Dear Dr Robert Shaw

 

A response is attached regarding your Official Information Act Request.

 

Best Regards

 

Lucy May

 

Lucy May - Ministerial Coordinator - Ministerial Advisory Service

The Treasury - Kaitohutohu Kaupapa Rawa

Tel: +64 4 917 6951 [1][email address]

   

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Dear Dr Shaw

 

As advised in the acknowledgement letter you received, the Treasury has
asked for your personal email address as this is a good way to confirm
your eligibility to make a request under section 12 of the Official
Information Act.  Most requesters are happy to provide this information,
but there are other ways that this eligibility can be confirmed. For
example, guidance provided by the Office of the Ombudsman states  that
 “Querying eligibility can be tricky if an agency’s exchanges with the
requester are taking place in the public domain (as they are in FYI
requests, tweets and Facebook posts, but not direct or personal messages).
The best way to do this may be to reply to the requester (preferably at
the same time the request is acknowledged), explaining the eligibility
requirements, and providing the name and contact details of a staff member
the requester can contact privately in order to provide the assurance
required regarding eligibility.”

 

Regarding this specific request,  we are confident that you are eligible
to make a request under section 12 and do not require further confirmation
of this from you. Nevertheless, as also mentioned in the letter, we would
appreciate your personal email address as this makes it quicker and easier
for  an official to contact you to clarify your request. A phone number
would also be useful. You are under no obligation to provide this
information, but corresponding through fyi is likely to take longer than
clarifying a request by phone. Regardless of whether you provide your
personal information, the final response to your request will be sent to
the fyi address you  have provided.

 

For your information, I have attached the guidance from the Office of the
Ombudsman on making online requests.

 

Kind regards

Robin Gebbie

 

Robin Gebbie | Research Analyst | The Treasury

Tel: +64 4 917 6905 | [email address]

   

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Dear Dr Shaw,

 

I am emailing about your OIA request:  

 

Paul Spoonley on National Radio today mentioned a paper of advice he (?)
provided to Cabinet regarding social cohesion. It was for a previous
administration. I would like to read that paper.

 

It would be helpful for us if you could clarify your request. Do you know
what year the paper was provided, and whether it went through the
Treasury?

 

In our preliminary search we have been unable to find anything that was
written by Paul Spoonley on social cohesion for a previous administration
that is not available publically. I include publically available
information below:

 

[1]https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-ou...

[2]http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications...

 

Please feel free to call or email me.

 

Kind regards,

Daniel

 

 

Daniel Herring | Investment Approach | The Treasury

Tel: +64 4 917 6997  | [3][email address]

   

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Dear Dr Shaw,

Thank you for your response and I am glad you found the information useful. Thank you for your response and I am glad you found the information useful. We are not going to progress this any further because, based on the information you have provided, we do not hold the paper. You will get a notification that we are declining this request on the basis that the information doesn't exist.

If you are able to provide any further information about the request, I would be grateful if you could get in touch with me either by email or phone.

Kind regards
Daniel

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Dear Dr Robert Shaw

 

A response is attached regarding your Official Information Act Request.

 

Best Regards

 

Lucy May

 

Lucy May - Ministerial Coordinator - Ministerial Advisory Service

The Treasury - Kaitohutohu Kaupapa Rawa

Tel: +64 4 917 6951 [1][email address]

   

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE

The information in this email is confidential to the Treasury, intended
only for the addressee(s), and may also be legally privileged. If you are
not an intended addressee:

a. please immediately delete this email and notify the Treasury by return
email or telephone (64 4 472 2733);

b. any use, dissemination or copying of this email is strictly prohibited
and may be unlawful.

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