Infiltration by Communist China

John made this Official Information request to Callaghan Innovation

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From: John

Dear Callaghan Innovation,

I am a New Zealand Citizen and am submitting the following requests under the Official Information Act 1982.

1. Please advise the current number of employees and contractors who identified themselves as ethnic Chinese and was borned outside New Zealand. Please break down the number into employees vs contractors, and full-time vs part-time. Please also advise the number of identified people fitting the criteria above whose job allows access to sensitive innovation, research and development information/data.

2. Please provide any policy, internal procedural and/or operational guidance documents on how Callaghan Innovation assesses the risks of espionage, intellectual property theft, and inflitration by the evil regime of Communist China in Callaghan Innovation before making any recruitment decision.

3. Please provide any policy, internal procedural and/or operational guidance documents on how Callaghan Innovation monitors the risks of espionage, intellectual property theft, and inflitration by the evil regime of Communist China in Callaghan Innovation by and/or in relation to current employees and contractors on a continuous basis.

Yours faithfully,

John Trafalgar

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From: Ministerial Services
Callaghan Innovation

Tēnā koe Mr Trafalgar
Thank you for your email of 21 January 2022 requesting, under the
Official Information Act 1982, the following information: 
1. Please advise the current number of employees and contractors who
identified themselves as ethnic Chinese and was borned outside New
Zealand. Please break down the number into employees vs contractors, and
full-time vs part-time.  Please also advise the number of identified
people fitting the criteria above whose job allows access to sensitive
innovation, research and development information/data.

2. Please provide any policy, internal procedural and/or operational
guidance documents on how Callaghan Innovation assesses the risks of
espionage, intellectual property theft, and inflitration by the evil
regime of Communist China in Callaghan Innovation before making any
recruitment decision.

3. Please provide any policy, internal procedural and/or operational
guidance documents on how Callaghan Innovation monitors the risks of
espionage, intellectual property theft, and inflitration by the evil
regime of Communist China in Callaghan Innovation by and/or in relation to
current employees and contractors on a continuous basis.
A decision on your request will be communicated to you on or before 21
February 2022.

Nāku noa, nā

Elly Amiri

Lead Advisor

Ministerial Services

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Ngā mihi

Elly

Ministerial Services

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[2]www.callaghaninnovation.govt.nz

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Callaghan Innovation


Attachment OIA 22 001 Final Response 21022022.pdf
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Tēnā koe
Please see attached response to your Official Information Act 1982 request
of 21 January 2022.

Nāku noa, nā

Elly Amiri

Ministerial Services

Rukuhia te wāhi ngaro, hei maunga tātai whetū
Dive into the unknown, reach for excellence
[1]www.callaghaninnovation.govt.nz

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