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Dear Andrew

 

Thank you for your email in which you submitted an Official Information
Act request as follows:

 

Radio New Zealand, in an article on the Cook Strait ferries quoted you as
follows

"The government is broke too, I'm afraid to say, and every time we spend a
dollar on a ferry we can't spend it on a classroom or a hospital."

What expert or technical advice or briefings have you received that
supports this statement.

Did that advice include informing you that New Zealand is a sovereign
currency issuing country?

 

We received your request on Tuesday 24 September 2024. We will endeavour
to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later
than Tuesday 22 October 2024, being 20 working days after the day your
request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then,
we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

 

Kind regards, Annette

 

Annette Gratkowski | Private Secretary Executive
Support

 

 

Office of Hon David Seymour

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Dear Andrew

 

We refer to your request of 24 September 2024.

 

Mr Seymour made the statement in his capacity as the leader of the ACT
Party, not as a Minister. Therefore, the Official Information Act does not
apply.

 

Kind regards,  

 

 

Office of Hon David Seymour

Deputy Prime Minister (from 31 May 2025)
[1]A pink and white
emblem with two Minister for Regulation
women holding flags Associate Minister of Education
Description
automatically Associate Minister of Justice
generated
Associate Minister of Finance

Associate Minister of Health

 

DDI 04 817 6333 | 7.6 Executive Wing, Parliament
Buildings

 

DSOIA264

 

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