WELLINGTON
The Customhouse, 1 Hinemoa Street, Wellington
PO Box 2218, Wellington 6140
Phone: 04 901 4500 Fax: 04 901 4555 All general enquiries phone: 0800 428 786
Email: [email address] Website: www.customs.govt.nz
25 August 2022
Ref: OIA 22 - 146
Mr Felix Lee
By email:
[FYI request #20118 email]
Tēnā koe Mr Lee
Extension of request for official information
Thank you for your request dated 3 August 2022 to the New Zealand Customs Service
(Customs), received via the FYI website, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) for
information regarding the future of the New Zealand Traveller Declaration.
Pursuant to section 15(1)(b) of the Act, I am extending the time limit to make a decision on
your request as the consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such that
a proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit of
20 working days.
Customs is extending the time limit for a response by a further 10 working days. This means
that the due date for a response to your request is now 14 September 2022, however,
Customs will endeavour to provide you with a response as soon as possible.
You have the right, by way of complaint to the Office of the Ombudsman under section 28(3)
of the OIA, to seek an investigation and review of this extension.
If you have any questions in respect of this response, please contact the Correspondence,
Reviews, and Ministerial Servicing team via email at
[email address] in the first
instance.
Nāku noa, nā
Tyson Aiono
Acting Correspondence, Reviews and Ministerial Servicing Manager