Kia ora

As noted in our response to your previous request (5 Eyes forum topic of UAP) we require more information to establish your eligibility to make a request under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). You only need to provide this once.

Per Section 12 of the OIA, to be eligible to make a request you must be:
• a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident;
• a person in New Zealand; or
• a corporate entity (that is, a company or an incorporated society) which is either incorporated in New Zealand or has a place of business here.

Please send information that confirms your eligibility to make an OIA request to the email address on this page: https://www.nzsis.govt.nz/information-re.... This could be a scanned copy of a New Zealand driver’s licence or passport or evidence of residency in New Zealand, such as a utility bill with your name/address. If you are not able to provide any of the above, please contact us to discuss further options for providing proof of eligibility to make a request.

Ngā mihi,
NZSIS

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Tēnā koe,

Further to our email of Wednesday 4 October, we require confirmation of eligibility before we are able to accept your request. If you do not provide us with proof of eligibility by Friday 13 October, we will be unable to accept your request at this time. However, you would be welcome to re-submit your request with the required evidence of eligibility at any time.

We ask for assurance that a requester is eligible to make a request under section 12 of the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) before proceeding with requests. The requirement to provide assurance is unrelated to the question/s being asked. The assurance we seek is that which is enough to make clear that you are a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident or are in New Zealand. One way to do this is to provide supporting documentation like a copy of a New Zealand driver licence, or passport, or utility bill. This could be emailed directly to us via [NZSIS request email].

If you do not want to provide evidence of your eligibility to make a request to us directly, you are welcome to contact the Office of the Ombudsman and provide confirmation of eligibility to them, or ask FYI.org to make a request on your behalf (refer to “Can I make an OIA request using a pseudonym?” on https://fyi.org.nz/help/privacy). Once we are satisfied that your request meets the requirements under section 12(1) of the OIA we will be able to proceed.

If you are not already aware, you may be interested in guidance by the Office of the Ombudsman about making requests online. This guidance is available at: https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/site...

You may complain to the Inspector-General of Security and Intelligence if you feel you have, or may have been adversely affected by any act, omission, practice, policy, or procedure of an intelligence and security agency. Their contact details can be found at: https://igis.govt.nz/.

Ngā mihi,
NZSIS

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Tēnā koe,

Thank you for your Official Information Act request and for providing evidence of elibility.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and, in any event, no later than 20 working days after the day that 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.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact [NZSIS request email].

Ngā mihi,
NZSIS

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Kia ora

The Director-General's response to your OIA request is attached.

Ngā mihi,
NZSIS

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