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What work-related material, if anything, has the Minister received using a non-work (e.g. personal or business) email address from mining companies or mining industry groups during this term of Government? and 6 other questions

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  • 35215

    What work-related material, if anything, has the Minister received using a non-work (e.g. personal or business) email address from mining companies or mining industry groups during this term of Government?

  • 35216

    Has the Minister received any work-related correspondence from mining industry groups or mining companies on a non-work (e.g. personal or business) email address during this term of Government?

  • 35217

    Have any staff within the Minister's office sent or received any work-related material using a non-work (e.g. personal or business) email address during this term of Government?

  • 35218

    Has the Minister sent or received any work-related material using a non-work (e.g. personal or business) email address during this term of Government?

  • 35219

    Has the Minister received any correspondence from fishing industry groups on a non-work email address during this term of Government?

  • 35220

    Have any staff within the Minister's office sent or received any work-related using a non-work (e.g. personal or business) email address during this term of Government?

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  • 35221

    Has the Minister sent or received any work-related material using a non-work (e.g. personal or business) email address during this term of Government?

Answered by

Hon Shane Jones

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Resources

Answer

The deliberate use of a personal email account to conduct work activities as an alternate to using the work email provided to staff is not permitted. However, from time to time there are justifiable reasons for a private email to be used – for example an inability to print from their parliamentary email address while travelling or sending a copy of a press release to their private email to copy and paste to media via messaging because they are unable to copy and paste from Outlook. All ministerial staff have been reminded that they If they have used a personal email account to complete work related activities, the material created or received may constitute a public record. The material must be reviewed and securely saved.