24 October 2024 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OIA099    
Anna Wilson 
By email: [FYI request #28543 email] 
 
 
 
Dear Anna Wilson, 
 
Official Information Act request 
 
Thank you for your email of 26 September 2024 in which you requested the following under the 
Of icial Information Act 1982 (the Act): 
 
Are you intending to release your Ministerial diary for the periods where you are overseas?  
 
Currently your Ministerial diary only states "Overseas Travel" and the destination country. 
Wil  you be publishing your overseas itineraries proactively as previous Trade Ministers 
have done?  
 
If not, can I please request the itineraries for all overseas travel undertaken since your 
appointment as Trade Minister?  
 
Information on Ministerial travel is available via Cabinet papers, which are proactively published 
by the responsible agency.  
 
For information on my travel as Minister for Trade, I refer you to the Ministry for Foreign Af airs’ 
website for my Proposed Overseas Travel and the Report on Overseas Travel Cabinet papers. 
 
The following links refer to my Proposed Overseas Travel: 
•  https:/ www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/proposed-overseas-travel-hon-todd-
mcclay-india-and-singapore-cab-23-min-0489/  (18  –  21 December 2023 India and 
Singapore) 
•  https:/ www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/proposed-overseas-travel-hon-todd-
mcclay-geneva-dubai-cab-24-min-0009 (23 – 28 January 2024 Switzerland and United 
Arab Emirates (UAE)) 
•  https:/ www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/proposed-overseas-travel-hon-todd-
mcclay-february-2024-cab-24-min-0036 (23 February – 3 March 2024 UAE) 
•  https:/ www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/proposed-overseas-travel-hon-todd-
mcclay-april-2024 (13 – 19 April 2024 China) 
 

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•  https:/ www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/proposed-overseas-travel-hon-todd-
mcclay-april-may-2024 (29 April – 8 May 2024 the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, France, and 
UAE) 
•  https:/ www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/proposed-overseas-travel-hon-todd-
mcclay-and-hon-simon-watts-june-2024-cab-24-min-0187 (4 – 7 June 2024 Singapore) 
•  https:/ www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/proposed-overseas-travel-hon-todd-
mcclay-july-2024-cab-24-min-0253 (14 (14 – 26 July 2024 Italy and UAE) 
•  https:/ www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/proposed-overseas-travel-hon-todd-
mcclay-september-2024-cab-24-min-0323 (7 – 11 September 2024 the Kingdom of Saudi 
Arabia and UAE) 
 
The following links refer to my Report on Overseas Travel: 
•  https:/ www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/report-on-overseas-travel-hon-todd-
mcclay-december-2023-cab-24-min-0014  (18  –  21 December 2023 Delhi, India,  and 
Singapore) 
•  https:/ www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/report-on-overseas-travel-hon-todd-
mcclay-january-2024-cab-24-min-0035  (23 – 28 January 2024 Switzerland and UAE) 
•  https:/ www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/report-on-overseas-travel-hon-todd-
mcclay-uae-cab-24-min-0106  (23 February – 3 March 2024 UAE) 
•  https:/ www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/report-on-overseas-travel-hon-todd-
mcclay-april-2024-cab-24-min-0164  (13 – 19 April 2024 China) 
•  https:/ www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/report-on-overseas-travel-hon-todd-
mcclay-aprilmay-2024-cab-24-min-0194  (29 April – 8 May 2024 Saudi Arabia, France, and 
UAE) 
•  https://www.mfat.govt.nz/assets/OIA/OIA-2024/PR-0232-Report-on-Overseas-Travel-
Hon-Todd-McClay-and-Hon-Simon-Watts-June-2024.pdf (4 – 7 June 2024 Singapore) 
•  https:/ www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/report-on-overseas-travel-hon-todd-
mcclay-july-2024-cab-24-min-0297 (14 – 26 July 2024 Italy and UAE) 
 
Accordingly, your request is refused under section 18(d) of the Act, as the information requested 
is publicly available.  
 
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision, in 
accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. The relevant details can be found 
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602. 
 
Warm regards, 
 
Hon Todd McClay  
Minster for Trade 
 

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