Thank you for contacting the Office of Hon Casey Costello, Minister of
Customs, Minister for Seniors, Associate Minister of Health, Associate
Minister of Immigration, and Associate Minister of Police. 

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

* Portfolio related correspondence will be considered and responded to
where appropriate. 

* If your message is for Minister Costello’s advice, or if you have
copied your email to another Minister and/or Member of Parliament with
more appropriate portfolio responsibilities, then this will be noted. 

* Invitations and requests to meet with the Minister will be processed
as soon as possible and a staff member will be in contact with you in
due course. Please note this email is an acknowledgment that your
invitation/request has been received. 

* If you have made a request for official information then this will be
managed in accordance with the provisions of the Official Information
Act 1982, which may include transfer to a more relevant Minister or
agency. 

* If your email falls outside of the Minister’s portfolio
responsibilities, expresses a personal view, or is copied to multiple
Members of Parliament, then your opinion will be noted and your
correspondence may be transferred to another office, or there may be
no further response to you. 

*  Media queries will be referred to the Minister’s press secretary. 

 
 Again, thank you for writing. 

 

 

Kind regards, 

 
 
Office of Hon Casey Costello 
Minister of Customs | Minister for Seniors | Associate Minister of Health
| Associate Minister of Immigration | Associate Minister of Police 
Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand 

DDI: 04 817 6827 

 

Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’
portfolios will be proactively released (this does not
include personal, or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the
summary would list: date, time (start and finish), brief description,
location, who the meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a
meeting with the Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the
organisation will be released. If you are a senior staff member at an
organisation, or meet with the Minister in your personal capacity, your
name may also be released. The location of the meeting will be released,
unless it is a private residence. The proactive release will be consistent
with the provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy
considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a
copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to
be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of
your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the
release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the
sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy
at https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

 

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and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or transmission error has
misdirected this email, please notify the author by replying to this email
and destroy the message. If you are not the intended recipient, any use,
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Dear Lee,

I acknowledge receipt of your email below received Saturday 26 October 2024 which you submitted an Official Information Act request as follows:

Your OIA Request:

- All documents and correspondence - including SMS, Signal, WhatsApp, and other messages on all social media and messaging platforms - relating to disclosures made by any staff working in your office (political or departmental) since you were appointed as a Minister of the Crown on 24 November 2023 relating to their inability to gain or maintain a New Zealand Government National Security Clearance.

- Any documents, correspondence, or reports made as to decisions you or your office put in place to mitigate these risks and how your office planned to withhold information from individuals who had or have not met the ability to hold or maintain a clearance.

- All correspondence between you or your office and the Office of the Prime Minister noting the matters referred to above.

- All correspondence between you or your office and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister noting the matters referred to above.

- All correspondence between you or your office and any other Minister of the Crown or their offices noting the matters referred to above.

- All correspondence between you or your office and the Department of Internal Affairs noting the matters referred to above.

- All correspondence between you or your office and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet noting the matters referred to above.

- All correspondence between you or your office and the New Zealand Police noting the matters referred to above.

Minister Hon Casey Costello is considering your official request in accordance with the Act, and you can expect a response by Monday 25 November 2024.

Regards

Office of Hon Casey Costello

Roving Private Secretary (Executive Support)
Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6011 | www.beehive.govt.nz

The information contained in this email is privileged and confidential and intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are asked to respect that confidentiality and not disclose, copy or make use of its contents. If received in error you are asked to destroy this email and contact the sender immediately. Your assistance is appreciated.

Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers' portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list: date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you'd like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

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