Kia ora Ben,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Transport, I acknowledge your Official
Information Act request of 10 August 2024 seeking:

 

“Please provide any and all information known or held by your department
in any and all formats, including, but not limited to, documents, draft
documents, reports, memos, letters, notes, electronic communications,
transcripts, visual presentations, photography, and video/audio recordings
containing information pertaining to geo-engineering, weather modification
and Solar Radiation Management/Mitigation (SRM) with particular emphasis
on cloud seeding, marine cloud brightening/engineering/seeding and
Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI).

 

Additionally, please provide any and all information known or held by your
department in any and all formats, including, but not limited to,
documents, draft documents, reports, memos, letters, notes, electronic
communications, transcripts, visual presentations, photography, and
video/audio recordings containing information pertaining to barium, nano
aluminium-coated fibreglass (known as chaff), radioactive thorium,
cadmium, chromium, copper sulphate, nickel, strontium, graphene,
desiccated blood, mould spores, yellow fungal mycotoxins, ethylene
dibromide and polymer fibres with relation to their uses, or potential
uses, in geo-engineering, weather modification, Solar Radiation
Management/Mitigation, cloud seeding and Stratospheric Aerosol Injection.

 

And Finally, please provide any and all information known or held by your
department in any and all formats, including, but not limited to,
documents, draft documents, reports, memos, letters, notes, electronic
communications, transcripts, visual presentations, photography, and
video/audio recordings containing information pertaining to any mention of
smart particles, nano machines, nano aerosols, nano-particulates or
nano-sized aluminium particles with relationship, if any, to
geo-engineering, weather modification, Solar Radiation
Management/Mitigation, cloud seeding and Stratospheric Aerosol Injection.”

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and in
any event no later than 6 September 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.

 

The Ministry publishes Official Information Act responses on our website
when there may be wider interest in the information released. This means
the information provided to you might be published after you have received
it.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Harry (He / Him)

Kaitohutohu - Tuhinga Ôkawa|Adviser - Accountability and Correspondence

 

 

 

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Kia ora Ben,

 

This email is to notify you that the Ministry is extending the 20 working
days available to it to respond to your Official Information Act request
pursuant to section 15A(1)(a) and 15A(1)(b) of the Act. 

 

We require an additional 15 working days as “the request is for a large
quantity of official information or necessitates a search through a large
quantity of information and meeting the original time limit would
unreasonably interfere with the operations of the department or the
venture or the Minister of the Crown or the organisation” and
“consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such that a
proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the
original time limit”.

 

You may now expect a full response to your request by 27 September 2024.
However, we will endeavour to respond to your request before this date.

 

Please note you have the right under section 28(3) of the Act to approach
the Ombudsman about this extension.

 

Ngâ mihi nui,

 

Harry Atkins (He / Him)

Kaitohutohu - Tuhinga Ôkawa|Adviser - Accountability and Correspondence

 

 

From: OIA <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2024 11:15 AM
To: Ben Watkins <[FOI #28001 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Official Information Request
to the Ministry of Transport Regarding the Phenomenon of Geo-Engineering,
Weather Modification, Solar Radiation Management and Cloud Seeding
OC240939

 

Kia ora Ben,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Transport, I acknowledge your Official
Information Act request of 10 August 2024 seeking:

 

“Please provide any and all information known or held by your department
in any and all formats, including, but not limited to, documents, draft
documents, reports, memos, letters, notes, electronic communications,
transcripts, visual presentations, photography, and video/audio recordings
containing information pertaining to geo-engineering, weather modification
and Solar Radiation Management/Mitigation (SRM) with particular emphasis
on cloud seeding, marine cloud brightening/engineering/seeding and
Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI).

 

Additionally, please provide any and all information known or held by your
department in any and all formats, including, but not limited to,
documents, draft documents, reports, memos, letters, notes, electronic
communications, transcripts, visual presentations, photography, and
video/audio recordings containing information pertaining to barium, nano
aluminium-coated fibreglass (known as chaff), radioactive thorium,
cadmium, chromium, copper sulphate, nickel, strontium, graphene,
desiccated blood, mould spores, yellow fungal mycotoxins, ethylene
dibromide and polymer fibres with relation to their uses, or potential
uses, in geo-engineering, weather modification, Solar Radiation
Management/Mitigation, cloud seeding and Stratospheric Aerosol Injection.

