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6 November 2023
Kurien Thomas
[FYI request #24617 email]
Ref: OIA 107977
Tēnā koe Kurien
Official Information Act request: Ministry real estate payments
Thank you for your email of 1 November 2023, to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry), in
which you requested under the Of icial Information Act (the Act) information relating to the
Ministry’s real estate. Specifically, you requested:
Who is Aitken Street Real Estate Netherlands B.V and what is their relationship to
you?
Why do you pay them so much each year? July 2023- $11.5mil?
Your request has been referred to me for response, as it falls within my responsibilities as
Deputy Secretary, Corporate and Digital Services and is being managed in accordance with
the provisions of the Act.
Aitken Street Real Estate Netherlands B.V is the
Ministry’s landlord for our Aitken Street
National Of ices. The annual figure paid to them is to cover commercial rent and various
leased building operating expenses.
If you require any further information, please contact Media & Social Media Manager Joe
Locke at [email address].
Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the
Ministry website at: justice.govt.nz/about/official-information-act-requests/oia-responses/.
If you are not satisfied with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the
Of ice of the Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the Act. The Office of the Ombudsman may
be contacted by email to [email address] or by phone on 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Kelvin Watson
Deputy Secretary, Corporate and Digital Services