Andrew Riddell
[FYI request #31900 email]
Ref: OIA 278
Dear Andrew,
Thank you for your Of icial Information Act 1982 (the Act) of 5 August requesting:
On 13 May 2025 I lodged an information request to you via the fyi.org.nz site.
The information requested was described as follows
'When you were appointed Minister of Workplace Relations and Safety you
received a briefing (dated November 2023) from the Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment.
That document included a number of redactions.
It is now some 18 months later and any time-sensitivity in relation to those
redactions would no longer apply.
Please provide copies of content that was redacted at paragraph 89 of the
briefing and in the table on page 36 of the briefing.'
This information requested was finally provided as part of a document release on
31 July 2025, or 55 working days after you received my request.
I am interested in the reasons for this delay in providing the information and are
therefore now requesting all communications relating to the processing of my 13
May request, including the assessment of the request and the preparation of your
responses to this information request."
I have attached the documents in scope of your request. Please note some
information has been withheld under s9(2)(a) of the Act to protect the privacy of
natural persons.
I do not consider that the withholding of this information is outweighed by public
interest considerations in making the information available.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this
decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely,
Hon Brooke van Velden
Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety