Official visits
Francis Cole made this Official Information request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
This request has an unknown status. We're waiting for Francis Cole to read recent responses and update the status.
From: Francis Cole
Dear Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
I would like to make the following information requests
1. the list of the entire delegation accompayning prime minister Luxon to vietnam in febuary 2025
2. schedule of prime minister luxon in vietnam
3. the list of the entire delegation accompayning prime minister luxon to India in march 2025
4. schedule of prime minister luxon in india
Yours faithfully,
Francis Cole
From: ENQUIRIES
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
[UNCLASSIFIED]
Kia ora and thank you for your email.
For enquiries regarding:
• Advice for New Zealanders living and travelling overseas – visit Home |
[1]https://www.safetravel.govt.nz/
• Consular issues - or if you are a New Zealand citizen overseas needing
assistance, email: [email address].
• New Zealand Scholarships - email [email address]
• MFAT Vacancies - visit our website at:
[2]https://vacancies.mfat.govt.nz/.
• MFAT Graduate Programme - email: [email address].
• New Zealand visas, asylum and other immigrations matters - contact
Immigration New Zealand, by emailing
[email address] or visit the Immigration New
Zealand website at: [3]https://www.immigration.govt.nz/ revised
• Visas for other countries - contact the relevant foreign representative
to New Zealand. A full list is available at
[4]https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/embassies/.
• New Zealand passports - visit the Internal Affairs website at:
[5]www.passports.govt.nz.
• New Zealand citizenship - visit the Internal Affairs website at:
[6]www.dia.govt.nz/New-Zealand-citizenship.
• Authentication of documents and Apostilles - visit the Internal Affairs
website at: [7]www.dia.govt.nz/document-authentication.
• Bringing goods into New Zealand - visit the New Zealand Customs website
at: [8]www.customs.govt.nz.
• NZ suppliers or companies - visit the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
website at: [9]www.nzte.govt.nz.
• To attest fingerprints - visit
[10]https://www.police.govt.nz/faq/having-fi...
For all other enquiries, you will receive a response in due course.
Ngâ mihi
show quoted sections
From: ESD
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
[UNCLASSIFIED]
UNCLASSIFIED
Kia ora Francis Cole
Thank you for your OIA request received on 24 March 2025 for:
I would like to make the following information requests 1. the list of the
entire delegation accompayning prime minister Luxon to vietnam in febuary
2025 2. schedule of prime minister luxon in vietnam 3. the list of the
entire delegation accompayning prime minister luxon to India in march 2025
4. schedule of prime minister luxon in india
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.
Ngâ mihi
Executive Services Division
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatû Aorere
UNCLASSIFIED
show quoted sections
From: Francis Cole
Dear ESD,
Hello I Believe I am due a reply today to my freedom of information request ?
Yours sincerely,
Francis Cole
From: ESD
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
[UNCLASSIFIED]
UNCLASSIFIED
Tēnā koe Francis Cole,
We are writing in regards to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA)
request of 24 March 2024 which asks for:
1. the list of the entire delegation accompayning prime minister Luxon to
vietnam in febuary 2025
2. schedule of prime minister luxon in vietnam
3. the list of the entire delegation accompayning prime minister luxon to
India in march 2025
4. schedule of prime minister luxon in india
This email is to advise that we will need to extend the time limit for
responding to you by 25 working days, to 29 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 29 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
show quoted sections
From: Francis Cole
Dear ESD,
I am just writing to remind you I am due a reply to my FYI request by may 29th after your 25 day extension and 67 days in total is reasonable enough timescale to consider this request
Yours sincerely,
Francis Cole
From: ESD
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
[UNCLASSIFIED]
UNCLASSIFIED
Tçnâ koe Francis Cole,
We are writing in regards to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA)
request of 24 March 2024 which asks for:
1. the list of the entire delegation accompayning prime minister Luxon
to vietnam in febuary 2025
2. schedule of prime minister luxon in vietnam
3. the list of the entire delegation accompayning prime minister luxon
to India in march 2025
4. schedule of prime minister luxon in india
Unfortunately there has been a delay in the Ministry’s response to your
OIA request. We apologise for this and will provide our response to you as
soon as possible.
Ngâ mihi,
Executive Services Division
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatû Aorere
UNCLASSIFIED
show quoted sections
From: Francis Cole
Dear ESD,
You have had 50 working days to decide this after the extension. I believe you are only looking at in when promoted. This is not a detailed or complex request. do I need to make a complaint to the Office of the Ombudsman to get a response as you don’t even give a timescale now
Yours sincerely,
Francis Cole
From: Francis Cole
Dear ESD,
I have made a complaint to the ombudsman they should be in touch with you
Yours sincerely,
Francis Cole
From: ESD
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
[UNCLASSIFIED]
UNCLASSIFIED
Tēnā koe Francis Cole,
Please find attached the response to your OIA request.
Ngā mihi,
Executive Services Division
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatū Aorere
UNCLASSIFIED
show quoted sections
From: Francis Cole
Dear ESD,
You have not provided in full the information requested. in your response you only listed the delegation to vietnam not to india. As I requested a list of the entire delegations to vietnam and india you have also not listed the government officials that were part of these delegations and you did not give any reason why these were not included. I would like the response set out like my earlier request OIA 29539 https://fyi.org.nz/request/27686/respons...
Yours sincerely,
Francis Cole
From: TURNBULL, Tom (ESD)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
[UNCLASSIFIED]
UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Francis,
My apologies for the oversight of the scope of your OIA request, we had interpreted your request to be for the community and business delegations. We will need to quicky consult with our partner agencies as these were large delegations but will provide you with an updated response within the next week.
Kind regards,
Tom Turnbull (he/him/ia)
Senior Advisor
Executive Services Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatū Aorere
UNCLASSIFIED
show quoted sections
From: Francis Cole
Dear TURNBULL, Tom (ESD),
thankyou for the reply so just to clarify within the next week you mean the week that is just about to finish as you sent that reply on the 12th ?
Yours sincerely,
Francis Cole
From: ESD
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
[UNCLASSIFIED]
UNCLASSIFIED
Tena koe Francis Cole,
On behalf of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, please find attached the information you have requested.
Some information has been withheld under the following sections of the OIA:
• 6(a): to avoid prejudicing the security or defence of New Zealand or the international relations of the New Zealand Government;
• 6(c): to avoid prejudice to the maintenance of the law, including the prevention, investigation, and detection of offences, and the right to a fair trial;
• 9(2)(a): to protect individuals’ privacy; and,
• 9(2)(g)(ii): to protect officers and employees from improper pressure or harassment.
Where the information has been withheld under section 9 of the OIA, no public interest in releasing the information has been identified that would override the reasons for withholding it.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision by contacting http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/ or freephone 0800 802 602.
Nga mihi,
Executive Services Division
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatū Aorere
UNCLASSIFIED
show quoted sections
Things to do with this request
- Add an annotation (to help the requester or others)
- Download a zip file of all correspondence
Offensive? Unsuitable?
Requests for personal information and vexatious requests are not considered valid requests for Official Information (read more).
If you believe this request is not suitable, you can report it for attention by the site administrators
Report this request