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I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and in any event no later than 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

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Letter from Hon Nicola Willis, Minister of Finance, attached.

Kind regards

Private Secretary | Office of Hon Nicola Willis
Minister of Finance | Minister for Economic Growth | Minister for Social Investment
Private Bag 18 888 |Parliament Buildings |Wellington 6011   www.beehive.govt.nz

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Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’ portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list: date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

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Tēnā koe

 

Thank you for your OIA request of 22 July 2025 which was transferred from
Minister of Finance to the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations on
29 July 2025.

 

Specifically, you requested the following under the Official Information
Act 1982 (OIA):

o A complete schedule of every land, building, or equity interest that
originated with any New Zealand local authority (or its subsidiaries)
and is now held by Ngāpuhi Investment Fund Limited (Tupu Tonu).
o A list of all other Crown-owned entities or funds, besides Tupu Tonu,
whose mandate, or full or partial purpose, includes acquiring or
holding assets for the purpose of future Treaty of Waitangi
settlements. For each entity identified, please provide the same
schedule of acquired local authority assets as requested in question
1.
o A list of all persons who served simultaneously on the board of the
selling entity (the council or its subsidiary) AND the purchasing
entity (including Tupu Tonu and any entity from question 2 above).
Please include the individual's name and the timeframe they held these
roles.
o Copies of the final versions of any reports or briefing notes provided
to the Minister's office that establish the policy or rationale for
allowing Crown-owned settlement funds to acquire assets from local
authorities without a public tender or consultation process. This
request is for the key documents that explain the strategic
justification, not for operational emails or drafts.

 

A response to your request is currently being prepared. However, due to
the large quantity of official information captured by the request, a
response cannot be made within the original deadline of 20 working days
after the request being lodged. I am therefore writing to notify you of an
extension to the statutory timeframe to provide our response, under
section 15A(1)(a) of the Act. We will provide you with a response by 10
October.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about this process is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or phone 0800 802 602.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith

Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice

Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations | Minister for Media and
Communications

Email [2][email address] | [3]www.beehive.govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

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Tēnā koe

Please see attached correspondence from Hon Paul Goldsmith, Minister for
Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations.

Ngā mihi

 

Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith

Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice

Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations | Minister for Media and
Communications

Email [1][email address] | [2]www.beehive.govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

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confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by
replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.

 

From: Paul Goldsmith (MIN)
Sent: Thursday, 14 August 2025 11:41 AM
To: [FOI #31705 email]
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Asset Transfers from Local
Councils to Crown-Owned Funds

 

Tēnā koe

 

Thank you for your OIA request of 22 July 2025 which was transferred from
Minister of Finance to the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations on
29 July 2025.

 

Specifically, you requested the following under the Official Information
Act 1982 (OIA):

o A complete schedule of every land, building, or equity interest that
originated with any New Zealand local authority (or its subsidiaries)
and is now held by Ngāpuhi Investment Fund Limited (Tupu Tonu).
o A list of all other Crown-owned entities or funds, besides Tupu Tonu,
whose mandate, or full or partial purpose, includes acquiring or
holding assets for the purpose of future Treaty of Waitangi
settlements. For each entity identified, please provide the same
schedule of acquired local authority assets as requested in question
1.
o A list of all persons who served simultaneously on the board of the
selling entity (the council or its subsidiary) AND the purchasing
entity (including Tupu Tonu and any entity from question 2 above).
Please include the individual's name and the timeframe they held these
roles.
o Copies of the final versions of any reports or briefing notes provided
to the Minister's office that establish the policy or rationale for
allowing Crown-owned settlement funds to acquire assets from local
authorities without a public tender or consultation process. This
request is for the key documents that explain the strategic
justification, not for operational emails or drafts.

 

A response to your request is currently being prepared. However, due to
the large quantity of official information captured by the request, a
response cannot be made within the original deadline of 20 working days
after the request being lodged. I am therefore writing to notify you of an
extension to the statutory timeframe to provide our response, under
section 15A(1)(a) of the Act. We will provide you with a response by 10
October.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about this process is available at
[3]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or phone 0800 802 602.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith

Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice

Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations | Minister for Media and
Communications

Email [4][email address] | [5]www.beehive.govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is
confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by
replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.

 

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