On behalf of Hon Phil Twyford, thank you for your email.

 

While the Minister considers all correspondence to be important and all
messages are carefully read and considered, it is not possible to provide
a personal response to every email which is received.

 

Where the Minister has portfolio responsibility for the issues that you
have raised, your correspondence will be responded to where appropriate.
If your email falls outside of Minister Twyford’s portfolio
responsibilities, we will transfer it to the appropriate office.

 

Invitation and meeting requests will be processed as soon as possible and
we will contact you to advise of the outcome.

 

If you are a constituent writing about a Te Atatu electorate issue, you
will get a response shortly.

 

For urgent queries around Managed Isolation availability  and/or
exemptions: go to miq.govt.nz  

 

For information on COVID-19, including the latest updates, go to
covid19.govt.nz

 

For immigration and visa advice: contact the call centre which is open 
6:00am Monday to midnight on Saturday (NZT).

 

[1]https://www.immigration.govt.nz/contact

 

For urgent housing or benefit enquiries:

∙             Call 0800 559 009 (for under 65)

∙             Call 0800 552 002 (for over 65)

 

Information on Work and Income’s opening hours over the Christmas and New
Year Period is available here:
[2]www.workandincome.govt.nz/about-work-and-income/news/2020/christmas-new-year-holiday-information.html

 

If you need treatment or support for your health or wellbeing the
following options are available.

 

Healthline – You can call Healthline for health advice on freephone 0800
611 116 at any time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Healthline staff
can advise you on the best thing to do in your situation, including which
services are near you and open.

 

1737 – If you need to talk to someone about how you are feeling, you can
call or text 1737 for free at any time to talk to a trained counsellor.

 

Mental health crisis teams – If you are concerned that someone is going to
hurt themselves or someone else, you can all your local mental health
crisis team. A full list of numbers is available here:
[3]www.health.govt.nz/your-health/services-and-support/health-care-services/mental-health-services/crisis-assessment-teams

 

For Police assistance In an emergency call 111.

For everything else use 105.

You can also make a report online at [4]105.police.govt.nz,

 

Thank you again for taking the time to write.

 

Office of Hon Phil Twyford

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

Office Phone: +64 4 817 8704      Email: [email address]

 

Disclaminer: 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
[5]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

 

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Kia Ora Harold,

 

We acknowledge receipt of your official information request which we
received today for the following information;

 

1) 7/12/2020 Approval for Foreign Military Aircraft to Land in New Zealand
in 2021

2) 14/12/2020 First Meeting of Parties to the South Pacific Nuclear Free
Zone Treaty

3) 15/12/2020 Addendum to Briefing on First Meeting of Parties to the
South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty

4) 12/02/2021 Saudi Arabia: Export of Controlled Items

5) 16/02/2021 Proposed overflight by US Air Force B-52 aircraft

6) 16/02/2021 The Process for Considering Requests for Entry of Foreign
Warships into New Zealand Internal Waters

7) 15/03/2021 Air New Zealand: Control and Export Status of US Navy
Engines

8) 21/06/2021 Operation Burnham: National Detention Policy

9) 21/06/2021 Briefing for call with Hon Jeremiah Manele, Minister of
Foreign Affairs and External Trade (Solomon Islands)

10) 18/10/2021 - Submission: United Nations General Assembly: First
Committee on Disarmament and International Security

11) 6/12/2021 - Brief for Meeting - Pacific Roundtable on the Treaty on
the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – Updated Briefing Materials

12) 08/12/2021 - Submission - Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review
Conference – Aotearoa New Zealand Approach

13) 10/12/2021 - Brief for Meeting - Treaty of Rarotonga Consultative
Committee – 15 December 2021, 11am-3pm

14) 23/12/2021 - Aide Memoire - Nuclear legacy in the Pacific – Advancing
our work

15) Finally, in response to Written Parliamentary Question 43291 (2021):
“What reports, briefings, memos, aides-memoire, notes or written advice,
if any, has the Minister received about nuclear-armed submarines?” The
minister replied “None to date, but I understand briefing is under
preparation” (as at 23 September 2021). I would like to request a copy of
the briefing referred to here.

 

 

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

 

If we are unable to respond to your request within the appropriate
timeframe, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.  If your
OIA request requires full or part transfer, we will contact you within the
required timeframe.

 

Regards,

 

Office of Hon Phil Twyford

Minister for Disarmament & Arms
Control | Minister of State for
Trade & Export Growth

Associate Minister for the
[1]cid:image001.png@01D76117.F83F9EA0 Environment | Associate Minister of
Immigration

MP for Te Atatū
Private Bag 18-041, Parliament
Buildings, Wellington 6160 |
[2][email address] 

Phone: (04) 817 9794

 

 

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Dear Harold,

Please see attached a letter from Minister Twyford.

Yours sincerely,

Office of Hon. Phil Twyford
Minister for Disarmament & Arms Control | Minister of State for Trade & Export Growth
Associate Minister for the Environment | Associate Minister of Immigration
MP for Te Atatū
Private Bag 18-041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

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Kia ora Harold

 

Please find attached a response to your Official Information Act (OIA)
request from the Minister of Foreign Affairs to your email of 1 August
2022.

