From:
Dion Chamberlain
To:
Gemma Palmer
Subject:
FW: Meeting Decisions on Passport Security Upgrade - Minister IA Senior Officials Meeting 24/3/25
Date:
13 August 2025 15:41:07

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Dion Chamberlain (he/him) |Director International and Product Strategy – Regulatory and Identity Services |
Kaiwhakahaere o Te Pae Tawhiti | Department of Internal Affairs| Te Tari Taiwhenua | Mob: 9(2)(a)

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From: Dion Chamberlain
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2025 6:29 PM
To: Briget Ridden <[email address]>; Wendy Oberdries
<[email address]>
Cc: Russell Burnard <[email address]>; Justin Rowlands
<[email address]>; Gemma Palmer <[email address]>
Subject: Meeting Decisions on Passport Security Upgrade - Minister IA Senior Officials Meeting
24/3/25

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Kia ora Briget, just looking to note the decisions made during the Passport Security Upgrade
meeting with Minister Van Velden on Monday 24 March 2025.

I noted that the Minister:
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acknowledged that we had met her previous request to shift the order of language, in
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accordance with current policy, so that English appears first (before te reo Māori) on the
cover and throughout the passport
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@Wendy Oberdries, if you could include this email in the project documentation marking this
significant decision point.

Ngā mihi
Dion
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Dion Chamberlain (he/him)
Kaiwhakahaere o Te Pae Tawhiti | Director International and Product Strategy
Te Pou Manawa | Partners and Products - Regulatory and Identity Services
Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs
Mob: 9(2)(a)
  | PO Box 10-526 Wellington New Zealand
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Website: www.realme.govt.nz   www.smartstart.services.govt.nz  www.dia.govt.nz



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From:
Gemma Palmer
To:
Gemma Palmer
Subject:
Fw: Passport security upgrade - Minister
Date:
13 August 2025 17:17:31
Gemma Palmer (she/her) | Senior Advisor, International and Product Strategy
Te Pou Manawa | Partners and Products | Mob: 9(2)(a)
From: Maria Robertson <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2024 11:12 AM
To: Lateshia McFarlane <[email address]>; Wendy Oberdries
<[email address]>; Dion Chamberlain <[email address]>; Gemma
Palmer <[email address]>
Cc: SDO Leadership Team <[email address]>
Subject: Passport security upgrade - Minister
Kia Ora
Good news – the Minister of Internal Affairs has given her support for the full passport redesign as
proposed.  This means we continue with the pathway to 25/26 as planned.
The only request from the Minister is that we revert to English ahead of Te Reo Māori where both
are used.  We have confirmed we will do that.
This is a significant milestone and one we should be really proud to have landed.  Well done tima.
I’m looking forward to our next hui where we can look ahead now with confidence about the
delivery of the new passport into peoples’ hands.
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Maria Robertson| Deputy Chief Executive
Kawai Ki Te Iwi | Service Delivery and Operations
Mobile: 9(2)(a)
45 Pipitea Street | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |  www.dia.govt.nz
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