Thank you for contacting the office of Hon Nanaia Mahuta, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Minister of Local Government, and Associate Minister for
Mâori Development.

 

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,

 

·       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,

·       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,

·       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,

·       If you are a journalist, you can make a media request by visiting
the following link Media Request<https://bit.ly/2IJDfQP>

·       To find out more about Minister Mahuta read her
biography<https://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/bio...> or
recent statements<https://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/hon...>.

 

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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Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’
portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or
constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list:
date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the
meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the
Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will
be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet
with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be
released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a
private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the
provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at
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Authorised by Hon Nanaia Mahuta, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160,
New Zealand

 

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Tēnā koe Mohammed,

I acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 21/6/22.

We received your request on 21/6/22. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 20/7/22, 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

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Tçnâ koe Mohammed Khan

 

I am writing concerning your OIA request below. This email is to advise
that we will need to extend the time limit for responding to you by 20
working days, to 17 August 2022. This is because responding to your
request necessitates the review of a large quantity of information
(section 15A(1)(a) of the OIA refers).

 

If the response is completed before 17 August 2022, the response will be
sent to you as soon as possible.

 

For your information, the Chief Ombudsman has published updated guidance
on OIA requests during this time:

 

•              Chief Ombudsman's statement on official information
response times during implementation of the COVID-19 Protection Framework

•              FAQs about official information requests during COVID-19

 

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.

 

Nâku noa

 

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

DDI: +64 4 817 8711

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

 

 

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Tēnā koe Mohammed Khan

 

Thank you for your email of 21 June 2022 in which you request the
following under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):

 

A statement was made on the @NanaiaMahuta Twitter account- https://twitter.com/NanaiaMahuta/status/...
- which deliberately obscured the known facts in regards the murder of
Shireen Abu Akleh- that it was a deliberate killing by zionists of the
'Israel' 'Defense Forces' terrorist group, and that the assault on her
funeral by 'Israeli' 'Police' was unprovoked.

As, in a previous request that I have taken up with the Ombudsman over
your failure to comply with the OIA by providing an actual summary of the
documents and communications involved rather than just admitting that they
exist, you declined to provide an adequate response,

I am requesting in electronic form

- the documents and communications which led to the production of this
statement playing down the murder of Mrs. Abu Akleh and the attack against
her funeral, including any emails and any other part of the sign off
process.

 

On Wednesday 20 July you were informed of the need to extend the timeframe
for responding to your request for information by 20 working days, to 17
August 2022. Thank you for your patience while this process was completed.

 

Attached are the documents relevant to your request. Some portions of the
documents are withheld under the following sections of the OIA: 

·                6(a): to avoid prejudicing the security or defence of New
Zealand or the international relations of the New Zealand Government;

·                9(2)(a): to protect individuals’ privacy;

·                9(2)(g)(i): to protect the free and frank expression of
opinions by departments;

·                9(2)(g)(ii): to protect officers and employees from
improper pressure or harassment;

 

 

Where the information has been withheld under section 9 of the OIA, no
public interest in releasing the information has been identified that
would override the reasons for withholding it.

 

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

 

 

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