Publication of directors’ residential addresses on the Companies Register

Matt Brown made this Official Information request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

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From: Matt Brown

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

I am a NZ citizen and would like to enquire regarding the progress of the review regarding "Publication of directors’ residential addresses on the Companies Register"

Could you please provide any relevant documents, internal working papers, or correspondence related to this review and its findings to date.

Additionally please provide any details on the current expected timeline for this review to be concluded and any changes to be enacted.

Yours faithfully,

Matt Brown

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Ref: DOIA 1819-1295

 

Dear Mr Brown

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 1 March 2019 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

I am a NZ citizen and would like to enquire regarding the progress of the
review regarding "Publication of directors’ residential addresses on the
Companies Register"

 

Could you please provide any relevant documents, internal working papers,
or correspondence related to this review and its findings to date.

 

Additionally please provide any details on the current expected timeline
for this review to be concluded and any changes to be enacted.

 

Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course. If you have any enquiries regarding
your request feel free to contact us via email [1][MBIE request email] or
using the contact details below.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

Alan Witcombe

MANAGER, MINISTERIAL SERVICES

 

Corporate, Governance and Information

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

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From: Robert Clarke
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

Dear Matt,

 

I am preparing a response to you recent OIA request for information
concerning directors’ residential addresses.

 

It would be helpful to discuss the scope of your request by phone – do you
have a number that I can reach you on?

 

Kind regards,

Robert

 

Robert Clarke

SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR

Business Law | Building, Resources and Markets

MBIE Mental Health Network Member
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

[1][email address] | +64 (4) 474 2908| Ext: 42908 |

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473 Wellington 6140

 

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From: Matt Brown

Dear Robert Clarke,

I do, but I'm not going to post it publicly here, and the site has hidden your email address from me as well... I do see your phone number so I can try and give you a call later in the week, but I'm tied up for the next couple of days unfortunately.

Happy to respond asynchronously here in the meantime if you can give some more detail on what clarifications you need.

Yours sincerely,

Matt Brown

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From: Robert Clarke
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

Thank you Matt. I have found four key documents (e.g. briefings to the Minister) and I wanted to ask whether they would suffice or if, by your reference to 'correspondence', you also wanted me to find any internal emails that mention the review. (There are no letters / emails to external parties that I can find). Going through internal emails can be a major exercise.

My email address is [email address]

Robert

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Brown [mailto:[FOI #9734 email]]
Sent: Monday, 4 March 2019 4:41 p.m.
To: Robert Clarke
Subject: Re: OIA request [UNCLASSIFIED]

Dear Robert Clarke,

I do, but I'm not going to post it publicly here, and the site has hidden your email address from me as well... I do see your phone number so I can try and give you a call later in the week, but I'm tied up for the next couple of days unfortunately.

Happy to respond asynchronously here in the meantime if you can give some more detail on what clarifications you need.

Yours sincerely,

Matt Brown

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

Dear Matt,

 

I am preparing a response to you recent OIA request for information
concerning directors’ residential addresses.

 

It would be helpful to discuss the scope of your request by phone – do you
have a number that I can reach you on?

 

Kind regards,

Robert

 

Robert Clarke

SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR

Business Law | Building, Resources and Markets

MBIE Mental Health Network Member
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

[1][email address] | +64 (4) 474 2908| Ext: 42908 |

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473 Wellington 6140

 

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From: Matt Brown

Dear Robert Clarke,

I imagine the briefings would be an excellent start - how about we get those posted and then I can always submit a further follow-up or come back to you with further clarifications if required.

Fundamentally I'm just trying to get some info on where things are at and why it's taking so long to report back.

Yours sincerely,

Matt Brown

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From: Robert Clarke
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

Okay. I will get to work to see what if anything needs to be redacted from those documents.

Robert

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From: Matt Brown [mailto:[FYI request #9734 email]]
Sent: Monday, 4 March 2019 5:07 p.m.
To: Robert Clarke
Subject: RE: OIA request [UNCLASSIFIED]

Dear Robert Clarke,

I imagine the briefings would be an excellent start - how about we get those posted and then I can always submit a further follow-up or come back to you with further clarifications if required.

Fundamentally I'm just trying to get some info on where things are at and why it's taking so long to report back.

Yours sincerely,

Matt Brown

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

Thank you Matt. I have found four key documents (e.g. briefings to the Minister) and I wanted to ask whether they would suffice or if, by your reference to 'correspondence', you also wanted me to find any internal emails that mention the review. (There are no letters / emails to external parties that I can find). Going through internal emails can be a major exercise.

My email address is [email address]

Robert

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Dear Matt,

 

Please find attached the response to your OIA request.

 

Kind regards,

 

Robert Clarke

SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR

Business Law | Building, Resources and Markets

MBIE Mental Health Network Member
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

[1][email address] | +64 (4) 474 2908| Ext: 42908 |

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473 Wellington 6140

 

NZBN 9429000106078

 

 

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From: Matt Brown

Dear MBIE,

Thank you for your initial response to this request, it does indeed help me to understand the situation and further clarify my question.

Can you please provide the recommendations to the minister (together with any supporting documentation/memos provided at the same time relevant to this topic) that you described as being delayed from end of 2018 to the end of March 2019? I believe this is the document that will fulfill my initial request for understanding of the state of this work.

I note from your response (sent on the last day of March) that you expect this briefing to be presented to the minister by the end of March, so I expect this document is now available.

Yours sincerely,

Matt Brown

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Ref: 1819-1436

 

Dear Matt,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 29^th March 2019 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

“Can you please provide the recommendations to the minister (together with
any supporting documentation/memos provided at the same time relevant to
this topic) that you described as being delayed from end of 2018 to the
end of March 2019? I believe this is the document that will fulfill my
initial request for understanding of the state of this work.”

 

Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course. If you have any enquiries regarding
your request feel free to contact us via email [1][MBIE request email] or
using the contact details below.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Alan Witcombe

MANAGER, MINISTERIAL SERVICES

 

Corporate, Governance and Information

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

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Dear Matt,

 

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act Request
(1819-1436)

 

Kind regards,

 

Ministerial Advisor

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