New Zealand's Associate Health Minister Casey Costello reprimanded by Chief Ombudsman for withholding tobacco and vaping policy info, acting "unreasonably and contrary to law."

New Zealand's Associate Health Minister Casey Costello has been reprimanded by the Chief Ombudsman for withholding information about tobacco and vaping policy, acting "unreasonably and contrary to law." Costello was ordered to apologize to Radio New Zealand and Otago University Professor of Public Health Janet Hoek for her handling of Official Information Act requests, and must now make fresh decisions on the OIA requests and provide written apologies to the requesters.