Official information

New Zealand
Official information is any information developed, received or collected by or on behalf of the Government. As a valuable official resource, official information must be:

fulfil their official duties
 * handled carefully, according to authorised procedures
 * made available only to people who have a legitimate "need to know" to
 * released only in accordance with the policies, legislative requirements and directives of the Government and the courts.

Sourece

 * Security in the Government Sector, at 3-2.