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Authorised by Hon Damien O'Connor MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011

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Kia ora Chuck,

We acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 17 May 2022. You have requested:

1) Total food supply at any one time in New Zealand - eg how many years of food is available at any one time in New Zealand for the population of New Zealand - 5 years, 10 years, 20 years

2) The most up to date report on food security in New Zealand.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 15 June 2022, being 20 working days after the day your request was received.

If your OIA request requires full or part transfer, we will contact you within the required timeframe.

If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

Ngâ mihi,

Phoebe

Phoebe Murphy (she / her) | Private Secretary (Executive Support)
Office of Hon Damien O’Connor
Executive Wing 5.1L | Parliament Buildings | Wellington | (04) 817 8848

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Schooner [mailto:[FOI #19381 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 17 May 2022 2:34 PM
To: D OConnor (MIN) <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Food Shortages

Dear Damien O'Connor,

It is inevitable, ceding power, sovereignty, regulatory authority, energy independence food shortages will be coming to a supermarket near you! Control oil, you control food, control food and you control the people. You people have no idea unless it is being done by design. New Zealand is staring down the brink as the next Sri Lanka, riots in the streets because of stupid green policy and every government intervention designed to make it harder for producers to bring food to the table. This is on you when New Zealand has shortages.

Are you able to provide

- Total food supply at any one time in New Zealand - eg how many years of food is available at any one time in New Zealand for the population of New Zealand - 5 years, 10 years, 20 years

On receipt of this information can you then provide the top 10 threats to food security in New Zealand

- Costs of overpriced energy making it unaffordable for producers
- Closure of Marsden refinery
- Over the top regulatory action of government
- Lack of critical workers exacerbated by incompetent government
- Commitments to supply produce globally without catering to New Zealanders
- Supply chain costs
- Green policy making production uneconomic
- Misguided climate change policy

Can you please provide the most up to date report on food security in New Zealand. All of the above that I see as threats to Kiwis putting food on the table are because government can not leave the people alone. Most problems kiwis faced are added to because of incompetent paper pushers in Wellington and government stupidity.

Yours faithfully,
Chuck

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Tçnâ koe Chuck,

Further to my last email, in order to be eligible to request information under the Act, a requestor must be :

•a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident;
•a person in New Zealand;
•or a corporate entity (that is, a company or an incorporated society) which is either incorporated in New Zealand or has a place of business here.

Therefore, before we proceed with processing your requests, we kindly ask if you could please provide evidence that you meet one of these three eligibility criteria.

It would be greatly appreciated if you could please respond by Friday 27 May 2022.

If you prefer to have this information kept out of the public domain, we suggest that you contact our office from your personal email account using the subject line "Chuck Schooner - OIA Eligibility".

If you are unable to confirm that you are eligible to request information under the Act, or we do not hear back from you by this date, we will be required to decline your request.

Ngâ mihi,

Phoebe

Phoebe Murphy (she / her) | Private Secretary (Executive Support)
Office of Hon Damien O’Connor
Executive Wing 5.1L | Parliament Buildings | Wellington | (04) 817 8848

-----Original Message-----
From: Hon Damien O'Connor
Sent: Thursday, 19 May 2022 4:53 PM
To: 'Chuck Schooner' <[FOI #19381 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Food Shortages

Kia ora Chuck,

We acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 17 May 2022. You have requested:

1) Total food supply at any one time in New Zealand - eg how many years of food is available at any one time in New Zealand for the population of New Zealand - 5 years, 10 years, 20 years

2) The most up to date report on food security in New Zealand.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 15 June 2022, being 20 working days after the day your request was received.

If your OIA request requires full or part transfer, we will contact you within the required timeframe.

If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

Ngâ mihi,

Phoebe

Phoebe Murphy (she / her) | Private Secretary (Executive Support) Office of Hon Damien O’Connor Executive Wing 5.1L | Parliament Buildings | Wellington | (04) 817 8848

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Schooner [mailto:[FOI #19381 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 17 May 2022 2:34 PM
To: D OConnor (MIN) <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Food Shortages

Dear Damien O'Connor,

It is inevitable, ceding power, sovereignty, regulatory authority, energy independence food shortages will be coming to a supermarket near you! Control oil, you control food, control food and you control the people. You people have no idea unless it is being done by design. New Zealand is staring down the brink as the next Sri Lanka, riots in the streets because of stupid green policy and every government intervention designed to make it harder for producers to bring food to the table. This is on you when New Zealand has shortages.

Are you able to provide

- Total food supply at any one time in New Zealand - eg how many years of food is available at any one time in New Zealand for the population of New Zealand - 5 years, 10 years, 20 years

On receipt of this information can you then provide the top 10 threats to food security in New Zealand

- Costs of overpriced energy making it unaffordable for producers
- Closure of Marsden refinery
- Over the top regulatory action of government
- Lack of critical workers exacerbated by incompetent government
- Commitments to supply produce globally without catering to New Zealanders
- Supply chain costs
- Green policy making production uneconomic
- Misguided climate change policy

Can you please provide the most up to date report on food security in New Zealand. All of the above that I see as threats to Kiwis putting food on the table are because government can not leave the people alone. Most problems kiwis faced are added to because of incompetent paper pushers in Wellington and government stupidity.

Yours faithfully,
Chuck

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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:
[FOI #19381 email]

Is d.o&#x27;[email address] the wrong address for Official Information requests to Damien O&#x27;Connor? If so, please contact us using this form:
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:
https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA page.

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