Friday 16 September 2022
Harry Peterson
[FYI request #19806 email]
Dear Harry Peterson
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) to the Cabinet Office of
2 July 2022, refined to be for a request for :
Al documents and Cabinet papers mentioning Whangarei in relation to infrastructure and
health funding decisions from the date beginning October 2017.
Your request was partially transferred to me on 29 August 2022.
The one Cabinet paper within the scope of my Ministerial Responsibili tes that mentions
Whangarei is
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Legistation Bil : Approval
for Introduction, dated 15 April 2021.
This Cabinet Paper is publicly available on the Minisitry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)
website at:
Proactive Release — Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership RCEP
Legislation Bil Cabinet Paper | New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (mfat.govt.nz).
Therefore, I am refusing your request under section 18 (d) of the OIA, as the information requested
is publicly available.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision by
contactin
g www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Hon Phil Twyford
Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth