EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
8 June 2023
Francis Cole
[FYI request #22723 email]
Ref: OIA OIA-2022/23-0890
Tēnā koe Francis Cole
Official Information Act request for details of the NZ delegation to London in May
2023
Thank you for your Official Information Act request received on 9 May 2023. You
requested:
“I would like to make the following freedom of information requests
1. list of the entire delegation accompanying the prime minister to london in
may 2023
2. list of the entire delegation accompanying the governor general to london
in may 2023
3. number of rooms booked at the trafalgar st james hotel for the
delegations.”
In a letter dated 15 May 2023, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
(DPMC) transferred under section 14(b)(ii) of the Act part one of your request to the
Prime Minister, Rt Hon Chris Hipkins for response. DPMC is responding to the
remainder of your request.
We have interpreted your request to be for the delegation accompanying the Governor
General to London in May 2023 including the Governor General’s staff but does not
include the five invited guests who attended the Coronation of King Charles III.
The following individuals accompanied the Governor General to London in May 2023:
His Excellency Dr Richard Davies, The Official Secretary, an Aide de Camp, and two
Diplomatic Protection Officers.
Regarding the second part of your request, five rooms were booked for the Governor
General and six rooms for the Prime Minister at the Trafalgar Street James Hotel in
London.
4745641
CABINET OFFICE, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, WELLINGTON 6011, NEW ZEALAND
Telephone: +64 (4) 830 5010. Email: [email address]
www.dpmc.govt.nz

This response will not be published on the Department of the Prime Minister and
Cabinet’s website.
Nāku noa, nā
Rachel Hayward
Secretary of Cabinet