3 September 2024
Ben Watkins
Sent by email:
[FYI request #27985 email]
Dear Ben
Official Information Act Request
We refer to your official information request dated 9 August 2024 for the following
information:
Dear Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited,
Please provide any and all information known or held by your department in any and all
formats, including, but not limited to, documents, draft documents, reports, memos, letters,
notes, electronic communications, transcripts, visual presentations, photography, and
video/audio recordings containing information pertaining to geo-engineering, weather
modification and Solar Radiation Management/Mitigation (SRM) with particular emphasis
on cloud seeding, marine cloud brightening/engineering/seeding and Stratospheric
Aerosol Injection (SAI).
Additionally, please provide any and all information known or held by your department in
any and all formats, including, but not limited to, documents, draft documents, reports,
memos, letters, notes, electronic communications, transcripts, visual presentations,
photography, and video/audio recordings containing information pertaining to barium,
nano aluminium-coated fibreglass (known as chaff), radioactive thorium, cadmium,
chromium, copper sulphate, nickel, strontium, graphene, desiccated blood, mould spores,
yellow fungal mycotoxins, ethylene dibromide and polymer fibres with relation to their
uses, or potential uses, in geo-engineering, weather modification, Solar Radiation
Management/Mitigation, cloud seeding and Stratospheric Aerosol Injection.
And Finally, please provide any and all information known or held by your department in
any and all formats, including, but not limited to, documents, draft documents, reports,
memos, letters, notes, electronic communications, transcripts, visual presentations,
photography, and video/audio recordings containing information pertaining to any
mention of smart particles, nano machines, nano aerosols, nano-particulates or nano-
sized aluminium particles with relationship, if any, to geo-engineering, weather
modification, Solar Radiation Management/Mitigation, cloud seeding and Stratospheric
Aerosol Injection.
AIRWAYS.CO.NZ
PO BOX 1413, CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT CHRISTCHURCH 8544, NEW ZEALAND
PHONE +64 3 358 1500
Yours faithfully,
Ben Watkins
In our view, it would have been necessary under section 14 of the OIA to transfer your
request to MetService and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
("NIWA") because the information you requested is more closely connected with their
functions. However, since you have already submitted your request to both agencies, we
have decided not to transfer it. Please note that we do not hold any additional relevant
information beyond what is held by MetService and NIWA.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this response.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Naoka Iwase
Legal Counsel/OIA Advisor