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Charities Act

Will Inglis made this Official Information request to Department of Internal Affairs

The request was partially successful.

From: Will Inglis

Tēnā koe,

Can I please have any reports or documents (including aides-memoires, memos, and emails) sent to Ministers and their offices (including to Private Secretaries in the past 5 years regarding the Charities Act, particularly information regarding the provision for advancement of religion, and/or its application to organisations like Sanitarium and other businesses owned by religious organisations.

Please let me know if you want to discuss this further or refine the scope of this request.

Ngā mihi,

Will Inglis

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From: Mili Herrera
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Tçnâ koe Mr Inglis,

 

I trust this message will find you well.

 

Please find attached the Department of Internal Affairs’ response to your
request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA).

 

Nâku noa, nâ,

 

Mili Herrera (she/her) | Policy Analyst

Toi Hiranga | Regulation & Policy

Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs

Phone +64 4 495 6097 | Extn 5197

45 Pipitea Street | PO Box 6011, Wellington 6140 |  [1]www.dia.govt.nz

[2]dia.govt.nz | [3]Facebook | [4]LinkedIn

[5]Logo: Te Tari Taiwhenua | Internal Affairs

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From: Mili Herrera
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Tçnâ koe Mr Inglis,

 

I trust this message will find you well.

 

I am following up on my email of 5 July in which I conveyed a copy of the
Department of Internal Affairs’ response to your request under the
Official Information Act 1982.

 

Could you please advise if you will be refining your request?

 

Nâku noa, nâ,

 

Mili Herrera (she/her) | Policy Analyst

Toi Hiranga | Regulation & Policy

Phone +64 4 495 6097 | Extn 5197

Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs

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From: Mili Herrera
Sent: Tuesday, 5 July 2022 9:07 am
To: [FOI #19754 email]
Cc: minadviceteam <[email address]>; OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Response: OIA2122-0865 INGLIS - Official Information request -
Charities Act

 

Tçnâ koe Mr Inglis,

 

I trust this message will find you well.

 

Please find attached the Department of Internal Affairs’ response to your
request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA).

 

Nâku noa, nâ,

 

Mili Herrera (she/her) | Policy Analyst

Toi Hiranga | Regulation & Policy

Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs

Phone +64 4 495 6097 | Extn 5197

45 Pipitea Street | PO Box 6011, Wellington 6140 |  [2]www.dia.govt.nz

[3]dia.govt.nz | [4]Facebook | [5]LinkedIn

[6]Logo: Te Tari Taiwhenua | Internal Affairs

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From: Mili Herrera
Department of Internal Affairs

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Tçnâ koe Mr Inglis,

 

I trust this message will find you well.

 

Please find attached the Department of Internal Affairs’ response to your
request under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Nâku noa, nâ,

 

Mili Herrera (she/her) | Policy Analyst

Toi Hiranga | Regulation & Policy

Phone +64 4 495 6097 | Extn 5197

Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs

[1]Logo: Te Tari Taiwhenua | Internal Affairs

 

From: Mili Herrera
Sent: Monday, 11 July 2022 2:38 pm
To: [FOI #19754 email]
Cc: minadviceteam <[email address]>; OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Follow up: Response: OIA2122-0865 INGLIS - Official Information
request - Charities Act

 

Tçnâ koe Mr Inglis,

 

I trust this message will find you well.

 

I am following up on my email of 5 July in which I conveyed a copy of the
Department of Internal Affairs’ response to your request under the
Official Information Act 1982.

 

Could you please advise if you will be refining your request?

 

Nâku noa, nâ,

 

Mili Herrera (she/her) | Policy Analyst

Toi Hiranga | Regulation & Policy

Phone +64 4 495 6097 | Extn 5197

Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs

[2]Logo: Te Tari Taiwhenua | Internal Affairs

From: Mili Herrera
Sent: Tuesday, 5 July 2022 9:07 am
To: [3][FOI #19754 email]
Cc: minadviceteam <[4][email address]>; OIA <[5][email address]>
Subject: Response: OIA2122-0865 INGLIS - Official Information request -
Charities Act

 

Tçnâ koe Mr Inglis,

 

I trust this message will find you well.

 

Please find attached the Department of Internal Affairs’ response to your
request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA).

