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New Zealand Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Manatū Aorere
195 Lambton Quay
8 May 2025
Private Bag 18−901
Wellington 6160
New Zealand
T +64 4 439 8000
F +64 4 472 9596
O Fernandez
OIA 30071
[FYI request #30544 email]
Tēnā koe O Fernandez
Thank you for your email of 27 March 2025 to the Prime Minister requesting information
under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). On 7 April 2025under section 14(b) of the
OIA, the following part of your request was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Trade (the Ministry) for response:
“the details of the procedure and criteria for selecting these individuals [for the
Community Delegation].
”
Delegates were selected to ensure the delegation represented the diversity of
New Zealand’s Indian community and alignment to the Mission’s objectives and focus
areas. The criteria included gender balance, regional representation, and the profile of
individual’s within the Indian-New Zealand community.
This criteria refers to the Community Delegation that accompanied the Prime Minister.
The details of the representatives of Ethnic Communities, who travelled as part of the
Community Delegation, are the same as above.
Please note that it is our policy to proactively release our responses to official
information requests where possible. Therefore, our response to your request (with your
personal information removed) may be published on the Ministry website:
www.mfat.govt.nz/en/about-us/contact-us/official-information-act-responses/
If you have any questions about this decision, you can contact us by email at:
[email address]. You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the
Ombudsman of this decision by contacting
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone
0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Sarah Corbett
for Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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