Research Vessel Laura Bassi in Auckland and Napier waters during Cyclone Gabrielle
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From: Melanie Lorraine Petrowski
Dear Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,
I've been meaning to send this OIA for some time. But because I am still seeing much debris, well after 3 months since Cyclone Gabrielle hit us, especially in Pakowhai, Hastings, Hawke's Bay from the Cyclone, and nothing is being done about it, I am sending this OIA request now.
It had recently come to my attention that the above, research vessel Laura Bassi, was seen North East of Auckland and in Napier during Cyclone Gabrielle. This ship has a Doppler Radar, which if you were not aware, provides information about the location and intensity of precipitation associated with a storm, and the capability to discern air motions within a storm. Doppler radar systems can provide information regarding the movement of storms as well as their position. When the Doppler Radar transmits pulses of radio waves, the system keeps track of the storm phases (shape, position, and form).
The vessel is owned by Italy Biomedical Sciences and currently registered in Italy.
The ship (previously named ERNEST SHACKLETON and POLAR QUEEN) was also here before and during the Christchurch Earthquake.
My question is why was this ship in our waters? Researching and observing Cyclone Gabrielle? Was it also researching and observing frequencies (High-frequency Active Auroral Research) from the Christchurch earthquake? If so, what else has this vessel researched in New Zealand? Do you have any contractual agreement with the vessel owner and/or the Italian government or any other government, NGO or unelected global agency (ie CIA, WEF, UN, Council on Foreign Relations or Bilderberg Group) to surveil our "natural disasters"?
It seems the crew of Laura Bassi knew the major Christchurch earthquake and Cyclone Gabrielle were going to take place. Why was the vessel positioned in the exact location these disasters happened? Were they researching and observing information and data from these atrocities? If so, why and for whom? It should be noted the news of Cyclone Gabrielle was given to New Zealanders before it even formed.
Were these disasters planned? Evidence suggests that they both were. And if that is the case, and our governments, particularly prime ministers and cabinets, knew about them, we have a treasonous and genocidal/democidal government now, and we had a treasonous and genocidal/democidal government back in 2011, and all who know/knew that these disasters were planned and going to take place, needs to be tried for their role in crimes against humanity.
If you cannot answer this OIA request, please pass it onto the Ministry of Defence and/or Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (formally the Ministry of Research, Science, and Technology and Ministry of Science and Innovation).
Yours faithfully,
Melanie Petrowski
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Tēnā koe Melanie Petrowski
I refer to your Official Information Act request 1982 (OIA) of 23 May
2023, which was transferred from the Department of the Prime Minister and
Cabinet to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 25 May 2023 for:
why was this ship in our waters? Researching and observing Cyclone
Gabrielle?
Was it also researching and observing frequencies (High-frequency Active
Auroral Research) from the Christchurch earthquake?
If so, what else has this vessel researched in New Zealand?
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is being extended by 30 working days, 7 August 2023. This is because
consultations necessary to make a decision on your request are such that a
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Nāku noa
Julián (he/him)
Adviser
Executive Services Division
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatū Aorere
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