4 September 2024
Anna
[FYI request #27815 email]
Dear Anna,
Thank you for your email of 26 July 2024, which was transferred from the Office of the
Rt Hon Christopher Luxon to my office on 8 August 2024, in which you request the following
under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):
1) Does the New Zealand government plan to consider negotiating with the
Australian government to improve the conditions for New Zealand permanent
residents to eliminate the current imbalance?
2) Are there specific measures or strategies included in the recently adopted "Trans-
Tasman Roadmap to 2035" aimed at addressing this issue? Will this matter be
resolved in the near future?
3) Has this issue been raised in the "Trans-Tasman Roadmap to 2035" and is there
a timeline for resolving it, particularly as per point 18 of the Joint Statement:
Australia-New Zealand Leaders’ Meeting 2023, which mentioned the
establishment of a joint working group to report by the end of June 2024(Joint-
Statement-ANZLM-2…)?
It would have been necessary under section 14 of the OIA to transfer your request to the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). However, we are aware that you have already
made your request to MFAT, and therefore we have not transferred it.
You will receive a response to your questions above from MFAT. Our office does not hold
any additional relevant information that is not already held by MFAT.
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.
Yours sincerely,
Jamie Allen
Private Secretary (Advisory/Media)