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OIA Response to:
1. list of the new zealand delegation (all members) that accompanied the prime minister to america in may 2022
Hon Damien O’Connor
Minister for Trade and Export
Joining until 28 May
Growth
From the Prime Minister’s Office
Raj Nahna
Chief of Staff
Joining for the entire period
Andrew Campbell
Chief Press Secretary
Joining for the entire period
Clarke Gayford
Accompanying partner
Joining for the entire period
From the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Guergana Guermanoff
Foreign Policy Adviser
Joining for the entire period
Faith Mitchell
Foreign Policy Analyst
Joining until 28 May
Paul Ash
Prime Minister’s Special
Joining for San Francisco and
Representative on Cyber and
Seattle only
Digital, Cyber Coordinator
Hayden Glass
Policy Adviser
Joining for San Francisco and
Seattle only
Accompanying the Minister for Trade and Export Growth
s9(2)(g)(ii)
Private Secretary
Joining until 28 May
From New Zealand Story
David Downs
Chief Executive
Joining until 28 May
under the Official Information Act
Jonathan Alver
Director, Major Events
Joining until 28 May
From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chris Seed
Chief Executive
Joining for the entire period
Catherine Graham
Divisional Manager, Americas
Joining for the entire period
Sally Forrest
Project Manager
Joining for the entire period
Fleur Thompson
Senior Media Adviser
Joining for the entire period
Released
From New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
Dylan Lawrence
General Manager Investment
Joining until 28 May, accompanying
the business delegation
From Tourism New Zealand
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Sarah Handley
General Manager North America
New York only, accompanying for
the Editor’s Roundtable and
Colbert
Business Delegation Members
Cheryl Adams, Animation Research Limited
Carrie Hurihanganui, Auckland Airport
Tom Batterbury, Auror
Mike Cronin, Fonterra Co‐operative Group Limited
Pania Tyson‐Nathan, New Zealand Māori Tourism
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John Brakenridge, New Zealand Merino Company
Toby Littin, Parkable
Simon Limmer, Silver Fern Farms Limited
Grant Straker, Straker
Kate Bezar, The Better Packaging Co.
Katherine Sandford, UBCO
Daniel Mathieson, Zespri International Limited
Information
3. names of hotels booked for the delegation in each city visited and number of rooms in each hotel
NEW YORK
s6(a)
Official
Number of rooms booked: 27
WASHINGTON, DC
the
s6(a)
Number of rooms booked: 12
BOSTON
under
s6(a)
Number of rooms booked: 36
SAN FRANCISCO
s6(a)
Number of rooms booked: 17
Released
SEATTLE
s6(a)
Number of rooms booked: 41
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OIA Response to:
2. list of the new zealand delegation (all members) that accompanied the prime minister to europe
starting june 2022
From the Prime Minister’s Office
Raj Nahna
Chief of Staff
Joined for the entire period
Ellen Read
Deputy Chief Press Secretary
Joined for the entire period
Act
From the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Guergana Guermanoff
Foreign Policy Adviser
Joined for the entire period
From the Ministry of Trade and Export Growth
Damien O’Connor
Minister
Joined for some parts of Brussels
Information
and London programmes
Jane Hooker
Senior Trade Adviser
Joined for some parts of Brussels
and London programmes
From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Official
Ben King
Deputy CEO
Joined for the entire period
Fiona Love
Visits & Events Logistics Manager
Joined for the entire period
the
Sharon Lundy
Senior Media Adviser
Joined for the entire period
Vangelis Vitalis
Deputy Secretary, Trade
Joined for the Brussels programme
From the New Zealand Police (DPS)
under
s6(a)
DPS
Joined for the entire period
DPS
Joined for the entire period
From the New Zealand Embassy/High Commission/Consulate
Madrid Released
Nigel Fyfe
Ambassador
Madrid-based. Joined for Spain
bilateral
Renee Heal
Deputy Head of Mission
Madrid-based. Joined for Spain
bilateral and NATO
Carl Reaich
Ambassador to the EU & NATO
Brussels-based. Joined for NATO
programme in Madrid
Megan Addis
First Secretary, NATO
Brussels-based. Joined for NATO
programme in Madrid
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Claire McGuire
Consular and Public Affairs Adviser Madrid-based. Joined for Madrid
leg
Brussels
Carl Reaich
Ambassador to the EU & NATO
Brussels-based. Joined for Brussels
programme
Diana Reaich
Ambassador to Belgium, Deputy
Brussels-based. Joined for some
Ambassador to the EU
parts of Brussels programme
Emma Dowsett
Second Secretary
Brussels-based. Accompanying
logistical support.
Act
Andrew Cameron
Communications adviser –
Paris-based.
contractor
London
Bede Corry
High Commissioner
London-based. Joined for entire
UK programme
Shannon Austin
Deputy High Commissioner
London-based. Joined officials’
briefing, Starmer meeting
Information
Ben Steele
Counsellor (Political)
London-based. Joined for UK
bilateral
Elizabeth Walker
Visits and Events Manager
London-based. Accompanying
logistical support
Jeremy Todd
Policy Adviser (Foreign Policy)
London-based. Joined for Chatham
Official House event
Juliet Pierce
Public Diplomacy Manager
London-based. Accompanying
Media programme
the
3. names of hotels booked for the delegation in each city visited and number of rooms in each hotel
MADRID
under
s6(a)
Number of rooms booked: 11
s6(a)
Number of rooms booked: 1
BRUSSELS
Released
s6(a)
Number of rooms booked: 12
s6(a)
Number of rooms booked: 2
LONDON
s6(a)
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Number of rooms booked: 11
s6(a)
Number of rooms booked: 1
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Information
Official
the
under
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