Christchurch Call costs
Mr T. Baker made this Official Information request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The request was partially successful.
      From: Mr T. Baker
      
    
    Dear Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
Please provide the following information relating to the Christchurch Call:
1. Itinerary (dates, location, duration, who was traveling etc) of all travel associated with the Christchurch Call for all personnel associated with Christchurch Call including Special Envoy. For each itinerary please identify the role of the individuals involved.
2. Costs associated with each separate itinerary including breakdown of flights, accommodation, food and other related items.
3. If there is any future travel planned, breakdown of the estimated cost (budget) for those itineraries.
Above information is requested for the period since Christchurch Call was initiated until now, including any future travel planned.
Yours faithfully,
Mr T. Baker
        From: ENQUIRIES
        Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
      
    
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        From: ENQUIRIES
        Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
      
    
    [UNCLASSIFIED]
Kia ora T Baker
Thank you for your OIA request received on 27 May 2024 for:
Please provide the following information relating to the Christchurch Call:
1. Itinerary (dates, location, duration, who was traveling etc) of all travel associated with the Christchurch Call for all personnel associated with Christchurch Call including Special Envoy. For each itinerary please identify the role of the individuals involved.
2. Costs associated with each separate itinerary including breakdown of flights, accommodation, food and other related items.
3. If there is any future travel planned, breakdown of the estimated cost (budget) for those itineraries.
Above information is requested for the period since Christchurch Call was initiated until now, including any future travel planned.
This email confirms receipt of your request and advises that we will respond to it as soon as reasonably practicable, and in terms of the timeframes and requirements of the OIA.
Please note that our response letter to you (with your personal details redacted), and any enclosed documents, may be published on the Ministry’s website.
Ngâ mihi
Executive Services Division
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatû Aorere
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        From: ESD
        Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
      
    
    [UNCLASSIFIED]
Tçnâ koe Mr T Baker
 
I am writing concerning your Official Information Act request below, to
 advise that responding to your request as currently framed would require
 review of a significant amount of information. As such, it is likely that
 your request will be refused under section 18(f) of the OIA, as it would
 require substantial collation and research.
 
Accordingly, I am seeking your agreement to refine your request to be for:
        “Please provide the following information relating to the
 Christchurch Call:
1.       Dates, location, purpose of travel of all most significant travel
 associated with the Christchurch Call for all personnel associated with
 Christchurch Call including Special Envoy.
2.       Total costs for each financial year associated with travel.
3.       If there is any future travel planned, breakdown of the estimated
 cost (budget) for those itineraries.”
 
Please confirm if you are happy to proceed with the refined request above,
 by Friday 7 June 2024. If we do not hear from you, we will proceed with
 your original request.
 
Please note, any clarification or amendment of a request is considered to
 be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory
 timeframe for response (section 15(1AA) of the OIA refers).  
 
Ngâ mihi
 
Executive Services Division
 New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatû Aorere
 
 
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      From: Mr T. Baker
      
    
    Dear ESD,
I reluctantly accept the refined request. Further information my be requested subject to information received.
Yours sincerely,
Mr T. Baker
        From: ESD
        Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
      
    
    [UNCLASSIFIED]
Tēnā koe Mr T Baker
 
We refer to your official information request of 27 May 2024 for:
“Please provide the following information relating to the Christchurch
 Call:
1.       Itinerary (dates, location, duration, who was traveling etc) of
 all travel associated with the Christchurch Call for all personnel
 associated with Christchurch Call including Special Envoy. For each
 itinerary please identify the role of the individuals involved.
2.       Costs associated with each separate itinerary including breakdown
 of flights, accommodation, food and other related items.
3.       If there is any future travel planned, breakdown of the estimated
 cost (budget) for those itineraries.
 
Above information is requested for the period since Christchurch Call was
 initiated until now, including any future travel planned.”
 
On 5 June 2024 you agreed to refine your request to be for (please note
 correction of one small typo in question 1):
“Please provide the following information relating to the Christchurch
 Call:
 1. Dates, location, and purpose of the most significant travel associated
 with the Christchurch Call for all personnel associated with
 Christchurch Call including Special Envoy.
  2. Total costs for each financial year associated with travel.
  3. If there is any future travel planned, breakdown of the estimated cost
 (budget) for those itineraries.”
 
Thank you again for taking the time to consider the scope of your request
 and agree to this refinement.
 
We have transferred your request in part to the Department of the
 Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). Part of the information to which your
 request relates to travel paid for by DPMC is believed to be more closely
 connected with the functions of DPMC (section 14(b)(ii) of the OIA
 refers). In these circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the
 Official Information Act to transfer your request.
 
You will hear further from DPMC concerning that part of your request.
 
Ngā mihi
 
Executive Services Division
 New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatū Aorere
 
 
 
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        From: Information [DPMC]
      
    
    [UNCLASSIFIED]
Kia ora,
 
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA)
 partially transferred from MFAT on 6 June 2024. You requested:
 
“Please provide the following information relating to the Christchurch
 Call:
 1. Dates, location, and purpose of the most significant travel associated
 with the Christchurch Call for all personnel associated with
 Christchurch Call including Special Envoy.
  2. Total costs for each financial year associated with travel.
  3. If there is any future travel planned, breakdown of the estimated cost
 (budget) for those itineraries.”
 
Your request will be managed by the Ministerial Services Team within DPMC.
 If you have any queries, please feel free to contact us at
 [1][email address].
 
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 response your personal information, including your name and contact
 details, will be removed.
 
Ngâ mihi,
 
Ministerial Coordinator
 Ministerial Services
 Strategy, Governance and Engagement
 Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Kia ora Mr T Baker
 
Please find attached response to your OIA request of 27 May 2024.
 
Ngā mihi
 
Executive Services Division
 New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatū Aorere
 
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Kia ora,
 
Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.
 
Ngā mihi,
 
Ministerial Coordinator
 Ministerial Services
 Strategy, Governance and Engagement
 Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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