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[UNCLASSIFIED]

Kia ora,

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA)
received on 8 August 2025, copied below. We will respond to your request
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Ngā mihi,

Ministerial Coordinator 
Ministerial Services 
Strategy, Governance and Engagement 
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 
  
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-----Original Message-----
From: Erika Whittome <[FOI #31936 email]>
Sent: Friday, 8 August 2025 5:53 am
To: Information [DPMC] <[DPMC request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - The legally privileged parts of
public health advice

Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, I see this document has
lots of redactions categorized as legally privileged

[1]https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/sites/default/f...
The author is Michael Webster, Secretary of Cabinet.

I request this information from this document unredacted ie please share
the legal advice given to the DPMC in this document.
This was advice for a public health issue that affected all of the public.
The advice has a wide purview of all New Zealanders at the time in early
2022.
 The advice was paid for by tax payers too.

The advice was not from external counsel  . Kindly share the requested
information under the Act.

Yours faithfully,

Erika Whittome

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[UNCLASSIFIED]

Kia ora,

 

Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi,

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|Ministerial Coordinator  |
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|Ministerial Services  |
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|must not disclose, copy or distribute this|
|message or the information in it. If you have|
|received this message in error, please|
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Kia ora Ms Whittome

Thank you for your email.

As per Mr Cassidy's letter, we have reassessed the paper for release and determined information previously withheld under section 9(2)(f)(iv) can now be released and this has been provided to you.

Information which was withheld under section 9(2)(h) continues to be withheld under that provision as advised in Mr Cassidy's letter.

If you remain dissatisfied, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review this decision under section 28(3) of the Act.

Nga mihi

Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial Services
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Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

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-----Original Message-----
From: Erika Whittome <[FOI #31936 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 2 September 2025 12:37 pm
To: Information [DPMC] <[DPMC request email]>
Subject: Re: Your OIA request – Response

Dear Information [DPMC],

The section on Human Rights [Legally privileged] in this document is still redacted. This legal advice is the information that I am requesting. You have shared the same redacted document. Kindly supply the advice under the Act

Yours sincerely,

Erika Whittome

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[UNCLASSIFIED]

Kia ora,

Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.

Ngā mihi,

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