22 July 2022
Felix Lee
fyi‐request‐19963‐[email address]
DOIA 2223‐0127
Dear Felix
Thank you for your email of 19 July 2022 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:
In 2016 there was a woman who was refused entry to NZ after trying to smuggle in lemons.
Source: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/woman‐caught‐trying‐to‐smuggle‐in‐
lemons/5ECHODPLYXTB4OASFDUSDVQSSM/
I would like to request the files related to this incident.
This letter is to advise you that part one and two of your request is being transferred to the Ministry for
Primary Industries. This is because the information you have requested is not held by the MBIE. Section
14(b)(i) of the Act allows me to transfer any request where the information is not held, but is believed to
be held by another department, organisation or Minister of the Crown.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information
about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802
602.
Yours sincerely
Andrew Newbery
Business Manager – Business Management Team
Immigration New Zealand