19 February 2024
James
[FYI request #25499 email]
Ref: OIA-2023/24-0445
Dear James
Official Information Act request relating to meetings and events attended by Dame
Jacinda Ardern in relation to Christchurch Call
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request received on 24 January
2024. You requested:
“Under the OIA please detail all meetings, conferences, PR events, workshops etc,
attended by Dame Jacinda Ardern in relation to the Christchurh call between Jan 2st
2023 and December 23rd 2023.”
Before responding to your request, it is important to note that the Rt Hon Dame Jacinda
Ardern was appointed to the role of Special Envoy to the Christchurch Call on 17 April 2023.
As such, we are only able to respond to your request for information for the period of 17 April
to 23 December 2023.
Information being released
The following table provides the list of engagements and meetings undertaken by the Special
Envoy between 17 April and 28 November 2023. In addition to the listed engagements
below, the Special Envoy also speaks regularly with the Christchurch Call Unit within DPMC.
These conversations are generally not pre-planned, and we have not therefore listed them
below.
Date
Meeting/Engagement
1 May 2023 EST
Pre-recorded video address: Canada Centre’s 2023
Conference on Countering Radicalization to Violence
12 May 2023 NZST
Meeting: DPMC and MFAT officials
16 May 2023 NZT
Pre-recorded video address: Christchurch Call Fourth
Anniversary
21 May 2023 CEST
Meeting: CyberPeace Institute
26 May 2023 NZT
Meeting: OpenMined
1 June 2023 NZT
Meeting: RightsCon pre-record
6 June 2023 SGT
Pre-recorded video address: Asia Tech X Singapore
8 June 2023 PST
Meeting: The Obama Foundation
8 June 2023 PST
Meeting: Schmidt Futures
8 June 2023 PST
Meeting: Hewlett Foundation, Carnegie Endowment,
Omidyar Network, Packard Foundation, Skoll Foundation
7 June 2023 CST
Pre-recorded video address: RightsCon
9 June 2023 PST
Meeting: Microsoft
9 June 2023 PST
Meeting: Stanford University
9 June 2023 PST
Meeting: Tech Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Denmark
22 June 2023 NZT
Meeting: DPMC and MFAT officials
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12 July 2023 PST
Pre-recorded video address: TrustCon
18 July 2023 NZT
Meeting: OpenAI
20 July 2023 NZT
Meeting: Prime Minister of New Zealand
21 July 2023 NZT
Meeting: Second Gentleman of the United States and
community leaders from New Zealand
21 July 2023 NZT
Interview: Axios
31 July 2023 NZT
Meeting: Rand Corporation
3 August 2023 NZT
Meeting: DPMC officials and Harvard’s Berkman Klein
Center
22 August 2023 EDT
Call: Clare O’Neil, Australian Minister for Home Affairs and
Cyber Security
8 September 2023 EDT
Panel: Berkman Klein Center @ 25 Reunion
20 September 2023 EDT
Meeting and panel: Microsoft
20 September 2023 EDT
Meeting: Atlantic Council
22 September 2023 EDT
Meeting: DPMC officials and Harvard’s Berkman Klein
Center
26 September 2023 EDT
Meeting: Belfer Center Board
9 October 2023 EDT
Event: Internet Governance Forum virtual panel
25 October 2023 EDT
Event: Stanford University Online Ethics, Technology, and
Public Policy for Practitioners virtual class
26 October 2023 EDT
Keynote address: Hewlett Foundation Cyber Initiative
Grantee and Partner Convening
31 October 2023 EDT
Meeting: Blue Owl Group
2 November 2023 EDT
Keynote address: International Association of Privacy
Professional’s Artificial Intelligence Governance Global
conference
2 November 2023 EDT
Meeting: DPMC officials and Harvard’s Berkman Klein
Center
7 November 2023 EDT
Call: Prime Minister-designate of New Zealand
9 November 2023 CET
Meeting: DPMC and MFAT officials
9 November 2023 CET
Meeting: OpenAI
9 November 2023 CET
Meeting: Hewlett Foundation / Sciences Po
9 November 2023 CET
Meeting: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
9 November 2023 CET
Event: Elysée Palace
10 November 2023 CET
Interview: BBC Radio
10 November 2023 CET
Panel session: Paris Peace Forum
10 November 2023 CET
Meeting: Open Society Foundation
10 November 2023 CET
Meeting: Christchurch Call Youth Engagement convening
10 November 2023 CET
Meeting: Reporters Without Borders
10 November 2023 CET
Meeting: President of France
10 November 2023 CET
Event: Christchurch Call Leaders’ Summit 2023
28 November 2023 EDT
Meeting: DPMC officials and Harvard’s Berkman Klein
Center
22 December 2023 NZT
Meeting: Prime Minister of New Zealand and DPMC and
MFAT officials
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You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under
section 28(3) of the Act.
This response will not be published on the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s
website.
Yours sincerely
Janine Smith
Deputy Chief Executive, Policy
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