2024-04-07-Scott-OIA
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Te Tira Tiaki
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Te Pa Whakamarumaru
- Government Communications
- New Zealand Security
Security Bureau
Intelligence Service
14 June 2024
Scott
fyi-request 26349 [email address]
Tena koe Scott
Official Information Act request
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 7 April 2024 to the New Zealand
Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS). As the document you requested relates to both the NZSIS
and the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), and our agencies share some joint
functions relevant to your request, we have prepared a joint response. Your request asked for the
following:
" ... I would like to request a copy of the 2017 NZSIS briefing to the incoming minster/Prime
Minister (which I understand was a joint briefing with the GCSB).
In terms of Section 7
6(2) of the OIA my preference is to receive a copy of this document,
rather than an excerpt or summary ... "
We note you were advised on 6 May 2024 that the time limit for responding to your request was
extended to 18 June 2024, to allow the consultations necessary to make a decision on your
request to conclude, and due to the volume of information searched in responding to your
request. In considering this, it may be helpful to note that our systems have changed since this
document was prepared, and that it was drafted by multiple agencies.
Response
Please find a copy of Briefing Note
Advice for Incoming Prime Minister on the New Zealand
Intelligence Community, dated 9 December 2011, enclosed. As you may be aware, the core
New Zealand Intelligence Community (NZIC) is comprised of the GCSB, NZSIS, and National
Assessments Bureau within the National Security Group at the Department of the Prime Minister
and Cabinet (DPMC). Some further information about the NZIC can be found online at:
https://www.nzic.govt.nz.
The NZIC prepared this briefing for Rt Hon John Key, who in addition to retaining responsibility
for all national security aspects of the Prime Minister portfolio following the 2011 General
Election, also continued to hold Ministerial responsibility for the GCSB and NZSIS. This combined
briefing accordingly incorporated material from the GCSB, NZSIS, and the DPMC unit then known
as the Intelligence Co ordination Group.
