Kia ora David,

Thank you for your email received 31st May 2025, in which you submitted an Official Information Act request as follows:

Provide any communications you have sent or received, including text messages, emails, other messaging services, or recollections of conversions and phone calls regarding Chris Bishop making inappropriate comments at the AMA awards. This includes any discussion around if it is appropriate for the Leader of the House and a senior Minister to be making these comments and if, when considering the Government’s stance of punishing of the Māori Party for performing a haka in the House, there is concern around optics and the Government appearing racist.

Your request is being considered in accordance with the Act, and you can expect a response by 1st July 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

-----Original Message-----
From: David Adamson <[FOI #31162 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 31 May 2025 11:33 AM
To: Christopher Luxon (MIN) <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Discussions, communications regarding Chris Bishop

Dear Christopher Luxon,

Please provide any communications you have sent or received, including text messages, emails, other messaging services, or recollections of conversions and phone calls regarding Chris Bishop making inappropriate comments at the AMA awards. This includes any discussion around if it is appropriate for the Leader of the House and a senior Minister to be making these comments and if, when considering the Government’s stance of punishing of the Māori Party for performing a haka in the House, there is concern around optics and the Government appearing racist.

Please identify if you’ve deemed any messages outside your role as Prime Minister and instead Leader of the National Party (and therefore not included in this OIA) so this can potentially be tested with the Ombudsman if necessary.

Yours faithfully,

David

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