Kia ora Andrew,

Thank you for your email received 25th April 2025, in which you submitted an Official Information Act request as follows:

On 5 April this year I sent you an email about Israel ignoring all international humanitarian laws and sovereignty agreements and United Nations general assembly and security council resolutions regarding Israel's genocidal ethnic cleansing actions in Gaza and its lengthy and illegal occupation of Palestinian territory.

This email was acknowledged on 8 April. This acknowledgement included the following sentence "Your comments have been noted and forwarded onto the Prime Minister for his consideration."

Please provide the following information arising from that sentence:

- were my comments noted by being summarised in a correspondence log or similar? if so, please provide the actual wording used;

- what was forwarded to the Prime Minster - my actual email or a summary of it? if a summary please provide a copy of this;

- on what date was this forwarded to Prime Minster;

- on what date did the Prime Minister read the forwarded email or summary/note;

- what instructions or comment, if any, did the Prime Minister make in relation to this forwarded email or summary/note.

Your request is being considered in accordance with the Act, and you can expect a response by 23rd May 2025 (date determined by the OIA calculator).

Ngā mihi nui

Sonya Ford
Correspondence Lead Advisor | Office of Rt Hon Christopher Luxon
Prime Minister
Minister for National Security and Intelligence
Minister Responsible for Ministerial Services

 
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

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