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Students and Depression Ration of Counselling 1998-2018

K Gillies made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health

The request was refused by Ministry of Health.

From: K Gillies

Tēnā koe Ministry of Health,

I reside in New Zealand, under the Official Information Act I request that you provide me with the all documents pertaining to Students and Depression Ration of Counselling from 1998-2018.

In the 2017 Income and Expenditure Report by NZUSA it states that the the following document: 'Students and Depression Ration of Counselling 2009-2014', is housed in the New Zealand Parliamentary Library. I recently visited the New Zealand Parliamentary Library and was told that more than just the 2009-2014 records would exist but that they could not to show me any of these documents. Hence I am now requesting this information from you under the OIA. ( 2017 Income and Expenditure Report by NZUSA here: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/st...)

With regards to the manner in which the information is released I request that any documents released be in an accessible, searchable format, i.e. no pdf's of scanned documents that would require transcribing and that would not be readable to people who rely on screen readers. And a spreadsheet format, such as CSV or XLSX, is preferable for tabular data. I also request that documents be uploaded online to fyi.org.nz website in response to my request rather than sent privately.

I request this information urgently and as a matter of public interest.

I trust I will hear back promptly from you as an institution that I'm sure prides itself on transparency and contributing to the public good.

kā mihi nui,

K Gillies

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Dear K Gillies

Thank you for your request for official information, received by the
Ministry of Health on 24 April 2018. The Ministry's reference number for
your request is: H201803027

You requested:

all documents pertaining to Students and Depression Ration of Counselling
from 1998-2018.

In the 2017 Income and Expenditure Report by NZUSA it states that the the
following document: 'Students and Depression Ration of Counselling
2009-2014', is housed in the New Zealand Parliamentary Library. I recently
visited the New Zealand Parliamentary Library and was told that more than
just the 2009-2014 records would exist but that they could not to show me
any of these documents. Hence I am now requesting this information from
you under the OIA. ( 2017 Income and Expenditure Report by NZUSA here:
[1]https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=5305&a...

Your request has been logged and you can expect a reply no later than 23
May 2018 as required under the Official Information Act 1982.

Please note that a working day is defined in the Act as ‘any day of the
week other than a Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day,
Labour Day, the Sovereigns birthday, Waitangi Day and a day in the period
commencing 25 December in any year and ending 15 January in the following
year.

If a large amount of information has been requested or if the Ministry
needs to consult in order to make a decision, we may need to extend this
date (this is provided for in section 15A of the Act).  We will advise you
if such an extension is necessary.

Yours sincerely,

Greg Smith
Senior Advisor

[Ministry of Health request email]
Ministerial Services  l  Government Services  l  Office of the Director
General

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Dear K Gillies

Please see attached our response to your Official Information Act request,
ref H201803027

Yours sincerely

Hidde Mebus
Ministerial Services (OIA)
[Ministry of Health request email]  

Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
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