Ref: 2223-1344

 

Dear Mijail Linares,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 19^th December 2022 requesting under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

‘Can you please provide the following:

1. All official documents signed by any member of the Ministry, as part of
the bidding process to host the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

2. Please provide a copy of all email communications, if any, between New
Zealand Major Events and New Zealand Football, relating to the submission
of the bid to host the tournament.

3. Please provide a copy of all email communications, if any, between New
Zealand Major Events and the Ministry of Sport, relating to the submission
of the bid to host the tournament.

4. Please provide a copy of all email communications, if any, between New
Zealand Major Events and the office of the Prime Minister, that relate to
the submission of the bid to host the tournament.

5. Please state the precise amount of financial contributions the New
Zealand government will contribute to this tournament and what is the
precise source of it, within the Budget of New Zealand’s government. If
this figure has had any changes from its inception, can you please
describe these changes in chronological order and explain the reasons for
the revision?

Please answer the following questions:

1. As far as the Ministry is aware, who initiated the decision to submit a
bid to host the tournament?

2. As far as the Ministry is aware, was the decision to enter a bid for
the tournament ever opened to public debate? If not, why? If it was,
please describe the extent of this effort?

3. What members of the Ministry, if any, were involved in drafting the 188
page document known as the bid book?

4. What were the documents provided by the Ministry, as part of the
submission of the bid book? Wherever possible, please provide of copy of
these documents. If that’s not possible, please state why.

5. Did New Zealand Major Events commissioned any study related to hosting
the tournament? If so, please provide a copy of it.’

 

Please note that days between 25 December 2022 to 15 January 2023
(inclusive) are defined as non- working days in the Act and are not
counted in the calculation for the response due date. This will affect the
time period for responding to your request.

 

Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course.

 

If you have any enquiries regarding your request feel free to contact us
via email [1][MBIE request email] or using the contact details below.

 

Nâku noa, nâ

MINISTERIAL SERVICES

 

Ngâ Pou o te Taumaru

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140

 

 

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Tçnâ koe Mijail Linares,

 

Thank you for your email of 19 December 2022 to the Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment (MBIE) requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:

 

1. All official documents signed by any member of the Ministry, as part of
the bidding process to host the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

 

2. Please provide a copy of all email communications, if any, between New
Zealand Major Events and New Zealand Football, relating to the submission
of the bid to host the tournament.

 

3. Please provide a copy of all email communications, if any, between New
Zealand Major Events and the Ministry of Sport, relating to the submission
of the bid to host the tournament.

 

4. Please provide a copy of all email communications, if any, between New
Zealand Major Events and the office of the Prime Minister, that relate to
the submission of the bid to host the tournament.

 

5. Please state the precise amount of financial contributions the New
Zealand government will contribute to this tournament and what is the
precise source of it, within the Budget of New Zealand’s government. If
this figure has had any changes from its inception, can you please
describe these changes in chronological order and explain the reasons for
the revision?

 

Please answer the following questions:

 

1. As far as the Ministry is aware, who initiated the decision to submit a
bid to host the tournament?

 

2. As far as the Ministry is aware, was the decision to enter a bid for
the tournament ever opened to public debate? If not, why? If it was,
please describe the extent of this effort?

 

3. What members of the Ministry, if any, were involved in drafting the 188
page document known as the bid book?

 

4. What were the documents provided by the Ministry, as part of the
submission of the bid book? Wherever possible, please provide of copy of
these documents. If that’s not possible, please state why.

 

5. Did New Zealand Major Events commissioned any study related to hosting
the tournament? If so, please provide a copy of it.

 

You requested information in relation to correspondence between MBIE,
Sport New Zealand, New Zealand Football, relating to the submission of the
bid to host the tournament. Due to the date range of 23 August 2019 to13
December in which the correspondence you have specified fall within, there
is substantial number of correspondence that we will need to review and
prepare. For this reason it will take some time to prepare a response in
which to provide you.

 

To help us provide you with the most relevant information I am inviting
you to narrow the scope of your request to reduce the number of
correspondence so we can provide you with the most relevant information as
soon as possible.

 

You may wish to do one of the following:

 

o Reduce the date range in in which the correspondence were sent
o Specify particular topics discussed in the correspondence

 

However, if you wish to proceed with the request as it currently then it
will very likely take longer than the statutory 20 working days.

 

We look forward to hearing from you

 

Kind Regards

 

Oliver Maskell (He/Him)

Senior Ministerial Advisor

Labour, Science and Enterprise Group

Group Operations

Business Management

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Tçnâ koe Mijail,

 

Please see attached MBIE’s response to your request for information.

 

Nâku iti nei, nâ

 

Oliver Maskell (He/Him)

Senior Ministerial Advisor

Labour, Science and Enterprise Group

Group Operations

Business Management

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PO Box 1473 Wellington | Level 6, 15 Stout Street, Wellington
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Tēnā koe Mijail Linares,

 

Following my last communication with you on 27 January 2023. I would like
to give you an update in relation to your information request received on
19 December 2023.

 

In relation to the following questions within your request:

 

2. Please provide a copy of all email communications, if any, between New
Zealand Major Events and New Zealand Football, relating to the submission
of the bid to host the tournament.

 

3. Please provide a copy of all email communications, if any, between New
Zealand Major Events and the Ministry of Sport, relating to the submission
of the bid to host the tournament.

 

After starting the process of collating and reviewing emails which fall
within the scope above in addition to your clarification provided on 27
January 2023, we have discovered that the number of emails within scope
have amounted to over 1500 emails. After compiling these emails together
along with their corresponding attachments, the total number of pages will
amount to over 6500. Given the time and resources required to review these
pages as well as the time for consultation, we will have to refuse this
part of the request in my final response under Section 18(f) of the Act,
that the information requested cannot be made available without
substantial collation or research.

 

I do however intend to respond to the remainder of your request by the
agreed date of 4 April 2023.

 

Kind regards

 

Oliver Maskell (He/Him)

Senior Ministerial Advisor

Labour, Science and Enterprise Group

Group Operations

Business Management

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MINISTRY OF BUSINESS INNOVATION & EMPLOYMENT / HIKINA WHAKATUTUKI

PO Box 1473 Wellington | Level 6, 15 Stout Street, Wellington
6011 |[2]www.mbie.govt.nz  

 

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Tçnâ koe Mijail,

 

Please find attached MBIE’s response to your request for information.

 

Kind Regards

 

Ngâ mihi nui

 

Oliver Maskell (He/Him)

Senior Ministerial Advisor

Labour, Science and Enterprise Group

Group Operations

Business Management

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MINISTRY OF BUSINESS INNOVATION & EMPLOYMENT / HIKINA WHAKATUTUKI

PO Box 1473 Wellington | Level 6, 15 Stout Street, Wellington
6011 |[2]www.mbie.govt.nz  

 

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