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Dear Aaron

 

Thank you for your email in which you submitted an Official Information
Act request as follows:

 

- How many OIA requests have you received since you took Office?

- How many OIA requests have you refused in full?

- How many requests have you responded to after the 20 working days
without a valid extension (aka late)?

- How many investigations have you been notified of by the Ombudsman and
what is the status of each investigation?

               

We received your request on Tuesday 23 September 2025. We will endeavour
to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later
than Tuesday 21 October 2025, being 20 working days after the day your
request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then,
we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Office of Hon David Seymour

[1]A pink and Deputy Prime Minister
white emblem
with two women Minister for Regulation
holding flags Associate Minister of Education | Associate Minister
Description of Finance
automatically
generated Associate Minister of Health | Associate Minister of
Justice

 

7.6 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings

DSOIA610

 

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Dear Aaron

 

Thank you for your email of 23 September 2025 requesting the following
information:

 

- How many OIA requests have you received since you took Office?

- How many OIA requests have you refused in full?

- How many requests have you responded to after the 20 working days
without a valid extension (aka late)?

- How many investigations have you been notified of by the Ombudsman and
what is the status of each investigation?

 

We have considered your request under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act), and reply to part one and four today.

 

Part one

How many OIA requests have you received since you took Office? 

We have received 624 OIA requests

 

Part four

How many investigations have you been notified of by the Ombudsman and
what is the status of each investigation?

We have received 19 Ombudsman notifications.

 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Ombudsman notifications |Status |
|---------------------------+--------------------------------------------|
|16 |Closed |
|---------------------------+--------------------------------------------|
|1 |Pending further response |
|---------------------------+--------------------------------------------|
|1 |Responded to Ombudsman, pending closure |
|---------------------------+--------------------------------------------|
|1 |Further response issued, pending closure |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

Part two and three capture a significant amount of information gathering
and the Office has decided to extend the period of time available to
respond to part two and three of your request under section 15A of the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) as the consultations necessary to
make a decision on the request are such that a proper response to the
request cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit.

 

You can now expect a response to part two and three of your request on, or
before Wednesday 19 November 2025. The extention response date shown takes
into account:

Labour Day (27 October 2025).

 

You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to
review the Office’s decision to extend the time available to respond to
your request.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Office of Hon David Seymour

[1]A pink and Deputy Prime Minister
white emblem
with two women Minister for Regulation
holding flags Associate Minister of Education | Associate Minister
Description of Finance
automatically
generated Associate Minister of Health | Associate Minister of
Justice

 

7.6 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings

 

RE: DSOIA610

 

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Dear Aaron

 

We refer to your information request of 23 September 2025 and respond to
the best of our records to Part two and Part three as follows:

 

Part two

o How many OIA requests have you refused in full?

46

 

Part three

o How many requests have you responded to after the 20 working days
without a valid extension (aka late)?

4

 

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
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Office of Hon David Seymour

[2]A pink and Deputy Prime Minister
white emblem
with two women Minister for Regulation
holding flags Associate Minister of Education | Associate Minister
Description of Finance
automatically
generated Associate Minister of Health | Associate Minister of
Justice

 

7.6 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings

 

RE: DSOIA610

 

From: David Seymour (MIN)
Sent: Tuesday, 21 October 2025 2:44 PM
To: 'Aaron W' <[FOI #32367 email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Information relating to OIA
requests

 

Dear Aaron

 

Thank you for your email of 23 September 2025 requesting the following
information:

 

- How many OIA requests have you received since you took Office?

- How many OIA requests have you refused in full?

- How many requests have you responded to after the 20 working days
without a valid extension (aka late)?

- How many investigations have you been notified of by the Ombudsman and
what is the status of each investigation?

 

We have considered your request under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act), and reply to part one and four today.

 

Part one

How many OIA requests have you received since you took Office? 

We have received 624 OIA requests

 

Part four

How many investigations have you been notified of by the Ombudsman and
what is the status of each investigation?

We have received 19 Ombudsman notifications.

 

Ombudsman notifications Status
16 Closed
1 Pending further response
1 Responded to Ombudsman, pending closure
1 Further response issued, pending closure

 

Part two and three capture a significant amount of information gathering
and the Office has decided to extend the period of time available to
respond to part two and three of your request under section 15A of the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) as the consultations necessary to
make a decision on the request are such that a proper response to the
request cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit.

 

You can now expect a response to part two and three of your request on, or
before Wednesday 19 November 2025. The extention response date shown takes
into account:

Labour Day (27 October 2025).

 

You have the right, under section 28 of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to
review the Office’s decision to extend the time available to respond to
your request.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Office of Hon David Seymour

[3]A pink and Deputy Prime Minister
white emblem
with two women Minister for Regulation
holding flags Associate Minister of Education | Associate Minister
Description of Finance
automatically
generated Associate Minister of Health | Associate Minister of
Justice

 

7.6 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings

 

RE: DSOIA610

 

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