Andy P
Ref: ESOIA431
FYI
[FYI request #30379 email]
Tēnā koe Andy,
Thank you for your email of 11 March 2025, acknowledged on 17 March requesting the following
information:
- any and all communications, including but not limited to texts, emails, letters, and other
forms of correspondence, as well as messages exchanged via communication applications
such as WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Microsoft Teams, and Slack, between yourself, your
staff, the Prime Minister, and his staff, in relation to the incident reported on November 21,
2024, where you were accused of calling a Labour MP a "stupid b****"
I have considered your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
In response to your request, I have conducted a search for specific communications between any
of the individuals listed in your request. Please find attached text messages sent to me from my
Press Secretary which may be related to that incident as
Appendix A.
Thank you again for your email. You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to review this decision.
You can do this by writing to
[email address] or Office of the Ombudsman, PO
Box 10152, Wellington 6143.
Nāku noa, nā
Hon Erica Stanford
Minister of Education