Dear Alex Harris,

Thank you for your email and apologies for the delay in our response.

As Hon Nathan Guy is no longer the Minister of Immigration, the OIA request should not have been to his email as a Minister.

Today, the 18th of March, I have notified the Office of the current Minister of Immigration, Hon Michael Woodhouse. They have advised that this request is most suitably directed to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) for a response, as the instruction not to board Odd Future came following an operational decision made by MBIE officials.

You can expect a response to your request directly from MBIE.

Kind regards,

Albert Hanson
Private Secretary - Office of Hon Nathan Guy
MP for Otaki | Minister for Primary Industries| Minister for Racing
Parliament Buildings | Private Bag 18888 | Wellington 6160
DDI: (04) 817 9139

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From: Alex Harris [mailto:[OIA #1460 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 13 February 2014 6:00 p.m.
To: N Guy (MIN)
Subject: Official Information Act request - Advice on banning "Odd Future"

Dear Minister of Immigration,

Today the government banned the band "Odd Future" from
entering New Zealand under sections 1691)(a)(iii) and (iv) of the
Immigration Act 2009 ("Odd Future refused entry to New
Zealand", NZ Herald, 13 Feb 2014). I would like to request the
following information under the OIA:

* All advice on the refusal of entry to "Odd Future"

I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about
this request will be automatically forwarded to me by the
fyi.org.nz website.

With regards to s12 of the OIA, I am an NZ citizen and in NZ.

Yours faithfully,

Alex Harris

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Dear Mr Harris,

 

Please find attached an acknowledgement letter in regards to your recent
Official Information Act request.

 

Regards,

 

David Baird

On behalf of

 

Alan Witcombe

Manager, Ministerial Services

Organisational Strategy and Support, Ministry of Business, Innovation and
Employment

 

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Dear Mr Harris,

 

I have tried email the response to your Official Information Act request
to this email address multiple times, but it keeps failing due to
attachment size (no more than 7.7MB).

 

Can you please either provide an alternative email address to send this to
or a physical address to post this to.

 

Cheers

David Baird

Ministerial Advisor
Organisational Strategy and Support | Ministry of Business, Innovation &
Employment

 

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