New Zealand Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Manatū Aorere
19 September 2022
195 Lambton Quay
Private Bag 18−901
Wellington 6160
New Zealand
Harry Peterson
T +64 4 439 8000
[FYI request #19806 email]
F +64 4 472 9596
OIA 28256
Tēnā koe Harry Peterson
I refer to your request of 2 July 2022 to the Cabinet Office, which you refined on 25 July 2022 to
be a request for the following under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):
All documents and Cabinet papers mentioning Whangarei in relation to infrastructure
and health funding decisions from the date beginning October 2017.
This request was subsequently transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (the
Ministry) on 24 August 2022.
Searches of Ministry records revealed nothing within the scope of your OIA request. Therefore, I
am refusing your request under section 18(e) of the OIA, as the information requested does not
exist.
Please note that we may publish this letter (with your personal details redacted) on the
Ministry’s website.
If you have any questions about this decision, you can contact us by email at:
[email address]. You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the
Ombudsman of this decision by contacting
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone
0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Sarah Corbett
for Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade
e [email address]
w www.mfat.govt.nz