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Office of Hon Nanaia Mahuta
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Tēnā koe

I acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 13/12/22

We received your request on 13/12/22. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 31/1/23, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

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Ngā mihi

Office of Hon Nanaia Mahuta

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From: James [mailto:[FYI request #21413 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 13 December 2022 1:32 PM
To: N Mahuta (MIN) <[Nanaia Mahuta request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Travel days, Iran and Mr Richwhite

Dear Nanaia Mahuta,

Under the Official information Act I request the following:

Total days you spent outside of Aotearoa, New Zealand in your capacity as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Please list the individual trips and days associated with each trip, including if you were accompanied by your husband on any of these trips. This period covers the year beginning January 1st 2021 to December 9th 2022.

All Ministerial trips and appointments that your husband accompanied you to while performing any of your Ministerial duties for any of your portfolios for the year beginning January 1st 2021 to December 9th 2022.

Please provide the date you were first made aware Topher Richwhite was stuck in Iran and any communications related to this, including but not limited to texts, emails and phone calls.

Did you or your office have direct contact with Mr Richwhite of his family at any stage? If so, only the dates are required not what was discussed.

Did any NZ govt employees, MFAT staff, travel into Iran at any stage to provide assistance to Mr Richwhite? If so please provide details such as duration they were there etc.

Please list all the dates you or your office contacted or were contacted by Iran or its representatives where Mr Richwhite was discussed. Just the dates are required, no other information.

The date Mr Richwhite was granted permission and allowed to leave Iran. No other information or details required.

Yours faithfully,

James

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Kia ora James

 

Please find attached a response to your OIA request from the Minister of
Foreign Affairs to your email of 13 December 2022.

 

Ngā mihi nui,

 

 

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

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

DDI: +64 4 817 8711

 

 

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