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Kia ora,

Thank you for contacting Hon Paul Goldsmith, Minister of Justice, Minister
for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Minister for Media and Communications and
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations.

Hon Paul Goldsmith considers all correspondence important and appreciates
you taking the time to write. As the Minister receives a large amount of
correspondence, it is not always possible to personally reply to all
emails.

If your correspondence is diary related, requests will be processed
accordingly.

If your correspondence requires a response, you can expect a response in
due course.

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correspondence will be transferred to the appropriate Minister.

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If your request relates to media, it will be referred to Minister
Goldsmith’s Press Secretary.

If you have made a request for official information then this will be
managed in accordance with the provisions of the Official Information Act
1982, which may include transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency.
Over the holiday period in December and January
there is a three-week period that doesn’t count as ‘working days’. For
Official Information Act (OIA) requests, that period is 25 December to 15
January, inclusive. That means any OIA requests submitted on 27 November
or later may take a bit longer than you
expected.

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Ngâ mihi,

Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith
Minister of Justice| Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage | Minister
for Media and Communications | Minister for Treaty of Waitangi
Negotiations

Freepost: Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6011

Dear James,

On behalf of Hon Paul Goldsmith, I acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 4 August 2025, where you requested:

"Under the OIA please provide all emails, texts and communications between you/your office and the Ministry of Justice relating to advice you sought regarding if an investigation into the Electoral Commission was warranted."

We received your request on 4 August 2025. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 1 September 2025, being 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.

Kind regards,

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

Website: www.Beehive,govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

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Tēnā koe James

Please see attached the response from Hon Paul Goldsmith, Minister of
Justice, to your OIA request of 5 August 2025. We sincerely apologise for
the delay in responding to you.

Ngā mihi

 

Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith

Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice

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

Ministerial Email: [1][Paul Goldsmith request email] | Web:
[2]www.beehive.govt.nz

Freepost Parliament: Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
6160, New Zealand

 

Authorised by Hon Paul Goldsmith, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

 

 

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