 

And Finally, please provide any and all information known or held by your
department in any and all formats, including, but not limited to,
documents, draft documents, reports, memos, letters, notes, electronic
communications, transcripts, visual presentations, photography, and
video/audio recordings containing information pertaining to any mention of
smart particles, nano machines, nano aerosols, nano-particulates or
nano-sized aluminium particles with relationship, if any, to
geo-engineering, weather modification, Solar Radiation
Management/Mitigation, cloud seeding and Stratospheric Aerosol Injection.”

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and in
any event no later than 6 September 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.

 

The Ministry publishes Official Information Act responses on our website
when there may be wider interest in the information released. This means
the information provided to you might be published after you have received
it.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Harry (He / Him)

Kaitohutohu - Tuhinga Ôkawa|Adviser - Accountability and Correspondence

 

 

 

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Kia ora Ben,

 

We’d like to reach out to confirm the scope of your OIA request.

During our consultation process we have been advised that you have
requested the same information from NIWA and have recently refined the
scope of your request to : ‘’all information your department has on Cloud
Seeding, Stratospheric Aerosol Injection, Solar Radiation Management and
Cloud Brightening’’.
[1]https://fyi.org.nz/request/27988-officia...

Currently, the Ministry of Transport only holds information related to
marine engineering. Based on this information, we want to confirm if you
are interested in continuing with your request and receiving this
information.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Accountability and Correspondence

 

 

From: OIA <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2024 4:47 PM
To: Ben Watkins <[FOI #28001 email]>
Subject: Notification of Extension: Official Information request -
Official Information Request to the Ministry of Transport Regarding the
Phenomenon of Geo-Engineering, Weather Modification, Solar Radiation
Management and Cloud Seeding OC240939

 

Kia ora Ben,

 

This email is to notify you that the Ministry is extending the 20 working
days available to it to respond to your Official Information Act request
pursuant to section 15A(1)(a) and 15A(1)(b) of the Act. 

 

We require an additional 15 working days as “the request is for a large
quantity of official information or necessitates a search through a large
quantity of information and meeting the original time limit would
unreasonably interfere with the operations of the department or the
venture or the Minister of the Crown or the organisation” and
“consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such that a
proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the
original time limit”.

 

You may now expect a full response to your request by 27 September 2024.
However, we will endeavour to respond to your request before this date.

 

Please note you have the right under section 28(3) of the Act to approach
the Ombudsman about this extension.

 

Ngâ mihi nui,

 

Harry Atkins (He / Him)

Kaitohutohu - Tuhinga Ôkawa|Adviser - Accountability and Correspondence

 

 

From: OIA <[2][email address]>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2024 11:15 AM
To: Ben Watkins <[3][FOI #28001 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Official Information Request
to the Ministry of Transport Regarding the Phenomenon of Geo-Engineering,
Weather Modification, Solar Radiation Management and Cloud Seeding
OC240939

 

Kia ora Ben,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Transport, I acknowledge your Official
Information Act request of 10 August 2024 seeking:

 

“Please provide any and all information known or held by your department
in any and all formats, including, but not limited to, documents, draft
documents, reports, memos, letters, notes, electronic communications,
transcripts, visual presentations, photography, and video/audio recordings
containing information pertaining to geo-engineering, weather modification
and Solar Radiation Management/Mitigation (SRM) with particular emphasis
on cloud seeding, marine cloud brightening/engineering/seeding and
Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI).

 

Additionally, please provide any and all information known or held by your
department in any and all formats, including, but not limited to,
documents, draft documents, reports, memos, letters, notes, electronic
communications, transcripts, visual presentations, photography, and
video/audio recordings containing information pertaining to barium, nano
aluminium-coated fibreglass (known as chaff), radioactive thorium,
cadmium, chromium, copper sulphate, nickel, strontium, graphene,
desiccated blood, mould spores, yellow fungal mycotoxins, ethylene
dibromide and polymer fibres with relation to their uses, or potential
uses, in geo-engineering, weather modification, Solar Radiation
Management/Mitigation, cloud seeding and Stratospheric Aerosol Injection.

