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Ngâ mihi

 

[1]cid:image002.jpg@01D6B683.B93AFC70 Office of Hon Nanaia Mahuta
Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Minister of Local Government |
Associate Minister for Mâori
Development

DDI: 04 817 8711

Private Bag 18041, Parliament
Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
Zealand

 

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Tēnā koe Craig,

I acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 10/01/22.

We received your request on 10/01/22. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 14/02/22, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact our office. If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken into account.

Ngā mihi
Office of Hon Nanaia Mahuta

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Innes [mailto:[FOI #18136 email]]
Sent: Monday, 10 January 2022 3:58 PM
To: N Mahuta (MIN) <[Nanaia Mahuta request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Belt and Road Initiative briefings

Dear Nanaia Mahuta,

This is a request for information under the Official Information Act 1982.

Please provide all briefings and other information put before you that might be broadly be characterised as relating to the Belt and Road Initiative. This includes all financial or loan related information relating to the Chinese government where the term 'Belt and Road Initiative' may or may not have been directly used.

Yours faithfully,

Craig Innes

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Tēnā koe Craig Innes

Thank you for your email of 10 January 2022 in which you request the
following under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):

Please provide all briefings and other information put before you that
might be broadly be characterised as relating to the Belt and Road
Initiative.  This includes all financial or loan related information
relating to the Chinese government where the term 'Belt and Road
Initiative' may or may not have been directly used.

Three documents, including their titles, are withheld in full under
Section 6(a) of the OIA to avoid prejudicing the security or defence of
New Zealand or the international relations of the New Zealand Government.

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision by contacting [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone
0800 802 602.

 

Nāku noa

 

[2]cid:image002.jpg@01D6B683.B93AFC70 Office of Hon Nanaia Mahuta
Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Minister of Local Government |
Associate Minister for Māori
Development

DDI: +64 4 817 8711

Private Bag 18041, Parliament
Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
Zealand

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Craig Innes
[[3]mailto:[FOI #18136 email]]

Sent: Monday, 10 January 2022 3:58 PM

To: N Mahuta (MIN) <[4][Nanaia Mahuta request email]>

Subject: Official Information request - Belt and Road Initiative briefings

 

Dear Nanaia Mahuta,

 

This is a request for information under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Please provide all briefings and other information put before you that
might be broadly be characterised as relating to the Belt and Road
Initiative.  This includes all financial or loan related information
relating to the Chinese government where the term 'Belt and Road
Initiative' may or may not have been directly used.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Craig Innes

 

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[5][FOI #18136 email]

 

Is [6][Nanaia Mahuta request email] the wrong address for Official
Information requests to Nanaia Mahuta? If so, please contact us using this
form:

[7]https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

 

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[8]https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

 

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Thank you for contacting the office of Hon Nanaia Mahuta, Minister of
Foreign Affairs.

Minister Mahuta receives a significant volume of correspondence:

If your message is for Minister Mahuta’s advice, or if you have copied
your email to another Minister and/or Member of Parliament with more
appropriate portfolio responsibilities, then this will be noted,

o If you have invited Minister Mahuta to an event, then a member of
staff may contact you for more information if the Minister’s
attendance might be possible,
o If you have made a request for official information, then this will be
managed in accordance with the provisions of the Official Information
Act 1982, which may include transfer to a more relevant Minister or
agency,
o If you have made a request under the Privacy Act, then this will be
managed in accordance with the principles of the Privacy Act 1993,
which may include transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency,
o If you are a journalist, then your request will be triaged by a Press
Secretary, or you can make a media request by visiting the following
link  [1]Media Request
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Tēnā Koe Craig Innes,

 

In reference to the letter you received on 14 February 2022, I have
assessed that the information in scope of your request is required to be
withheld in full under section 6(a) of the OIA; to avoid prejudicing the
security or defence of New Zealand or the international relations of the
New Zealand Government.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision by contacting [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone
0800 802 602.

 

Nāku noa

 

[2]cid:image002.jpg@01D6B683.B93AFC70 Office of Hon Nanaia Mahuta
Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Minister of Local Government |
Associate Minister for Māori
Development

DDI: +64 4 817 8711

Private Bag 18041, Parliament
Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
Zealand

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Innes [mailto:[FOI #18136 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 15 February 2022 3:37 PM
To: Foreign Affairs Portfolio
<[email address]>
Subject: Re: OIA 27881 Innes - MFA Belt and Road

 

This is a request for information under the Official Information Act
1982. 

 

Explain this response in light of the principle of availability (s.5
Official Information Act 1982).

 

Explain this response in light of the previous supply of similar
information
([3]https://www.newsroom.co.nz/nz-still-plot...).

 

-----Original Message-----

 

Tēnā koe Craig Innes

 

Thank you for your email of 10 January 2022 in which you request the 
following under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):

 

Please provide all briefings and other information put before you that 
might be broadly be characterised as relating to the Belt and Road 
Initiative.  This includes all financial or loan related information 
relating to the Chinese government where the term 'Belt and Road 
Initiative' may or may not have been directly used.

 

Three documents, including their titles, are withheld in full under 
Section 6(a) of the OIA to avoid prejudicing the security or defence of 
New Zealand or the international relations of the New Zealand Government.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman
of  this decision by contacting [1][4]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone

0800 802 602.

 

 

 

Nāku noa

 

 

 

[2][5]cid:image002.jpg@01D6B683.B93AFC70 Office of Hon Nanaia Mahuta 
Minister of Foreign Affairs |  Minister of Local Government |  Associate
Minister for Māori  Development

 

DDI: +64 4 817 8711

 

Private Bag 18041, Parliament

Buildings, Wellington 6160, New

Zealand

 

 

 

 

 

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