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Dear New Zealand Defence Force,

There is an OIA on your page about the CDF being awarded a US medal. He was also awarded an Australian medal.

I request:

1. Citations for these medals
2. Who approved him being awarded foreign medals?
3. Has the Governor General approved him to wear those medals with his uniform? If not, has a request been made? Can I please see the paperwork that was done for this?
4. What budget did the NZDF use for ceremonies presenting the medals?
5. Do soldiers have to accept medals awarded to them?
6. Has the CDF had the medals mounted?
7. How long from the time that the medals were first offered to the time they were accepted by the CDF?
8. How long from the time that the CDF asked the GG for approval to wear to the time approval was granted?

Yours faithfully,

Chris

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Dear Chris

 

I refer to your email of 23 May 2024 requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982 (OIA), information regarding medals.

 

Parts 3 and 8 of your request have been transferred to the Department of
Prime Minister and Cabinet, as these parts of your request are believed to
be more closely connected with the functions of the Department of Prime
Minister and Cabinet. In these circumstances, section 14 of the OIA
requires your request to be transferred.

 

You retain the right, under section 28(3) of the OIA, to ask an Ombudsman
to review the decision to transfer your request.

 

Regards

 

Corporate and Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief of Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force | Te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa

[1]www.nzdf.mil.nz

 

 

 

 

 

 

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