the dates which the National Emergency Management Agency has
pushed emergency alerts to cell phones over the same period for comparison
of the two datasets.

Thanks

B. White

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[IN-CONFIDENCE]

Kia ora,

 

I am contacting you on behalf of the National Emergency Management Agency
in relation to your OIA request below. I am seeking clarification of your
request to enable NEMA to provide you with the information you are after
in a timely manner. Can you please clarify if the timeframe of your
request is from 31 July 2024 to 31 July 2025 or is it from 1 January 2025
to 31 July 2025?

 

Can you please clarify the timeframe of your request by 5pm next Monday
(11 August)?

 

Ngā mihi,

 

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From: B. White <[FOI #31832 email]>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2025 1:52 pm
To: Information [DPMC] <[NEMA request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Link between the National
Emergency Alerts and the discovery of contraband cell phones

 

Hi there,

I am interested if there is any link between the National Emergency Alerts
and the discovery of contraband cell phones in NZ prisons.

I have asked Corrections to supply data on the number of contraband cell
phones discovered, by day over the year to 31 July 2025.

Please supply the dates which the National Emergency Management Agency has
pushed emergency alerts to cell phones over the same period for comparison
of the two datasets.

Thanks

B. White

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[UNCLASSIFIED]

Kia ora,

 

Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi,

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