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Hi Gary,

Please find attached your acknowledgement, regarding your information request.

Kind Regards,

--
Kara Bradley, Advisor Ministerial & Records, Building and Housing Group, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
ddi: (04) 817-4849 | fax: (04) 494-0290
Level 6, 86 Customhouse Quay, PO Box 10729, Wellington 6011

-----Original Message-----
From: Coralie Berryman On Behalf Of ~Info
Sent: Monday, 10 December 2012 11:08 a.m.
To: ~Information Services
Subject: FW: Official Information Act request - Requests from Geneva Finance etc.

Please respond to the below OIA request

Yours sincerely

Coralie Berryman
TEAM LEADER CONTACT CENTRE
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
DDI: (04) 237 1155
City Fitness Building, 1st Floor, 1 Walton Leigh Avenue
WELLINGTON
PO Box 50445, WELLINGTON, New Zealand

-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin Millar [mailto:[OIA #683 email]]
Sent: Sunday, 9 December 2012 11:35 a.m.
To: ~Info
Subject: Official Information Act request - Requests from Geneva Finance etc.

Attention DBH Contact Centre

Complaints and Official Information Act requests:

If this e-mail requests information, please treat it as an official OIA and direct it to Information Services ([email address]).
If this is a complaint that does not request any information please forward it to the relevant manager to consider replying to.

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Dear Department of Building and Housing,

Recently I noticed a request from Geneva Finance to your Department
via FYI.org.nz which grossly breached the privacy of one of Geneva
Finance's clients. It has been removed however the censored text
and explanation can be seen here:
http://norightturn.blogspot.co.nz/2012/1...

Based on this I would like to ask for the following:

1) How many requests have been made by Geneva Finance, Stellar
Collections or people on behalf of those two companies in the last
12 months? If there is no stated relationship with these companies
but there was suspicion I would request this included separately.
2) Of the requests made in (1) please provide a breakdown of
successful vs. unsuccessful and the reason for declined requests.
3) While (1) and (2) related specifically to Geneva Finance and
Stellar Collections, I would also like an estimate of the total
number of requests the Department receives from finance companies
and collection agencies overall.
4) Details of your policies regarding requests from finance
companies and collections agencies and any cases where these
policies have been breached.

I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about
this request will be automatically forwarded to me by the
fyi.org.nz website.

With regards to s12 of the OIA, I am an NZ citizen and in NZ.

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Millar

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Dear Mr Millar
 
Thank you for your Official Information Act request which was received on
10 December 2012.
 
Please find attached a signed response from Andrew Crisp, Deputy Chief
Executive, Infrastructure and Resource Markets.
Regards
 
--
Duncan Connor, Advisor Operational Policy, Building and Housing Group,
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
ddi: (04) 817-4407 | fax: (04) 494-0290
Level 6, 86 Customhouse Quay, PO Box 10729, Wellington 6011
 
 
 

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