UNCLASSIFIED
New Zealand Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Manatū Aorere
195 Lambton Quay
5 August 2025
Private Bag 18−901
Wellington 6160
New Zealand
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Pseudonym South Island
OIA 30132
[FYI request #30981 email]
Tēnā koe Pseudonym South Island
Thank you for your email of 15 May 2025 in which you request the following under the
Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):
I request all records held by MFAT regarding the May 2013 visit of Muslim
Brotherhood delegates from Egypt, including but not limited to itineraries,
delegate lists, meeting minutes, and correspondence with other agencies or
organisations.
On 13 June 2025, the timeframes for responding to your request were extended by an
additional 20 working days as responding to your request necessitates review of a large
quantity of information, and meeting the original time limit would unreasonably interfere
with the operations of the Ministry (section 15A(1)(a) of the OIA refers).
On 14 July 2025 you were notified that we had decided to grant your request for
information, and that this information would be forthcoming. Thank you for your
patience.
Response to your request
Please see the following table for a list of documents in scope of your request:
# Title
Date
1. E
gypt – Nahda Brief for Call on MFA
27 May 2013
2. E
gypt – Nahda Programme Bios and Info - Final
26 May 2013
3. E
gypt Brief – Call on MFA by Nahda Project
27 May 2013
4. E
gypt Country Paper November 2013
1 November 2013
5. F
ORMAL MESSAGE: EGYPT MB NAHDA PROJECT, IT’S THE
1 May 2013
RELATIONSHIP
6.
FORMAL MESSAGE: EGYPT “NAHDA”/RENAISSANCE
13 March 2013
PROJECT VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND APRIL 2013
7. F
ORMAL MESSAGE: UPDATE ON NAHDA VISIT TO NEW
22 May 2013
ZEALAND
UNCLASSIFIED
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# Title
Date
8.
FORMAL MESSAGE: Visit to NZ by the Egyptian Muslim
18 June 2013
Brotherhood’s ‘Nahda” (Renaissance) Project Executive
Council, 27-31 May 2013
9.
FW: Visit to Cairo
27 April 2013
10.
MFA Brief for Washington May 2013
19 May 2013
11.
NZ EGYPT
November 2012
12. V
isit to New Zealand by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's
31 May 2013
Nahda Project Executive Council 27-31 May 2013
Some information is 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(b)(i): to protect the passing of information from another government on a
confidential basis;
•
9(2)(a): to protect individuals’ privacy and
•
9(2)(b)(ii): to avoid prejudice to the commercial position of another party.
One document, including its title, is withhold under section 9(2)(b)(ii) of the OIA to
protect the supply of confidential information by a third party.
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.
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