Kia Ora,

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Minister of Finance, Minister for Infrastructure, Minister for Sport and
Recreation, Minister for Racing and MP for Wellington Central.

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Dear George Morrison

On behalf of the Hon Grant Robertson, Minister of Finance, I acknowledge receipt of your letter of 30 November 2021 requesting:

"all communications, including no surprises notifications, received by you as shareholding minister of Air NZ relating to the company for the period of 19 June 2012 to 20 June 2019.".

Your request was received in this office on 1 December 2021 and will be responded to under the provisions of the Official Information Act.

Yours sincerely

Katy Greco-Ainslie
Private Secretary

Private Secretary | Office of Hon Grant Robertson
Deputy Prime Minister | Minister of Finance | Minister for Infrastructure | Minister for Racing | Minister for Sport and Recreation
Member of Parliament for Wellington Central
Private Bag 18 888 |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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[UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Dear Mr Morrison

I am assisting the Minister of Finance with your Official Information Act
request received 30 November 2021. Your request is:

 

                Please provide me with all communications, including no
surprises notifications, received by you as shareholding minister of Air
NZ relating to the company for the period of 19 June 2012 to 20 June 2019.

 

It is unclear from your request if you are seeking:

 

 1. Correspondence received by Hon Grant Robertson in the period while he
has been shareholding Minister of Air NZ.
 2. Correspondence received by the various shareholding Ministers for the
period of 19 June 2012 to 20 June 2019.

 

Can you please clarify which of these you are seeking information on.

 

Regardless of which option you chose, the scope of your request is
extremely wide as you are not restricting your request by the nature of
communication, or the sender, and the topic area “relating to the company”
is likewise broad.  Under either scope there are potentially thousands of
communications, including Treasury advice to the Minister regarding Air
NZ, and it is likely that your request will be refused under s18(f) of the
Official Information Act:

 

“that the information requested cannot be made available without
substantial collation or research”.

 

I therefore recommend that you consider asking for more specific
information. For example, you could narrow your request to communications
from Air NZ; or you could narrow it to communications from Christopher
Luxon.

 

I am happy to work with you to refine your request. Please note that I
will not be in the office between 25 December 2021 and 17 January 2022
(inclusive).

 

Yours faithfully

 

Ian Stewart

 

 

 

Ian Stewart | Senior Ministerial Advisor | Te Tai Ôhanga – The Treasury

Email/IM: [[email address]]

Visit us online at [1]https://treasury.govt.nz/ and follow us on
[2]Twitter, [3]LinkedIn and [4]Instagram

 

 

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Letter from Hon Grant Robertson, Minister of Finance, attached.

Katy Greco-Ainslie | Private Secretary | Office of Hon Grant Robertson
Deputy Prime Minister | Minister of Finance | Minister for Infrastructure | Minister for Racing | Minister for Sport and Recreation
Member of Parliament for Wellington Central
Private Bag 18 888 |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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Kia ora

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982, which
was transferred from the Minister of Finance on 22 December 2021.

 

1. All communications specifically from Christopher Luxon to shareholding
Ministers for Air

New Zealand relating to the company for the period 19 June 2012 to 25
October 2017;

 

2. All communications from anyone at Air NZ to shareholding Ministers for
Air New Zealand

relating to the engine maintenance work it did for the Royal Saudi Navy
for the period 19

June 2012 to 25 October 2017;

 

3. All communications from anyone at Air NZ to shareholding Ministers for
Air New Zealand

relating to rationalising or removing regional flights for the period of
19 June 2012 to 25

October 2017.

 

A response will be provided in accordance with the Act (please see the
Office of the Ombudsman Website for more details -
 [1]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/).

 

If the information requested cannot be made available without substantial
collation or research, under section 18(f) and section 18A(1)(a) of the
Official Information Act 1982 we may refuse the request or fix a charge
under section 15. If your request falls into this category we will inform
you as soon as possible.

 

Please note, over the holiday period from 25 December 2020 to 15 January
2021, inclusive, there is a three-week period that doesn’t count as
‘working days’. Any OIA requests submitted on 29 November 2020 or later
may take a bit longer than you expected.  

This also applies to OIAs that are extended between 29 November and 15
January. However, we will do our best to get a response to you as soon as
possible. 

 

The Treasury may publish the response to your Official Information Act
(OIA) request.

 

When you are provided with a response to this request, you will be
informed about whether the response to your OIA request will be published.
If the Treasury does publish the response to your OIA request, personal
information, including your name and contact details, will be removed.
This publication process does not apply to extension letters or transfers.

 

 

Ngâ mihi

Jean McDowall

 

 

Jean McDowall | Senior Ministerial Advisor| Te Tai Ôhanga – The Treasury

Email/IM: [2][email address]

Visit us online at [3]https://treasury.govt.nz/ and follow us on
[4]Twitter, [5]LinkedIn and [6]Instagram

 

I work Tuesday to Friday (inclusive)

 

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[UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Kia ora George

 

Please find attached correspondence on your Official Information Act
request.

 

Ngâ mihi

Kelly

 

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[UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Kia ora George

 

Please find attached correspondence on your Official Information Act
request.

 

Ngâ mihi

Kelly

 

 

Kelly Shen | Ministerial Advisor | Te Tai Ôhanga – The Treasury

Tel: +64 4 917 6295 |  Email/IM: [1][email address]

Visit us online at [2]https://treasury.govt.nz/ and follow us on
[3]Twitter, [4]LinkedIn and [5]Instagram

My working hours: Mon 7am – 3pm; Tue 7am – 3pm; Wed off; Thur 7am – 3pm;
Fri 7am – 3pm

 

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Private Secretary | Office of Hon Grant Robertson

Deputy Prime Minister  |  Minister of Finance | Minister for
Infrastructure  | Minister for Sport and Recreation

Member of Parliament for Wellington Central

Private Bag 18 888 |Parliament Buildings |Wellington 6011 
 [1]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
[2]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

 

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