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In 2019, Stuff first published the Redacted series exploring the problems with the Official Information Act. Three years on, we’re revisiting it to see if anything has changed.
Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni refused to answer questions about the Northland Covid-19 lockdown, claiming it was still under active police investigation. But it wasn't.
At the same time, her agency claimed it held no information on the four people granted an exemption to travel into the region from Auckland’s Delta lockdown. In fact, the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) had approved the application.
The Government has faced a barrage of criticism after it emerged in July that Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins had made false claims, repeated by Sepuloni, about the women who triggered the $23m shut-down on October 2021, and failed to correct the record. Two women were publicly vilified.
When information the public should know is obscured
Now Stuff can reveal Sepuloni and the Ministry of Social Development also made misleading claims when responding to official information requests from the National Party.
The Opposition lodged a series of requests with the agency and the minister’s office in November. A response was not received until early March 2022 – well beyond the statutory 20-day timeframe.
Sepuloni refused to answer. In response to the seven detailed queries asking for information,...
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