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Kia ora Joseph P Stockman

Thank you for your OIA request received on 8 March 2025 for:

What advice, formal or informal, has been given to Ministry staff working in the the Minister of Foreign Affairs office, about appearing alongside the Minister during press stand ups?

This email confirms receipt of your request and advises that we will respond to it as soon as reasonably practicable, and in terms of the timeframes and requirements of the OIA.

Please note that our response letter to you (with your personal details redacted), and any enclosed documents, may be published on the Ministry’s website.

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Executive Services Division
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatū Aorere

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Tēnā koe Joseph P Stockman,

We refer to your official information request of 8 March 2025 for advice given to Ministry staff working in the Minister of Foreign Affairs' office.

We have transferred your request to The Minister of Foreign Affairs. The information to which your request relates is not held by us but is believed to be more closely connected with the functions of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (section 14(b)(ii) of the OIA refers)]. In these circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the Official Information Act to transfer your request.

You will hear further from the Minister of Foreign Affairs concerning your request.

Executive Services Division
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatū Aorere

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Dear Joseph P Stockman,

 

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request dated
8 March 2025, in which you requested the following:

 

              “ What advice, formal or informal, has been given to
Ministry staff working in the the Minister of Foreign Affairs office,
about appearing alongside the Minister during press stand ups?”

 

We received your request on 12 March 2025 when it was transferred to our
Office from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. We will endeavour
to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later
than 9 April 2025, 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.

 

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact our office. If any
additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request,
please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken into
account.

 

Kind Regards,

Private Secretary

 

Office of Rt Hon Winston Peters
Deputy Prime Minister

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