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Kia ora,

Thank you for contacting Hon Paul Goldsmith, Minister of Justice, Minister
for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Minister for Media and Communications and
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations.

Hon Paul Goldsmith considers all correspondence important and appreciates
you taking the time to write. As the Minister receives a large amount of
correspondence, it is not always possible to personally reply to all
emails.

If your correspondence is diary related, requests will be processed
accordingly.

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due course.

If your correspondence relates to another Minister's portfolio, your
correspondence will be transferred to the appropriate Minister.

If your correspondence expresses an opinion, it will be noted.

If your request relates to media, it will be referred to Minister
Goldsmith’s Press Secretary.

If you have made a request for official information then this will be
managed in accordance with the provisions of the Official Information Act
1982, which may include transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency.
Over the holiday period in December and January
there is a three-week period that doesn’t count as ‘working days’. For
Official Information Act (OIA) requests, that period is 25 December to 15
January, inclusive. That means any OIA requests submitted on 27 November
or later may take a bit longer than you
expected.

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Ngâ mihi,

Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith
Minister of Justice| Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage | Minister
for Media and Communications | Minister for Treaty of Waitangi
Negotiations

Freepost: Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6011

Good morning,

 

On behalf of Hon Paul Goldsmith, I acknowledge receipt of your official
information request dated 31 March, where you requested the following:

 

In a statement to Newsroom, Goldsmith confirmed he had asked the ministry
to gather more information on the effects of a sharp increase in OIA
requests, which had risen 394 percent since 2016.

 

Please provide the request email pertaining to OIA reform.

 

I would like to understand whether you asked them to also explain whether
the requests have raised given the increased secrecy and the use of
urgency / fast track.

 

We received your request on 31 March. We will endeavour to respond to your
request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 1 May, 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 Paul Goldsmith

Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice

Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations | Minister for Media and
Communications
 

Website: [1]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

 

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Please see attached the response from Hon Paul Goldsmith, Minister of
Justice, to your OIA request of 31 March 2026.

 

 

Ngā mihi

 

[1]A blue and Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith
white emblem
Description Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice
automatically
generated Minister for Media and Communications | Minister for Pacific
Peoples

Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government

Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations 

Email [2][Paul Goldsmith request email] | [3]www.beehive.govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
Zealand

 

Authorised by Hon Paul Goldsmith, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

 

 

From: Paul Goldsmith (MIN) <[4][email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, 1 April 2026 11:25 AM
To: [5][FOI #34317 email]
Subject: OIAPG848 / RE: Official Information request - Ministry request
relating to OIA reform

 

Good morning,

 

On behalf of Hon Paul Goldsmith, I acknowledge receipt of your official
information request dated 31 March, where you requested the following:

 

In a statement to Newsroom, Goldsmith confirmed he had asked the ministry
to gather more information on the effects of a sharp increase in OIA
requests, which had risen 394 percent since 2016.

 

Please provide the request email pertaining to OIA reform.

 

I would like to understand whether you asked them to also explain whether
the requests have raised given the increased secrecy and the use of
urgency / fast track.

 

We received your request on 31 March. We will endeavour to respond to your
request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 1 May, 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 Paul Goldsmith

Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice

Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations | Minister for Media and
Communications
 

Website: [6]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

 

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