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Will the Minister undertake a review of current and former staff members’ private email accounts to identify any official information that should be on the public record; if not, why not? and 1 other question

Answered 25116, 25119 (2026)
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Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

Questions

  • 25116

    Will the Minister undertake a review of current and former staff members’ private email accounts to identify any official information that should be on the public record; if not, why not?

  • 25119

    What official information, if any, is held on a private email account of a current or former staff member in the Minister’s office and has not been placed on the official record since 27 November 2023; and what steps are being taken to recover them?

    Original response/referral lodged:

Answered by

Hon Louise Upston

Member for Taupō · National Party · Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector

Answer

My current staff have conducted a search of their personal email accounts to identify if any official information should be on the public record due to a recent official information act request, and they have advised my that there are no such emails. In relation to former staff I am not able to contact all of them and therefore I will be unable to check with them however given previous official information act requests which asked similar questions which resulted in a response that stated only information such as draft press releases, draft media social posts and documents to be printed whilst travelling I am confident that there is no information held in their personal emails that should be in the public record.