 

And Finally, please provide any and all information known or held by your
department in any and all formats, including, but not limited to,
documents, draft documents, reports, memos, letters, notes, electronic
communications, transcripts, visual presentations, photography, and
video/audio recordings containing information pertaining to any mention of
smart particles, nano machines, nano aerosols, nano-particulates or
nano-sized aluminium particles with relationship, if any, to
geo-engineering, weather modification, Solar Radiation
Management/Mitigation, cloud seeding and Stratospheric Aerosol Injection.”

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and in
any event no later than 6 September 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.

 

The Ministry publishes Official Information Act responses on our website
when there may be wider interest in the information released. This means
the information provided to you might be published after you have received
it.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Harry (He / Him)

Kaitohutohu - Tuhinga Ôkawa|Adviser - Accountability and Correspondence

 

 

 

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Kia ora Ben,

 

We would like to confirm that the Ministry of Transport does not hold any
information related to: ‘’ Stratospheric Aerosol Injection, Marine Cloud
Brightening, Solar Radiation Management and Cloud Seeding’’. The only
material we have pertains to ocean fertilisation.

 

If this topic is not relevant to your request, please let us know if you
would like to withdraw your request.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

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Kia ora Ben,

 

This is a follow up from my previous email.

 

We are in the process of preparing a response to your request. As I
mentioned in my previous email, the Ministry does not hold any information
related to ’ Stratospheric Aerosol Injection, Marine Cloud Brightening,
Solar Radiation Management and Cloud Seeding’’. Consequently, we are
planning to refuse your request. Please let us know if you would like to
withdraw your request or if there is any other information you would like
to receive .

 

 

Ngâ mihi

 

 

 

From: Carol Rios Diaz
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:43 AM
To: [FOI #28001 email]
Cc: OIA <[MOT request email]>
Subject: FW: Official Information request - Official Information Request
to the Ministry of Transport Regarding the Phenomenon of Geo-Engineering,
Weather Modification, Solar Radiation Management and Cloud Seeding

 

 

Kia ora Ben,

 

We would like to confirm that the Ministry of Transport does not hold any
information related to: ‘’ Stratospheric Aerosol Injection, Marine Cloud
Brightening, Solar Radiation Management and Cloud Seeding’’. The only
material we have pertains to ocean fertilisation.

 

If this topic is not relevant to your request, please let us know if you
would like to withdraw your request.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

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Kia ora Ben,

 

Please find attached a response to your OIA request

 

Ngâ mihi

 

 

From: Carol Rios Diaz
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2024 8:43 AM
To: '[FOI #28001 email]'
<[FOI #28001 email]>
Cc: OIA <[MOT request email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Official Information Request
to the Ministry of Transport Regarding the Phenomenon of Geo-Engineering,
Weather Modification, Solar Radiation Management and Cloud Seeding

 

Kia ora Ben,

 

This is a follow up from my previous email.

 

We are in the process of preparing a response to your request. As I
mentioned in my previous email, the Ministry does not hold any information
related to ’ Stratospheric Aerosol Injection, Marine Cloud Brightening,
Solar Radiation Management and Cloud Seeding’’. Consequently, we are
planning to refuse your request. Please let us know if you would like to
withdraw your request or if there is any other information you would like
to receive .

 

 

Ngâ mihi

 

 

 

From: Carol Rios Diaz
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:43 AM
To: [1][FOI #28001 email]
Cc: OIA <[2][MOT request email]>
Subject: FW: Official Information request - Official Information Request
to the Ministry of Transport Regarding the Phenomenon of Geo-Engineering,
Weather Modification, Solar Radiation Management and Cloud Seeding

 

 

Kia ora Ben,

 

We would like to confirm that the Ministry of Transport does not hold any
information related to: ‘’ Stratospheric Aerosol Injection, Marine Cloud
Brightening, Solar Radiation Management and Cloud Seeding’’. The only
material we have pertains to ocean fertilisation.

 

If this topic is not relevant to your request, please let us know if you
would like to withdraw your request.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

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