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Kia ora Dan Moskovitz

Thank you for your OIA request received on 11 March 2025 for:

Submission - US development funding freeze - initial impacts Aide Memoire - Executive Council: Russia Sanctions tranche 30 and extension of regulations US Tariff Announcements Scott Base Redevelopment – 6-monthly update New Zealand assistance to Ukraine in 2025

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.

Ngā mihi

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

UNCLASSIFIED
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Moskovitz <[FOI #30373 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 9:05 AM
To: ENQUIRIES <[MFAT request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Briefings and advice

Dear Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,

Under the OIA, I hereby request the following briefings and advice provided to your ministers:

Submission - US development funding freeze - initial impacts Aide Memoire - Executive Council: Russia Sanctions tranche 30 and extension of regulations US Tariff Announcements Scott Base Redevelopment – 6-monthly update New Zealand assistance to Ukraine in 2025

Thank you very much for the work which goes into collating these responses - I do understand that OIAs take people away from their jobs, so please know the work put in is appreciated. If I can be of any further assistance, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Yours faithfully,

Dan Moskovitz

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
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[UNCLASSIFIED]

UNCLASSIFIED

Tēnā koe Dan

 

We are writing in regards to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA)
request of 11 March 2025 which asks for:

“The following briefings and advice provided to your ministers:

1.            US development funding freeze - initial impacts

2.            Aide Memoire - Executive Council: Russia Sanctions tranche
30 and extension of regulations

3.            US Tariff Announcements

4.            Scott Base Redevelopment – 6-monthly update

5.            New Zealand assistance to Ukraine in 2025”

 

This email is to advise that we will need to extend the time limit for
responding to you by 20 working days, to 9 May 2025. This is because
consultations necessary to make a decision on your request are such that a
proper response cannot reasonably be made within the original time frame
(section 15A(1)(b) of the OIA refers)

 

However, if this process is completed before 9 May 2025 the response will
be sent to you as soon as possible.

 

If you have any questions, you can contact us by email at:
[1]DM‑[email address]. You have the right to seek an investigation and
review by the Ombudsman of this decision by contacting
[2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Ngā mihi

 

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

 

 

UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED

-----Original Message-----

From: Dan Moskovitz <[3][FOI #30373 email]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 9:05 AM

To: ENQUIRIES <[4][MFAT request email]>

Subject: Official Information request - Briefings and advice

 

Dear Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,

 

Under the OIA, I hereby request the following briefings and advice
provided to your ministers:

 

Submission - US development funding freeze - initial impacts Aide Memoire
- Executive Council: Russia Sanctions tranche 30 and extension of
regulations US Tariff Announcements Scott Base Redevelopment – 6-monthly
update New Zealand assistance to Ukraine in 2025

 

Thank you very much for the work which goes into collating these responses
- I do understand that OIAs take people away from their jobs, so please
know the work put in is appreciated. If I can be of any further
assistance, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Dan Moskovitz

 

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[5][FOI #30373 email]

 

Is [6][MFAT request email] the wrong address for Official Information
requests to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade? If so, please contact
us using this form:

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Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[8]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

 

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

 

 

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message in error, please email or telephone the sender immediately."

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[UNCLASSIFIED]

UNCLASSIFIED

Tēnā koe

 

Please find attached response to your Official Information Act 1982
request.

 

Ngā mihi

 

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

 

 

UNCLASSIFIED

From: ESD <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, April 7, 2025 2:16 PM
To: [FOI #30373 email]
Subject: Extension: OIA 30013 Dan Moskovitz [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

 

[UNCLASSIFIED]

UNCLASSIFIED

 

Tēnā koe Dan

 

We are writing in regards to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA)
request of 11 March 2025 which asks for:

“The following briefings and advice provided to your ministers:

1.            US development funding freeze - initial impacts

2.            Aide Memoire - Executive Council: Russia Sanctions tranche
30 and extension of regulations

3.            US Tariff Announcements

4.            Scott Base Redevelopment – 6-monthly update

5.            New Zealand assistance to Ukraine in 2025”

 

This email is to advise that we will need to extend the time limit for
responding to you by 20 working days, to 9 May 2025. This is because
consultations necessary to make a decision on your request are such that a
proper response cannot reasonably be made within the original time frame
(section 15A(1)(b) of the OIA refers)

 

However, if this process is completed before 9 May 2025 the response will
be sent to you as soon as possible.

 

If you have any questions, you can contact us by email at:
[1]DM‑[email address]. You have the right to seek an investigation and
review by the Ombudsman of this decision by contacting
[2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

Ngā mihi

 

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

 

 

UNCLASSIFIED

 

UNCLASSIFIED

-----Original Message-----

From: Dan Moskovitz <[3][FOI #30373 email]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 9:05 AM

To: ENQUIRIES <[4][MFAT request email]>

Subject: Official Information request - Briefings and advice

 

Dear Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,

 

Under the OIA, I hereby request the following briefings and advice
provided to your ministers:

 

Submission - US development funding freeze - initial impacts Aide Memoire
- Executive Council: Russia Sanctions tranche 30 and extension of
regulations US Tariff Announcements Scott Base Redevelopment – 6-monthly
update New Zealand assistance to Ukraine in 2025

 

Thank you very much for the work which goes into collating these responses
- I do understand that OIAs take people away from their jobs, so please
know the work put in is appreciated. If I can be of any further
assistance, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Dan Moskovitz

 

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[5][FOI #30373 email]

 

Is [6][MFAT request email] the wrong address for Official Information
requests to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade? If so, please contact
us using this form:

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Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[8]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

 

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

 

 

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