New Zealand Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Manatū Aorere
11 November 2020
195 Lambton Quay
Private Bag 18−901
Wellington 6160
New Zealand
Jungdong Keun
T +64 4 439 8000
[FYI request #14000 email]
F +64 4 472 9596
Ref. OIA 27147
Dear Jungdong Keun
I refer to your email of 17 October 2020 in which you request the following under the
Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):
“Please kindly supply all information MFAT hold about dates, venues, participants, and
briefing notes, reports etc of meetings between MFAT staffs and Korean Embassy
staffs in Wellington.”
On 23 October 2020, I wrote to you requesting confirmation of your eligibility to make a
request under the OIA, but have received no response. Unfortunately we are unable to
process your OIA request as you do not satisfy the eligibility criteria as per section 12(1) of
New Zealand’s Official Information Act 1982. If you can confirm eligibility at some point, we
will treat that as a fresh OIA request.
You have the right under section 28(3) of the OIA to seek a review of this response by the
Ombudsman.
Yours sincerely
Julie-Anne Lee
for Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade
e [MFAT request email]
w www.mfat.govt.nz