Dear New Zealand Defence Force, Veterans Affairs

Official Information Act request – AISA implementation metrics and reporting

Request text:

Kia ora,

I request the following information under the Official Information Act 1982 in relation to the Privacy (Information Sharing Agreement Facilitating Services for Veterans and Other Claimants) Order 2024 and the associated Approved Information Sharing Agreement (AISA) involving Veterans’ Affairs.

I am seeking information that would confirm whether implementation metrics have been publicly released, and if so, what they are.

Please provide:
1. Any annual report section, appendix, schedule, dashboard, table, internal report, briefing, aide memoire, memorandum, or other document created since 6 June 2024 that records, summarises, or reports on AISA implementation metrics, including but not limited to:
• number of records received
• number of records applied
• number of records not matched
• number of records amended or updated
• number of information-sharing requests made or completed
• number of active operating procedures in force
• implementation milestones
• difficulties encountered
• resolutions or corrective actions
• any service-delivery or entitlement impacts attributed to the AISA
2. Any document that sets out what AISA metrics are required to be reported publicly, including through NZDF or Veterans’ Affairs annual reporting.
3. Any document showing whether any AISA implementation metrics have been published, proactively released, or incorporated into an NZDF Annual Report, Veterans’ Affairs report, website update, or other public-facing document.
4. If no such metrics have been publicly released, please provide any record, note, advice, briefing, email, or internal statement confirming that position, including any reasons why such metrics have not been publicly reported.
5. A copy of any operating procedures, reporting templates, audit templates, or internal reporting frameworks currently used to collect or report AISA implementation data.
6. A copy of any reporting provided in response to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner reporting notice dated 16 July 2025 under section 154(1)(b) of the Privacy Act 2020, to the extent that such material is held and not otherwise publicly available.

For clarity, if some of this information is already publicly available, please identify the exact document title, date, and public link for each item rather than referring me generally to a website or programme page.

If any part of this request is likely to be refused under section 18(d), please still provide the precise document titles, dates, and locations of the publicly available material relied upon.

If any part of the request is considered too broad, please treat this request as including, at minimum, all final reports, annual reporting extracts, and formal implementation summaries held from 6 June 2024 to the date of your response.

I would prefer the information in electronic form.

Kind regards,
Spencer Jones