12 December 2025
Tēnā koe Brodie Fraser
Official Information Act request
Thank you for your email of 14 November 2025, requesting a copy of the
‘Emergency Housing – decline reasons’ referenced in WPQ 49824.
I have considered your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act)
and I have enclosed a copy of the requested document with this letter.
Please note that the hyperlinks included in the attached document link to the
Ministry’s internal Manuals and Procedures (Map) website. If you are interested in
this information, you are able to search the public facing version of Map, here:
www.workandincome.govt.nz/map/index.html. If you search in the title of the
hyperlinks, it will direct you to the relevant information.
I will be publishing this decision letter, with your personal details deleted, on the
Ministry’s website in due course.
If you wish to discuss this response with us, please feel free to contact
[MSD request email]. If you are not satisfied with my decision on your request, you have the right to
seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman. Information about how to
make a complaint is available a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi nui
pp.
Anna Graham
General Manager
Ministerial and Executive Services
The Aurora Centre, 56 The Terrace, PO Box 1556, Wellington
– Telephone 04-916 3300 – Facsimile 04-918 0099
