8 June 2022
Scott
[FYI request #19048 email]
Ref: OIA-2021/22-1204
Dear Scott
Official Information Act request for Foreign interference briefings and Cabinet paper
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request received on 5 April 2022.
You requested:
“ONE: The December 2017 briefing titled “Foreign Interference ‐
Brady Report and
Canberra Visit” [1718NSP/033]
TWO: The February 2018 briefing titled “Update on cross‐
agency foreign
interference work” [1718NSP/046]
THREE: The March 2018 briefing titled “Update on policy approach to foreign
interference in New Zealand” [1718NSP/048]
FOUR: The October 2018 Cabinet paper titled “Managing Foreign Interference
Risks in New Zealand” [ERS‐
18‐
SUB‐
0022]
FIVE: The April 2019 briefing titled “Foreign interference in the media”
[1819NSPD/111]
SIX: The two August and September 2019 briefings both titled “Provision of
Classified Material to Elected Officials” [document IDs 4155797 and 4175735]
SEVEN: The November 2020 briefing titled “Ministers Requiring Access to
Classified Material” [document ID 4321072]”
The time frame for responding to your request was extended under section 15A of the Act by
20 working days because consultations were required before a decision could be made on
your request. Following this extension, I am now in a position to respond.
I have decided to withhold all of the documents requested in full under section 6(a) of the
Act, to protect the security and defence or the international relations of New Zealand.
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under
section 28(3) of the Act.
This response wil not be published on the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s
website.
Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011
4534251
64 4 817 9698
www.dpmc.govt.nz
Yours sincerely
Dan Eaton
Acting Deputy Chief Executive
National Security Group
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