The Chief Ombudsman has completed his inquiry into complaints received on the RBNZ's handling of Official Information Act (OIA) requests regarding former Governor Adrian Orr's departure.
RBNZ Board Chair, Professor Neil Quigley, welcomes the Chief Ombudsman's final opinion.
"Following his review of information withheld by the RBNZ from requests under the OIA for information relating to Adrian Orr's departure, the Chief Ombudsman has asked us to release a timeline of events covered by this information but has not required any additional documents or other information to be released. The Chief Ombudsman has also provided guidance on the different grounds that applied to withhold information and where the public interest lies," he says.
"We therefore conclude that apart from being late with our OIA responses, the approach we took in responding to OIA requests was a reasonable one to the requests and met the overall public interest by balancing transparency with privacy and other legitimate concerns.
"We thank requesters for their patience and for their interest in recent events at the RBNZ," Professor Quigley says.
Below is a summary timeline of events relating to Mr Orr's departure:
