Kia ora 

  

Thank you for contacting the office of Hon Paul Goldsmith, Minister for
Arts Culture and Heritage, Minister of Justice, Minister for Media and
Communications, Minister for State Owned Enterprises and Minister for
Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations. 

  

The Minister considers all correspondence important and appreciates you
taking the time to write.  Please note that as Minister Goldsmith receives
a large amount of correspondence it is not always possible to personally
reply to all emails. 

  

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Again, thank you for writing. 

  

Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith | Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage |
Minister of Justice | Minister for Media and Communications | Minister of
State Owned Enterprises | Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations

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Good morning,

On behalf of Hon Paul Goldsmith, I acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 13 July 2024, where you requested:

All correspondence with Stefan Sunde (Sunde is a member of the National party board of directors) all correspondence mentioning Stefan Sunde or "Stefan".

Plus, all correspondence about EY (Ernst & Young or Ernst and Young) including:
* any mention of their 'scandal'
* 'Secret drinking club'
* 'PR nightmare'
* 'Sexual harassment'

We received your request on 13 July 2024. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 9 August 2024, being 20 working days after the day 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.

Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith
Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice | Minister for State Owned Enterprises | Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations | Minister for Media and Communications

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Tçnâ koe John,

Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request of 13 July 2024. Specifically, you requested:

All correspondence with Stefan Sunde (Sunde is a member of the National party board of directors) all correspondence mentioning Stefan Sunde or "Stefan". Plus, all correspondence about EY (Ernst & Young or Ernst and Young) including: any mention of their 'scandal' 'secret drinking club' 'PR nightmare' 'sexual harassment'.

We have considered your request, and we are seeking clarification in order to provide you the information you are seeking. We have interpreted your request as only including mentions of Stefan and/or EY as it relates to Stefan Sunde or mentions of EY related to the matter you are inquiring about.

This would mean the following correspondence would be excluded from this response:
1. Correspondence including "Stefan" which refers to a different individual, and
2. Correspondence including EY which is unrelated to the matter being inquired about - such as when an individual from EY has been included on a guest list.

Please let us know before 31 July 2024 whether we have interpreted your request correctly.

Thank you,

Office of Paul Goldsmith

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Good afternoon,

On behalf of the Hon Paul Goldsmith, please see attached correspondence.

Ngâ mihi

Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith
Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice | Minister for State Owned Enterprises
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations | Minister for Media and Communications

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