4 May 2023 
OIA-2023-66705 
Pablo 
[FYI request #22007 email] 
Dear Pablo 
I refer to your email of 6 March 2023 requesting, under the Official Information Act 
1982 (OIA), a list of all briefings and reports regarding attrition, pay, and employment 
conditions for both military and civilian staff that the Minister Henare has received 
from NZDF and the Ministry of Defence for the duration of his time holding the 
Minister of Defence portfolio, including; 
1) The title of the briefing
2) The date received
3) The agency of origin (NZDF or MoD)
4) The reference number
Details of briefings covered by your request are set out below: 
Agency Ref 
Date to Minister  Title 
NZDF-2021-148 
14/05/2021 
Defence Weekly Report (week 
MoD Ref: 052-2021 
commencing 10 May 2021) 
NZDF-2021-263 
12/08/2021 
Aide Memoire: Talking Points for 
Meeting with Hon Carmel Sepuloni, 
Minister for ACC and Minister for 
Social Development and Employment 
NZDF-2021-286 
6/09/2021 
New Zealand Defence Force 2021 
Remuneration Package 
NZDF-2022-337 
24/11/2022 
New Zealand Defence Force 
Retention Funding Request 
NZDF-2022-216 
9/08/2022 
Dot-Point Brief - Request for 
Additional Remuneration - August 
2022 
NZDF-2022-223 
15/08/2022 
Brief for Minister of Defence: Out of 
Cycle Bid for Additional Remuneration 
NZDF-2022-291 
18/10/2022 
Additional Remuneration Funding 
Request for FY22/23 

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Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to request the Ombudsman to 
investigate and review this response. 
 
The Ombudsman 
Office of the Ombudsman 
PO Box 10-152 
WELLINGTON 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
 
 
Hon Andrew Little MP 
Minister of Defence 
 

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