OIA23-0152
28 April 2023
Samuel Brown
[FYI request #22299 email]
Dear Samuel Brown
Thank you for your email of 28 March 2023 requesting any documents relating to Kellie-Jay
Keen. Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA).
You requested
I would like to make an OIA request for any document you may have on Kellie-Jay
Keen aka Posie Parker. As there is widespread public interest in this case, and she
has publicly commented on it[1], I believe public interest wil outweigh any privacy
concerns there may be in releasing the file.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is responsible for New Zealand’s Biosecurity border
process and screens all passengers as part of our standard procedure.
There are no documents relating to Kellie-Jay Keen and in this case there was minimal
interaction with the passenger. Therefore your request is declined pursuant to section
18(g)(i) of the OIA-
that the information requested is not held by the department or venture or
Minister of the Crown or organisation and the person dealing with the request has no
grounds for believing that the information is either held by another department.
Should you have any concerns with this response, I would encourage you to raise these with
the Ministry for Primary Industries at [email address]. Alternatively, you
are advised of your right to also raise any concerns with the Office of the Ombudsman.
Contact details are: Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143 or at
[email address].
Yours sincerely
Michael Inglis,
Northern Regional Commissioner
Charles Fergusson Building, 34-38 Bowen Street
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6140, New Zealand
mpi.govt.nz