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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-821/
- Published: 2023-09-08T18:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-08T05:47:16.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Election 2023, General, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:22

Open, honest and transparent?

> Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ office has been ordered to apologise by the Chief Ombudsman for breaching the Official Information Act.  
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> In a formal finding that has not been made public until now, Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has upheld a complaint by the *Herald* about a weeks-long delay in the release of government documents relating to the [extreme flooding in Auckland](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/inside-the-days-of-chaos-as-officials-struggled-to-get-their-heads-above-water-after-auckland-floods/KICMJTM2PVEKZPU4IRLGYULL5Y/?ref=goodoil.news) earlier this year.  
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> The rebuke follows Hipkins’ comments in May that he “absolutely expects” ministers to comply with the disclosure rules after Willie Jackson [failed on several occasions](https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/resources/failure-minister-respond-three-oia-requests-within-statutory-timeframe?ref=goodoil.news) to meet the obligations imposed by the OIA.  
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> NZ Herald

[Read more here](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/chris-hipkins-ordered-to-apologise-for-breach-of-official-information-act/P72PNVRNDREPZLMDR7J4WRHQ2E/?ref=goodoil.news). Discuss it on *The BFD.*

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