13 April 2023
James
[FYI request #22101 email]
Tēnā koe James
I am writing concerning your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request dated
14 March 2023:
1. All information including but not limited to emails, texts, and phone calls relating to
your recent trip to India in February 2023, between yourself and Chris Hipkins.
2.
All emails and texts between yourself or your office and the Vice President Hon
Jagdeep Dhankar and her Indian Government counterparts, External Affairs Minister
S. Jaishankar and Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda that detailing meeting
arrangements and times and confirmation of meetings.
3.
All texts, emails and phone calls concerning the final confirmation of the date of your
travel to India.
This letter is to advise that I will need to extend the time limit for responding to you by 25
working days, to 19 May 2023. This is because the consultations necessary to make a
decision on your request are such that a proper response cannot reasonably be made within
the original time frames (section 15A(1)(b) of the OIA refers).
However, if this process is completed before 19 May 2023, the response will be sent to you
as soon as possible.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision
by contacting
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa
Hon Nanaia Mahuta
Minita Take Aorere / Minister of Foreign Affairs