Hon Michael Wood
MP for Mt Roskill
Minister of Immigration
Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
Minister for Auckland
Associate Minister of Finance
14 June 2023
OIA 23-681
Simon Green
[FYI request #22209 email]
Tēnā koe Simon
Thank you for your email of 22 March 2023, requesting under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act), the following information:
I would like to see all information provided by Immigration NZ and/or other subject
matter experts on the matter of the decision to grant Posie Parker permission to enter
New Zealand.
Please find information within scope of your request attached as Appendix One.
Please note that some information has been withheld under the following grounds of the Act:
• Section 9(2)(a), to protect the privacy of natural persons.
• Section 9(2)(g)(ii), to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the
protection of such Ministers, members of organisations, officers and employees from
improper pressure and harassment
• Section 9(2)(h), to maintain legal professional privilege.
Some information has also been marked as out of scope of the request. Where information
has been withheld from a document, the grounds are also noted in the document itself.
The release of court documents has been refused under section 18(c)(i) of the Act, as the
making available of the information requested would be contrary the provisions of a specified
enactment, that being the Senior Courts Act 2016.
In accordance with section 9(1) of the Act, I have considered whether there are any factors
that make it desirable, in the public interest, to release information to which section 9 of the
Act applied. I do not consider that any public interest considerations outweigh the need to
withhold this information.
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the Act, to ask the Ombudsman to review any
decisions made under this request.
Yours sincerely
Hon Michael Wood
Minister of Immigration
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160 New Zealand
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