16 September 2025
45 Pipitea Street, Thorndon, Wel ington 6011
PO Box 805, Wel ington 6140
Phone +64 4 495 7200
James
Fax +64 4 382 3589
fyi-request-32059-
Email [email address]
[email address]
Website www.dia.govt.nz
Dear James
Your Official Information Act request OIA2526-0209, dated 19 August 2025.
In regard to your Official Information Act (the Act) request, which was received by the
Department of Internal Affairs (Department) on 19 August 2025, you asked:
Under the OIA please provide al communications including but not limited to emails
and texts between staff and Minister Van Velden relating to the DIA name change,
putting English first.
Please provide al internal email communications, if any on this matter.
Please provide any quotes or estimates concerning the name change.
Response to your request
As background, the work to change the logo and update websites, letterheads, templates
and social media sites was carried out by department staff and managed as part of normal
business activity (business as usual). One external cost was incurred, which was $741 + GST
for a new font for the logo.
Under the OIA please provide all communications including but not limited to emails and
texts between staff and Minister Van Velden relating to the DIA name change, putting
English first.
A briefing to Minister van Velden, titled Internal Affairs Briefing – Department naming
convention, was sent on 12 February 2025. This briefing is already publicly available, so your
request is declined under Section 18(d) of the Official Information Act. You can find the
briefing on our website: www.dia.govt.nz/Official-Information-Act-Requests-2. The
reference number is 2526-0112.
There are no emails or texts between the Minister and Department staff on this issue, so this
part of your request is declined under Section 18(e) of the Official Information Act as the
information does not exist.
Please provide all internal email communications, if any on this matter.
There is one email between staff about this matter, which is attached.
There are three pieces of internal communications – communications to staff about the
change of logo – which were issued. These have already been publicly released and so I am
declining your request for this information under Section 18(d) of the Official Information
Act. You can find the briefing on our website: www.dia.govt.nz/Official-Information-Act-
Requests-2. The reference number is 2526-0112.
Please provide any quotes or estimates concerning the name change.
There are two emails concerning the cost of the name change, which are attached.
Proactive release
We intend to publish our response to your request on www.dia.govt.nz. This letter, with
your personal details removed, wil be published in its entirety. Publishing responses
increases the availability of information to the public and is consistent with the Act’s
purpose of enabling more effective participation in the making and administration of laws
and policies, and promoting the accountability of Ministers and officials.
If you have any feedback or questions about the Department’s response, please let us know
at [email address]
Accessing the Ombudsman
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
Ann-Marie Nansett
Acting GM Communications
Enterprise Services
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