Dear Adam

Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act to the Department of Internal Affairs (the Department) on 7 May 2026.

The Department will provide its response to your request as soon as practicable and within twenty working days. The due date for your request is 5 June 2026. We will contact you if we require clarification of your request, more time to respond, or if your request has been transferred to another organisation to respond to.

Please note that in cases where the Department’s response provides information that is identified to be of general public interest, the response may also be published on the Department of Internal Affairs website. If the Department publishes its response to your OIA request, all personal information, including your name and contact details, will be removed.

Kind regards

Branch Performance
Partnerships and Commissions | Te Aukaha
Department of Internal Affairs | Te Tari Taiwhenua
http://www.dia.govt.nz/

-----Original Message-----
From: OIA <[email address]>
Sent: 07 May 2026 13:02
To: MaSS info <[email address]>
Subject: INCOMING OIA2526-1174 FW: Official Information request - All government ministers communication with Ani Obrien

Tçnâ koe,

-----Original Message-----
From: adam <[FOI #34637 email]>
Sent: 07 May 2026 12:07 PM
To: OIA <[DIA request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - All government ministers communication with Ani Obrien

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Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

Please provide all communications between any current and previous government ministers (for this term of government) and Ani Obrien (the X user that complained about Maike Sherman).

Any and all communication that is covered by the OIA.

Yours faithfully,

adam

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Kia Ora

We are writing regarding your OIA request below.
We only hold information about former ministers.
As your request stands, former ministers from this parliamentary term would only be Ministers Bailey, Lee, Reti, and Collins.
For records of other Ministers from this term, each individual Ministers' Office would need to be contacted, as that part does not fall under DIA.
Can you clarify your request for us in light of that if possible.

Regards

Philip

Philip (Piripi) Rossiter | Senior Advisor, Official Correspondence
Partnerships and Commissions | Te Aukaha
Department of Internal Affairs | Te Tari Taiwhenua
dia.govt.nz | Facebook | LinkedIn

-----Original Message-----
From: adam <[FOI #34637 email]>
Sent: 07 May 2026 12:07 PM
To: OIA <[DIA request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - All government ministers communication with Ani Obrien

[You don't often get email from [FOI #34637 email]. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentific... ]

Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

Please provide all communications between any current and previous government ministers (for this term of government) and Ani Obrien (the X user that complained about Maike Sherman).

Any and all communication that is covered by the OIA.

Yours faithfully,

adam

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #34637 email]

Is [DIA request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to Department of Internal Affairs? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA page.

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Kia Ora

Please find attached our response to your request.

Regards

Philip

Philip (Piripi) Rossiter | Senior Advisor, Official Correspondence
Partnerships and Commissions | Te Aukaha
Department of Internal Affairs | Te Tari Taiwhenua
dia.govt.nz | Facebook | LinkedIn

-----Original Message-----
From: adam <[FOI #34637 email]>
Sent: 11 May 2026 16:47
To: MaSS info <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FW: INCOMING OIA2526-1174 FW: Official Information request - All government ministers communication with Ani Obrien

Dear MaSS info,

Please provide the information for the former ministers you mentioned. Also please forward the request to all current government ministers to answer.

Thank you

Yours sincerely,

adam

-----Original Message-----

Kia Ora

We are writing regarding your OIA request below.
We only hold information about former ministers.
As your request stands, former ministers from this parliamentary term would only be Ministers Bailey, Lee, Reti, and Collins.
For records of other Ministers from this term, each individual Ministers' Office would need to be contacted, as that part does not fall under DIA.
Can you clarify your request for us in light of that if possible.

Regards

Philip

Philip (Piripi) Rossiter | Senior Advisor, Official Correspondence Partnerships and Commissions | Te Aukaha Department of Internal Affairs | Te Tari Taiwhenua dia.govt.nz | Facebook | LinkedIn

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