Kia ora,

On behalf of Hon Kris Faafoi, thank you for your email. 

While the Minister considers all correspondence to be important, and all
messages are carefully read and considered, it is not always possible to
personally reply to all emails.  As such, the following guidelines apply:

·        Invitations and meeting requests will be processed as soon as
possible and a staff member will be in contact with you in due course

·        All media queries will be responded to by a staff member

·        Requests for official information 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

Thank you for the taking the time to write.

Nga mihi,

Office of Hon Kris Faafoi

Minister of Justice, Minister of Immigration, Minister for Broadcasting
and Media

Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

Authorised by Hon Kris Faafoi MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011

 

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Dear John

 

On behalf of Hon Kris Faafoi, Minister of Justice, Minister of
Immigration, and Minister for Broadcasting and Media I acknowledge receipt
of your email requesting information under Section 12 of the Official
Information Act 1982.

 

Your request was received in this Office on 31 January 2022 and will be
responded to under the provisions of the Official Information Act.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Office of Hon Kris Faafoi

Minister of Justice | Minister of Immigration | Minister for Broadcasting
and Media

Executive Wing | Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington
6160 | New Zealand

 

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Authorised by Hon Kris Faafoi MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011

 

Disclaimer: Please note information about meetings or events related to
the Minister’s 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 2020  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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22 February 2022

 

 

Dear John

Thank you for your email of 30 January 2022 requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:

 

1.  Whether you have or have not received any advice on how to mitigate
the risk of infiltration by immigrants holding a Mainland Chinese passport
in the processing of applications made under the 2021 Resident Visa
category. 

 

2.  Whether you have or have not issued any directions to Immigration New
Zealand on how they must assess each applicant under the 2021 Resident
Visa category in relation to their individual risk to New Zealand's
interest and national security before making a decision, taking particular
account of each applicant's background, upbringing, previous education
institute(s) attended, association with foreign governments, alignment to
New Zealand values, support to democracy and freedom, or any other factor
you may deem necessary.

 

3.  Further to question 2 above, why or why not?

 

4.  Prior to you receiving this correspondence, whether you have any
awareness of the risks of infiltration by Communist China -- an evil
regime that practises genocide on the Uyghurs, persecutes the Tibetians,
brutually suppresses the democracy movement in Hong Kong, and a real
military threat to the soverign country of Taiwan (officially known as
"Republic of China") -- through your 2021 Resident Visa scheme?

 

5.  Further to question 4 above, if so, what is your assessment of such
risks and how you are mitigating such risks or if not, why not?

 

6.  Whether you have any plans to associate with, or work for, any entity
or organisation affiliated and/or funded by the Communist China regime or
its agent(s), directly or indirectly, at any point in time upon your
speculated imminent retirement in the coming 2023 General Election.

 

A response to your request is being prepared. However, 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. Accordingly, we are extending the time limit for response to this
request by 20 working days under section 15A of the Act and will respond
to you by 28 March 2022.

You have the right under section 28(3) of the Act to complain to the
Ombudsman about the decision to extend the time for responding to your
request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by emailing
[email address].

 

Ngā mihi

 

Office of Hon Kris Faafoi MP

Minister of Broadcasting, Minister of Justice, Minister of Immigration.

Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

 

Authorised by Hon Kris Faafoi MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011

 

 

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Dear John

 

Please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Office of Hon Kris Faafoi MP

Minister of Broadcasting, Minister of Justice, Minister of Immigration.

Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

 

Authorised by Hon Kris Faafoi MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011

 

Email disclaimer:

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
[1]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

 

Please note that any acceptance of an invitation is conditional upon leave
being granted.

 

This email communication is confidential between the sender and the
recipient. The intended recipient may not distribute it without the
permission of the sender. If this email is received in error, it remains
confidential and you may not copy, retain or distribute it in any manner.
Please notify the sender immediately and erase all copies of the message
and all attachments. Thank you.

 

 

 

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