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Kia ora,

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 received on 1 March 2026, copied below. We will respond to your request within the statutory timeframes set out in the Act. If we are unable to meet these timeframes we will notify you.

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Kia ora

 

Please find attached a letter regarding your recent OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial Services
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Dear John

 

Your information request was transferred from DPMC to the Office of Hon
David Seymour on Monday 9 March 2026 as follows:

 

I noted-
[1]https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/3609377...

 

Government drops te reo Māori name of school lunches programme

 

"According to Cabinet papers obtained by Newstalk ZB under the Official
Information Act (OIA), the decision to remove the name “Ka Ora, Ka Ako”
was made last October."

 

Can I please request the same information you have sent to the Newstalk ZB
regarding this topic- "Government drops te reo Māori name of school
lunches programme"

 

We received your request on Monday 9 March 2026. We will endeavour to
respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than
Wednesday 8 April 2026, 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

Deputy Prime Minister

Minister for Regulation
Associate Minister of Education
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7.6 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings

 

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[IN-CONFIDENCE - RELEASE EXTERNAL]

Tçnâ koe John,

 

On 1 March 2026 you emailed an Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request
to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). You requested:

 

“I noted-
[1]https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/3609377...
drops te reo Mâori name of school lunches programme” According to Cabinet
papers obtained by Newstalk ZB under the Official Information Act (OIA),
the decision to remove the name “Ka Ora, Ka Ako” was made last October.”
Can I please request the same information you have sent to the Newstalk ZB
regarding this topic- “Government drops te reo Mâori name of school
lunches programme.”

 

On 9 March, your request was transferred to the Associate Minister of
Education, Minister Seymour under section 14(b)(ii) of the Act.

 

In response to your request, the information provided to Newstalk ZB
regarding this topic can be found on the Ministry of Education’s website
at the following link:   [2]OIA Request 45919 Response

 

 

Nâkû noa, nâ,

 

Enquiries National Team | Te Tâhuhu o te Mâtauranga | Ministry of
Education | TW

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