New Zealand Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Manatū Aorere
24 May 2024
195 Lambton Quay
Private Bag 18−901
Wellington 6160
New Zealand
Max Mitchell
T +64 4 439 8000
F +64 4 472 9596
[FYI request #26623 email]>
OIA 29347
Tēnā koe Max Mitchell
I refer to your email of 3 May 2024 in which you request the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (OIA):
I would like to make a request for the Forward Aid Plans used in developing MFAT's bilateral
aid approach to the Solomon Islands over the period 2020-2024.
I am also requesting the most up-to-date Strategic Plan for aid to the Solomon Islands.
New Zealand’s development assistance to Solomon Islands is guided by the priorities set out in
the Four-Year Plan for Solomon Islands, dated October 2021. This document is publicly available
on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (the Ministry) website at:
https://www.mfat.govt.nz/assets/Aid/4YPs-2021-24/Solomon-Islands-4YP.pdf. This plan does not cover 2020. Although you have asked for information for the period 2020-
2024, we have provided you with the most current and accurate information we hold on the
Ministry’s future plans for working with the Solomon Islands.
In addition, we have development assistance strategies which are not specifically focused on the
Solomon Islands, but which include support to the Solomon Islands, such as the International
Climate Finance Strategy which can be found on the Ministry website at:
https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/aid-and-development/climate-change-support/our-support-for-
climate-action/our-strategy. Other strategies detailing New Zealand’s approach to development assistance across the Pacific
are also available on the Ministry’s website at:
www.mfat.govt.nz/en/aid-and-development/our-
approach-to-aid. The most up-to-date strategic plan for development assistance to the Solomon Islands is titled
Solomon Islands Country Strategy: New Zealand Government, dated 2021, and is withheld in full
under section 6(a) of the OIA, to avoid prejudicing the security or defence of New Zealand or the
international relations of the New Zealand Government.
Please note that it is our policy to proactively release our responses to official information
requests where possible. Therefore, our response to your request (with your personal information
e [MFAT request email]
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removed) may be published on the Ministry website:
www.mfat.govt.nz/en/about-us/contact-
us/official-information-act-responses/ If you have any questions about this decision, you can contact us by email at:
[email address]. You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the
Ombudsman of this decision by contacting
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone
0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Sarah Corbett
for Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade
