14 May 2025 
   
A Barker 
   
c/o [FYI request #30947 email] 
 
    
Dear Sir/Madam  
   
Official Information Act Request (PFR Ref. 0907.2.1.5.25)   
   
Further to your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982 regarding the restraint of trade 
clauses in employment agreements, I can provide you with the following information.   
 
Plant & Food Research does not include restraint of trade or non-compete clauses in its employment agreements. 
Therefore, no enforcement activities or associated costs have been required. 
 
I trust that this reply serves to meet your request. You have the right to refer this reply to the Ombudsman 
([email address]).   
 
Please address any correspondence in this matter to [email address]    
    
Yours sincerely    
   
 
Emma Timewell  
Communications Manager   
 The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited 

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