If you would like to make a request, it should be as clear and specific as you can possibly make it. You can email us at info@sia.govt.nz or write to us: Level 3, 117 Lambton Quay, Wellington 6011 or PO Box 639, Wellington 6140.
Please include: your full name, a contact phone number (daytime), a contact address (email & postal) and details of the information you want. We may ask you for more details to clarify your request.
Before requesting official information, we encourage you to check out the information on our website. You may find the detail you need is already publicly available.
The OIA requires a decision on your request to be made within 20 working days of receiving your request. Depending on the nature of your request, this timeframe may be shorter or it may need to be extended. You will be notified if an extension to the timeframe is made.
Requests can be refused or information withheld, but only if a good reason exists under the OIA for not providing the information. We will inform you of the reason for the refusal or why it is withheld.
Contact us, we would like to work together to resolve your concerns.
You can make a complaint to the Office of the Ombudsman if you have concerns regarding the decision we made on your request; or are unhappy about the way your request was treated or processed.
These concerns can relate to the withholding of information, extending the timeframe to respond to you, any charges for providing the information you have requested, delays in providing you with a decision or the information.
The Office of the Ombudsman(external link) can investigate and review a decision and may make a recommendation to the agency if it is considered appropriate.
SIA publishes the titles of briefings to Hon Nicola Willis, Minister for Social Investment. Some information has been withheld from titles to protect the privacy of natural persons or the confidentiality of advice or that it is not in the public interest to release them at this time.
| SIA - 2425 - 001 | Fortnightly Report for the Week ending 5 July 2024 | July 2024 |
| SIA - 24/25 - 004 | Briefing: Regional Data for Decision-making | July 2024 |
| SIA - 24/25 - 008 | Briefing: Draft advert for the Social Investment Board and Terms of Reference | July 2024 |
| SIA - 24/25-10 | Fortnightly Report for the Week ending 19 July 2024 | July 2024 |
| SIA - 24/25 - 026 | Briefing: Social Investment Board Fees | July 2024 |
| SIA - 24/25 - 039 | Briefing: Design of Social Investment Fund | August 2024 |
| SIA - 24/25 - 038 | Fortnightly Report for the Week ending 2 August | August 2024 |
| SIA - 24/25 - 048 | Briefing: Tagged Contingencies | August 2024 |
| SIA - 24/25 - 055 | Briefing: 2023/24 Annual Report | August 2024 |
| SIA - 24/25 - 057 | Briefing: How the Social Investment Board may support you and initial Ministerial priorities | August 2024 |
| SIA - 24/25 - 041 | Fortnightly Report for Week ending 16 August | August 2024 |
| SIA - 24/25 - 062 | Briefing: Social Investment Fund Purpose and Design Principles | August 2024 |
| SIA 24/25 - 041 | Fortnightly Report for Week ending 30 August | August 2024 |
| SIA - 24/25 - 052 | Briefing: Data and Evidence Infrastructure | September 2024 |
| SIA - 24/25 - 066 | Briefing: Government Targets SIA Strategic Insights | September 2024 |
| SIA - 24/25 - 073 | Fortnightly Report for Week ending 13 September | September 2024 |
For titles relating to briefings provided by the Social Wellbeing Agency (2018- 2024) please see here(external link).
