This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'Review of Decision Hearing Process'.


21 February 2024 
Tēnā koe Sarah Brodrick 
Official Information Act request 
Thank you for your email of 23 January 2024, requesting information about the 
Review of Decision hearing process. I have considered your request under the 
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).  
On 12 February 2024, the Ministry provided you the following publicly available 
resources. For completeness, we are providing them for you again: 
• Work and Income website: www.workandincome.govt.nz/about-work-and-
income/complaints/review-of-decisions.html
• Ministry Operational Policy including links to the relevant legislation:
www.workandincome.govt.nz/map/income-support/core-policy/reviews-
and-appeals/index.html.

In addition to the below Operational Guidelines: 
• Reviews of Decisions Report Writers Information Pack
www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/contact-
us/complaints/review-report-writers.pdf

• Benefits Review Committee – Panel Members Information Pack
www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/contact-
us/complaints/committee-panel-members.pdf.

I will be publishing this decision letter, with your personal details deleted, on the 
Ministry’s website in due course. 
If you wish to discuss this response with us, please feel free to contact 
[MSD request email]. If you are not satisfied with my decision on your 
request, you have the right to seek an investigation and review by the 
Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available at 
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or 0800 802 602. 
Yours sincerely 
pp.  
Magnus O’Neill 
General Manager 
Ministerial and Executive Services 
The Aurora Centre, 56 The Terrace, PO Box 1556, Wellington 
– Telephone 04-916 3300 – Facsimile 04-918 0099