Information regarding Latin American people and taxpayer dollars
Gus M made this Official Information request to Shane Jones
The request was refused by Shane Jones.
      From: Gus M
      
    
    Dear Shane Jones,
On 10 June 2010, you advised that you had used the your ministerial credit card to hire pornographic films at hotels while on ministerial business.
On 31 January 2025, you advised that you have had "the most exciting nocturnal activities with the Latin American people."
Given you have made this statement while on ministerial businesses, and is therefore a statement representing this government, under the Offical Information Act 1982, please release all information from this parliamentary term where you have been responsible for the use of taxpayer dollars that references or alludes to Latin American people.
This includes, not is not limited to, briefings, reports, financial statements, emails, text messages, meeting minutes, and video and audio recordings.
Yours faithfully,
Gus M
        From: Shane Jones (MIN)
        Shane Jones
      
    
    Kia ora
 
Thank you for contacting Hon Shane Jones, Minister for Oceans and
 Fisheries, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Resources,
 Associate Minister of Finance and Associate Minister for Energy.
 
Minister Jones considers all correspondence important and appreciates you
 taking the time to write.   
 
Please note that the Minister receives a large amount of correspondence,
 and it is not always possible to reply personally to all emails. 
 
The following guidelines apply: 
 
·        Invitations and requests to meet with the Minister will be
 processed as soon as possible and a staff member will be in contact with
 you in due course. 
·        Media queries will be responded to by a staff member. 
·        Requests for official information will be managed in accordance
 with provisions of the Official Information Act 1982, which may include
 transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency. 
·        If your email falls outside the Minister's portfolio
 responsibilities, expresses a personal view, or is copied to multiple
 Members of Parliament, then your opinion will be noted and your
 correspondence may be transferred to another office, or there may be no
 further response to you. 
·        If your correspondence is to the Minister as the Member of
 Parliament or New Zealand First MP, this may be referred to the New
 Zealand First Leader’s office. 
 
(If your invitation or meeting request is accepted - please note summary
 information about meetings related to the Minister’s portfolios will be
 proactively released (this does not include personal or constituency
 matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list: date, time
 (start and finish), brief description, location, who the meeting was with,
 and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the Minister on behalf of
 an organisation, the name of the organisation will be released. If you are
 a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet with the Minister in
 your personal capacity, your name may also be released. The location of
 the meeting will be released, unless it is a private residence. The
 proactive release will be consistent with the provisions in the Official
 Information Act, including privacy considerations. Under the Privacy Act
 1993 you have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we
 hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is
 wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it
 corrected, or are concerned about the release of your information in the
 meeting disclosure, please contact the sender. You can read more about the
 proactive release policy
 at[1]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...) 
 
Please note this is an automatically generated response.
 
Kind regards 
 
Office of Hon Shane Jones
Minister for Oceans and Fisheries | Minister for Regional Development |
 Minister for Resources
Associate Minister of Finance | Associate Minister for Energy
Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
Phone : 04 817 9999
 
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      From: Gus M
      
    
    Dear Shane Jones,
I have still not received an acknowledgment of this OIA request. I am just raising this in case it has been missed before the due date.
Yours faithfully,
Gus M
        From: Hon Shane Jones
      
    
    Dear Gus M,
On behalf of Hon Shane Jones, please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request of 31 January 2025.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Kind regards,
Office of Hon Shane Jones
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