 

Nâku noa, nâ,

 

Mili Herrera (she/her) | Policy Analyst

Toi Hiranga | Regulation & Policy

Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs

Phone +64 4 495 6097 | Extn 5197

45 Pipitea Street | PO Box 6011, Wellington 6140 |  [6]www.dia.govt.nz

[7]dia.govt.nz | [8]Facebook | [9]LinkedIn

[10]Logo: Te Tari Taiwhenua | Internal Affairs

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From: Will Inglis

Dear Mili Herrera,

Apologies, I must not have hit send on my response to your refining email.

I understand this will need to be treated as a new request with a reset timeframe.
I would like to refine my request by excluding emails and text messages from me the scope, so that only reports, aides memoir and written memos to Ministers' offices are in scope.

Please let me know if this would still require substantial collation and I'll be happy to discuss how it can be refined further.

Yours sincerely,

Will Inglis

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From: Mili Herrera
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Tēnā koe Mr Inglis,

 

I trust this message will find you well.

 

You have advised that you would be willing to refine your request; after
conversations with the subject matter experts, we would like to ask if you
will consider refining your request to this term of Government rather than
the last 5 years.

 

If you are unwilling to refine your request as stated above, it is likely
that we would seek an extension of the statutory due date as your request,
as it is currently framed will take a considerable amount of time to
complete.

 

Please let the Department of Internal Affairs know before 2 August 2022
whether you are willing to refine your request by replying to this email.

 

Please note, under section 15(1AA) of the Official Information Act 1982,
if you amend or clarify your request, this will be a new request for the
purpose of calculating the maximum statutory timeframe for response.

 

Nāku noa, nā,

 

Mili Herrera (she/her) | Policy Analyst

Toi Hiranga | Regulation & Policy

Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs

Phone +64 4 495 6097 | Extn 5197

45 Pipitea Street | PO Box 6011, Wellington 6140 |  [1]www.dia.govt.nz

[2]dia.govt.nz | [3]Facebook | [4]LinkedIn

[5]Logo: Te Tari Taiwhenua | Internal Affairs

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From: Will Inglis

Kia ora Mili Herrera,

If there is content in the term of this government, then I am happy to refine as suggested.

It is possible that I will subsequently make another request for a previous time period, but for now the current term of government will be sufficient.

Thanks for your help on this. Much appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

Will Inglis

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From: Mili Herrera
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Tçnâ koe Mr Inglis,

 

I trust this message will find you well.

 

Thank you for your prompt response and for refining your request. Your
updated request is:

 

“Can I please have any reports, aide memoires or written memos to
Ministers’ offices in this term of Government regarding the Charities Act,
particularly information regarding the provision for advancement of
religion, and/or its application to organisations like Sanitarium and
other businesses owned by religious organisations”.

 

As this refinement has changed the scope of your request, the request is
treated as a new request that replaces the original as of the date of the
amendment (in accordance with section 15(1AA) of the Official Information
Act 1982). 

 

The timeframe for response has been adjusted accordingly.  The Department
of Internal Affairs’ response will now be provided as soon as practicable
and by no later than 23 August 2022. 

 

Nâku noa, nâ,

 

Mili Herrera (she/her) | Policy Analyst

Toi Hiranga | Regulation & Policy

Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs

Phone +64 4 495 6097 | Extn 5197

45 Pipitea Street | PO Box 6011, Wellington 6140 |  [1]www.dia.govt.nz

[2]dia.govt.nz | [3]Facebook | [4]LinkedIn

[5]Logo: Te Tari Taiwhenua | Internal Affairs

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From: Will Inglis

Thanks Mili, I understand.

Much appreciated, I know you're busy.

Regards,
Will

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From: Mili Herrera
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Tēnā koe Mr Inglis,

 

I trust this message will find you well.

 

Please find attached Te Tari’s (the Department of Internal Affairs)
response to your request under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Nāku noa, nā,

 

Mili Herrera (she/her) | Policy Analyst

Toi Hiranga | Regulation & Policy

Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs

Phone +64 4 495 6097 | Extn 5197

45 Pipitea Street | PO Box 6011, Wellington 6140 |  [1]www.dia.govt.nz

[2]dia.govt.nz | [3]Facebook | [4]LinkedIn

[5]Logo: Te Tari Taiwhenua | Internal Affairs

 

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