 

Ngā mihi

 

 

Foreign Affairs Private Secretary

 

[1]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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Dear Harold,

Thank you for your email of 1 August 2022 in which you request the following under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):

I would like to make a request for copies of the following briefings received by the minister in his role as Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control:

2) 14/12/2020 First Meeting of Parties to the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty
3) 15/12/2020 Addendum to Briefing on First Meeting of Parties to the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty
9) 21/06/2021 Briefing for call with Hon Jeremiah Manele, Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (Solomon Islands)
10) 18/10/2021 - Submission: United Nations General Assembly: First Committee on Disarmament and International Security
11) 6/12/2021 - Brief for Meeting - Pacific Roundtable on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – Updated Briefing Materials
12) 08/12/2021 - Submission - Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference – Aotearoa New Zealand Approach
13) 10/12/2021 - Brief for Meeting - Treaty of Rarotonga Consultative Committee – 15 December 2021, 11am-3pm
14) 23/12/2021 - Aide Memoire - Nuclear legacy in the Pacific – Advancing our work

On 29 August 2022, due to the necessity for further consultation and review, the timeframe for responding to your request was extended by 20 working days, to 27 September 2022. Thank you for your patience while this process was completed.

This email advises that a set of documents will be released to you. Some portions of the documents are being 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;
6(b)(i): to protect the passing of information from another government on a confidential basis;
9(2)(a): to protect individuals’ privacy; and
9(2)(g)(i): to protect the free and frank expression of opinions by departments.

Where 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.
Please note that documents two and three of your OIA request were the same document, a reporting error caused this to be recorded under two separate names. Therefore seven documents will be provided to you.
The relevant documents are in the final stages of preparation, and will be sent to you as soon as possible.
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.

Yours sincerely,

Office of Hon. Phil Twyford
Minister for Disarmament & Arms Control | Minister of State for Trade & Export Growth Associate Minister for the Environment | Associate Minister of Immigration MP for Te Atatū Private Bag 18-041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

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Dear Harold,

Thank you again for your email. As per our previous email please find the relevant attached document for your email of 1 August 2022 in which you requested information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA).

Kind regards,

Office of Hon. Phil Twyford
Minister for Disarmament & Arms Control | Minister of State for Trade & Export Growth Associate Minister for the Environment | Associate Minister of Immigration MP for Te Atatū Private Bag 18-041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

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Kia ora Harold

 

Please find attached a response to your OIA request from the Minister of
Foreign Affairs to your email of 1 August 2022.

 

Ngā mihi

 

 

Foreign Affairs Private Secretary

 

[1]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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On behalf of Hon Phil Twyford, thank you for your email.

 

While the Minister considers all correspondence to be important and all
messages are carefully read and considered, it is not possible to provide
a personal response to every email which is received.

 

Where the Minister has portfolio responsibility for the issues that you
have raised, your correspondence will be responded to where appropriate.
If your email falls outside of Minister Twyford’s portfolio
responsibilities, we will transfer it to the appropriate office.

 

Invitation and meeting requests will be processed as soon as possible and
we will contact you to advise of the outcome.

 

If you are a constituent writing about a Te Atatu electorate issue, you
will get a response shortly.

 

For urgent queries around Managed Isolation availability  and/or
exemptions: go to miq.govt.nz  

 

For information on COVID-19, including the latest updates, go to
covid19.govt.nz

 

For immigration and visa advice: contact the call centre which is open 
6:00am Monday to midnight on Saturday (NZT).

 

[1]https://www.immigration.govt.nz/contact

 

For urgent housing or benefit enquiries:

∙             Call 0800 559 009 (for under 65)

∙             Call 0800 552 002 (for over 65)

 

Information on Work and Income’s opening hours over the Christmas and New
Year Period is available here:
[2]www.workandincome.govt.nz/about-work-and-income/news/2020/christmas-new-year-holiday-information.html

 

If you need treatment or support for your health or wellbeing the
following options are available.

 

Healthline – You can call Healthline for health advice on freephone 0800
611 116 at any time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Healthline staff
can advise you on the best thing to do in your situation, including which
services are near you and open.

 

1737 – If you need to talk to someone about how you are feeling, you can
call or text 1737 for free at any time to talk to a trained counsellor.

 

Mental health crisis teams – If you are concerned that someone is going to
hurt themselves or someone else, you can all your local mental health
crisis team. A full list of numbers is available here:
[3]www.health.govt.nz/your-health/services-and-support/health-care-services/mental-health-services/crisis-assessment-teams

 

For Police assistance In an emergency call 111.

For everything else use 105.

You can also make a report online at [4]105.police.govt.nz,

 

Thank you again for taking the time to write.

 

Office of Hon Phil Twyford

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

Office Phone: +64 4 817 8704      Email: [email address]

 

Disclaminer: 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
[5]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

 

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Dear Harold

Thank you for writing in. The full document was not sent to you initially, and I have reattached it here. This was our error and I offer my sincere apologies for the oversight.

Kind regards,
Michael

Office of Hon Phil Twyford
Minister for Disarmament & Arms Control | Minister of State for Trade & Export Growth
Associate Minister for the Environment | Associate Minister of Immigration
MP for Te Atatū
Private Bag 18-041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160 | [email address]

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