Prime Minister Chris Hipkins' office has been ordered to apologise by the Chief Ombudsman for breaching the Official Information Act.
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has upheld a complaint by the New Zealand Herald about a weeks-long delay in the release of government documents relating to the extreme flooding in Auckland earlier this year.
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 to meet the obligations imposed by the OIA.
The Labour leader is on the campaign trail in Wellington speaking to staff and students at KiwiClass Multicultural Support Services in Mt Cook.
Meanwhile, National Party leader Chris Luxon has been in Hamilton speaking at the NZ Chamber of Commerce Annual Conference.
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