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Reference: 20200389 24 February 2021 Thank you for your Official Information Act request, received on 9 November 2020. You requested the following: 1. Treasury Report T2020/819: Amended Letter of Expectations for Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited 2. Joint Report by the Treasury and Ministry of Transport T2020/827: COVID-19 - impacts for Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s major contractors and supply chain 3. Joint Report by the Treasury and Ministry of Transport T2020/553: Further advice on implementation of the New Zealand Upgrade Programme 4. Treasury Report T2020/794: Timeframes for Reserve Bank Institutional Bill 5. Joint Report by the Treasury and Ministry of Health T2020/758: COVID-19 public health response - additional funding required 6. Aide Memoire T2020/875: Commercial Rents 7. Treasury Report T2020/863: Radio New Zealand: Time-Limited Funding 8. Treasury Report T2020/911: All-of-government paper on Managed Economy 9. Treasury Report T2020/927: Alternative Economic Scenarios 10. Treasury Report T2020/836: Support for the media sector - Kordia transmission pricing 11. Inland Revenue Report IR2020/203: Tax policy report: COVID-19 and the tax treatment of redundancy payments 12. Treasury Report T2020/864: Wage Subsidy Scheme - next steps 13. Treasury Report T2020/998: Southern Response case timing 14. Aide Memoire T2020/883: Commercial Performance COVID-19 State of Play as at 15 April 2020 15. Aide Memoire T2020/1012: Questions on Ex-Post Pandemic Insurance 16. Treasury Report T2020/1054: Delegation of Guarantee and Indemnity Requests for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 17. Aide Memoire T2020/1034: Weekly New Zealand Debt Management Update – 17 April 18. Reserve Bank of New Zealand Report 5496: Consultation regarding the temporary removal of Loan-to-Value lending restrictions 1 The Terrace PO Box 3724 Wellington 6140 New Zealand tel. +64-4-472-2733 https://treasury.govt.nz 19. Treasury Report T2020/1047: Issues relating COVID-19 public health response 20. Joint Report by the Treasury and Ministry of Social Development T2020/1081: Clarifying Eligibility of the Leave and Wage Subsidy Schemes 21. Treasury Report T2020/1127: Crown Infrastructure Partners Limited: amending constitution and funding to support the Infrastructure Reference Group and post-COVID-19 recovery 22. Treasury Report T2020/1063: Consumer credit support 23. Aide Memoire T2020/1236: Active Labour Market Policies On 18 November 2020, the Treasury transferred Inland Revenue Report IR2020/203: Tax policy report: COVID-19 and the tax treatment of redundancy payments to Inland Revenue and Reserve Bank of New Zealand Report 5496: Consultation regarding the temporary removal of Loan-to-Value lending restrictions to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. On 7 December 2020, I wrote to you to extend the time limit for deciding on your request by an additional 40 working days, due to the consultation necessary. Information being released Please find enclosed the following documents: Item Date Document Description Decision 1. 1 Apr 2020 Treasury Report T2020/819: Amended Letter of Release in part Expectations for Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited 2. 1 Apr 2020 Joint Report by the Treasury and Ministry of Release in part Transport T2020/553: Further advice on implementation of the New Zealand Upgrade Programme 3. 1 Apr 2020 Treasury Report T2020/794: Timeframes for Release in part Reserve Bank Institutional Bill 4. 1 Apr 2020 Joint Report by the Treasury and Ministry of Health Release in part T2020/758: COVID-19 public health response - additional funding required 5. 4 Apr 2020 Aide Memoire T2020/875: Commercial rents Release in part 6. 6 Apr 2020 Treasury Report T2020/863: Radio New Zealand: Release in part Time-Limited Funding 7. 7 Apr 2020 Treasury Report T2020/911: All-of-government Release in part paper on Managed Economy 8. 8 Apr 2020 Treasury Report T2020/927: Alternative economic Release in part scenarios 9. 9 Apr 2020 Treasury Report T2020/864: Wage Subsidy Release in part Scheme - next steps 2 10. 15 Apr 2020 Treasury Report T2020/998: Southern Response Release in part case timing 11. 15 Apr 2020 Aide Memoire T2020/883: Commercial performance Release in part COVID-19 State of Play as at 15 April 2020 12. 16 Apr 2020 Treasury Report T2020/1054: Delegation of Release in part authority to provide guarantees and indemnities in relation to COVID-19 repatriation flights 13. 17 Apr 2020 Aide Memoire T2020/1034: Weekly New Zealand Release in part Debt Management update – 17 April 14. 17 Apr 2020 Treasury Report T2020/1047: Issues relating Release in part COVID-19 public health response 15. 20 Mar 2020 Joint Report by the Treasury and Ministry of Social Release in full Development T2020/1081: Clarifying eligibility of the COVID-19 Leave Payment Scheme and COVID-19 Wage Subsidy 16. 21 Apr 2020 Treasury Report T2020/1127: Crown Infrastructure Release in part Partners Limited: amending constitution and funding to support the Infrastructure Reference Group and post-COVID-19 recovery 17. 23 Apr 2020 Treasury Report T2020/1063: Consumer credit Release in part support 18. 30 Apr 2020 Aide Memoire T2020/1236: Active Labour Market Release in part Policies I have decided to release the relevant parts of the documents listed above, subject to information being withheld under one or more of the following sections of the Official Information Act, as applicable: x section 6(a) – to protect the security or defence of New Zealand or the international relations of the Government of New Zealand, x section 9(2)(b)(ii) – to protect the commercial position of the person who supplied the information, or who is the subject of the information, x section 9(2)(ba)(i) – to protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which any person has been or could be compelled to provide under the authority of any enactment, where the making available of the information would be likely to prejudice the supply of similar information, or information from the same source, and it is in the public interest that such information should continue to be supplied, x section 9(2)(d) – to avoid prejudice to the substantial economic interests of New Zealand, x section 9(2)(f)(iv) – to maintain the current constitutional conventions protecting the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and officials, 3 x section 9(2)(g)(i) – to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinions, x section 9(2)(g)(ii) – to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through protecting ministers, members of government organisations, officers and employees from improper pressure or harassment, x section 9(2)(i) – to enable the Crown to carry out commercial activities without prejudice or disadvantage, x section 9(2)(j) – to enable the Crown to negotiate without prejudice or disadvantage, and x section 9(2)(k) – to prevent the disclosure of information for improper gain or improper advantage. Direct dial phone numbers of officials have been redacted under section 9(2)(k) in order to reduce the possibility of staff being exposed to phishing and other scams. This is because information released under the OIA may end up in the public domain, for example, on websites including Treasury’s website. Information publicly available The following information is also covered by your request and is publicly available on the Treasury and Unite against COVID-19 websites: Item Date Document Description Website Address 19. 1 Apr 2020 Attachment to Treasury Report https://www.treasury.govt.nz/site T2020/819: Amended Letter of s/default/files/2020-09/loe-acnz- Expectations for Airways covid14sep20_1.pdf Corporation of New Zealand Limited (item 1) 20. 1 Apr 2020 Joint Report by the Treasury and Will be included in a forthcoming Ministry of Transport T2020/827: release to be published on the COVID-19 - impacts for Waka Treasury website. Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s major contractors and supply chain 21. 9 Apr 2020 Treasury Report T2020/836: https://covid19.govt.nz/assets/re Support for the media sector - sources/proactive-release-2020- Kordia transmission pricing june/BRIEFING-Support-for-the- media-sector-Kordia- transmission-pricing.pdf 22. 16 Apr 2020 Aide Memoire T2020/1012: Ex-Post https://www.treasury.govt.nz/site Pandemic Insurance (EPI) follow- s/default/files/2020-09/oia- up 20200215.pdf Accordingly, I have refused your request for the documents listed in the above table under section 18(d) of the Official Information Act: 4 x the information requested is or will soon be publicly available. Some relevant information has been removed from documents listed in the above table and should continue to be withheld under the Official Information Act, on the grounds described in the documents. In making my decision, I have considered the public interest considerations in section 9(1) of the Official Information Act. Please note that this letter (with your personal details removed) and enclosed documents may be published on the Treasury website. This reply addresses the information you requested. You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision. Yours sincerely Kosal Kong Acting Manager, Ministerial Advisory 5 OIA 20200389 Information for Release 1. Treasury Report Amended Letter of Expectations for Airways Corporation of New 1 Zealand Limited 2. Joint Report Further advice on implementation of the New Zealand Upgrade 4 Programme 3. Treasury Report Timeframes for Reserve Bank Institutional Bill 17 4. Joint Report COVID-19 public health response additional funding required 21 5. Aide Memoire Commercial rents 34 6. Treasury Report Radio New Zealand time-limited funding 38 7. Treasury Report All-of-government paper on Managed Economy 42 8. Treasury Report Alternative economic scenarios 55 9. Treasury Report Wage Subsidy Scheme next steps 66 10.