13 March 2025
ESOIA 25-391
David Adamson
mailto:[FYI request #30011 email]
Dear David,
Thank you for your request of 11 February 2025 under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act). Your request, which was transferred to my office on 13 February 2025, was for the
following information:
“please provide any communications and consultations to or from other Ministers or
their offices on the changes to the investor visa category.”
The documents I have identified in scope of your request are detailed in the document table
below along with my decision on the release of this information:
Document Date
Description /Title
Decision
type
Email trail and 11 October
RE: Investor visa options
Released with some
attachment
2024 – 15
information withheld under
October 2024
Memo Active Investor Plus policy sections 9(2)(a), 9(2)(g)(i) of
settings – October 2024
the Act.
Email trail
11 October
RE: Investor visa options
Released with some
2024 – 15
information withheld under
October 2024
section 9(2)(a) of the Act.
Email and
22 October
NZTE letter to Ministers in follow Released with some
attachment
2024
up to AIP meeting about
information withheld under
acceptable investments
sections 9(2)(a), and 9(2)(g)(i)
NZTE letter to Ministers Stanford of the Act.
and Lee re acceptable
investments 21 Oct 24
Email chains 5 November
Consultation: Changes to
Released with some
2024 – 13
investor migrant policy settings to information withheld under
November
attract and facilitate investment to sections 9(2)(a), 9(2)(g)(i) of
2024
New Zealand
the Act, and out of scope.
At achment to 5 November
Investor Visa Draft Cabinet paper Withheld in full under section
the above
2024
Consultation 051124
9(2)(g)(i) of the Act.
email chain of
5 November
2024
Email and 6 November RE: Consultation: Changes to Released with some information
attachment
2024
investor migrant policy settings to withheld under section 9(2)(a)
attract and facilitate investment
and 9(2)(g)(i) of the Act.
to New Zealand
20241106 Appendix 2 AIP
settings table to Ministerial
consultation
Email trail
8 November
RE: NZTE website traffic post-
Released with some information
2024 – 18
election
withheld under section 9(2)(a) of
November
the Act.
2024
Email and
28 November
Email: Updated investor Cabinet Email released with some
attachment
2024
paper
information withheld under
section 9(2)(a) of the Act, and
Attachment: CLEAN – Updated
Final Cabinet paper 27 Nov 2024 out of scope.
– UPDATED
Attachment withheld in ful under
Link to the publicly available
section 9(2)(g)(i) of the Act.
Cabinet paper:
https://www.mbie.govt.nz/dmsdoc
ument/30482-changes-to-
investor-migrant-policy-settings-
to-attract-and-faciliate-
investment-to-new-zealand-
proactiverelease-pdf
Email and
28 November
Email: Updated investor visa
Email released with some
attachment
2024
paper
information withheld under
section 9(2)(a) of the Act, and
Attachment: CLEAN – Updated
Final Cabinet paper 27 Nov 2024 out of scope.
– UPDATED
Attachment withheld in ful under
section 9(2)(g)(i) of the Act.
Link to the publicly available
Cabinet paper:
https://www.mbie.govt.nz/dmsdocu
ment/30482-changes-to-investor-
migrant-policy-settings-to-attract-
and-faciliate-investment-to-new-
zealand-proactiverelease-pdf
Email and
17 December
RE: BRIEFING-REQ-0007443
Released with some information
attachment
2024
Active Investor Plus visa:
withheld under sections 9(2)(a)
Updates to immigration
and 18(d) of the Act.
instructions guiding the
determination of acceptable
investments
JC Signed 0007443 Active
Investor Plus Visa
Email and
17 December
RE: BRIEFING-REQ-0007443
Released with some information
attachment
2024
Active Investor Plus visa:
withheld under sections 9(2)(a)
Updates to immigration
and 18(d) of the Act.
instructions guiding the
determination of acceptable
investments
REQ-0007443 Active Investor
Plus visa – Updates to
immigration instructions guiding
the determination of acceptable
investments – ML signed

Copies of these papers are enclosed with this response. As detailed in the table above, some
information has been withheld under the following section of the Act:
• section 9(2)(a) – to protect the privacy of natural persons;
• section 9(2)(f)(iv) – to protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the
Crown and officials;
• section 9(2)(g)(i) – to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free
and frank expression of opinions by or between or to Ministers of the Crown or
members of an organisation or officers and employees of any public service agency
or organisation in the course of their duty.
• section 18(d) – that the information requested is or wil soon be publicly available.
I do not consider that the withholding of this information is outweighed by public interest
considerations in making the information 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. Information about how to make a complaint is
available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely,
Hon Erica Stanford
Minister of Immigration