Dear Samantha,
 
I refer to your request of 11 September 2018. The only persons eligible to
make requests under the Official Information Act are (a) New Zealand
citizens; (b) permanent residents of New Zealand; (c) persons who are in
New Zealand; or (d) body corporates incorporated in New Zealand or which
have a place of business in New Zealand. Please confirm your eligibility
under section 12 of the Official Information Act to make these requests
for official information and provide evidence of that eligibility to
[1][University of Auckland request email]
 
The University has received a large number of similarly worded requests
concerning MBChB entrance statistics over the past year. Section 18A(2) of
the Official Information Act specifies that, for the purposes of refusing
requests under section 18(f) of the Act, organisations may treat as a
single request 2 or more requests from the same person that are about the
same subject matter or about similar subject matters and received in short
succession.  To enable the University to make a decision on your request,
please:
 

* advise whether your request for official information was co-ordinated,
or made in conjunction, with any other person/persons (as defined in
section 2 of the Official Information Act), and, if so, disclose the
name/names of these other person/persons
* advise whether your request for official information was made at the
instruction, request, or on behalf of any other person/persons, and if
so, disclose the names of these other person/s.

 
Yours sincerely
Rebecca Ewert
General Counsel
 

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Dear Samantha,

 

You have not responded to my email of 25 September 2018 to confirm your
eligibility to request official information under the Official Information
Act or provide the other information required by the University to make a
decision on your request. Accordingly we are extending the time limit for
the request until 30 October 2018 under 15A(1)(b) of the OIA to consult
with you about this. Please note that if you have not provided this
information by 23 October 2018 we will treat your request as withdrawn.
You have the right to make a complaint to an Ombudsman about this
extension.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Rebecca Ewert

General Counsel

The University of Auckland