Kia ora RC,

Thank you for your email received 6th August 2025, in which you submitted an Official Information Act request as follows:

In the United States the intelligence community from time to time classifies or prevents scientific research from being published on national security grounds, especially when such research is federally funded.

(See Publishing Scientific Papers with Potential Security Risks: Issues for Congress, Congressional Research Service or Security Controls on Scientific Information and the Conduct of Scientific Research A White Paper of the Commission on Scientific Communication and National Security) https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www....
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Please detail for me how many scientific projects or papers (if any) in New Zealand are entered into control by the classification system per year in the last 5 years.

Your request is being considered in accordance with the Act, and you can expect a response by 3rd September 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: RC <[FOI #31917 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 6 August 2025 4:36 PM
To: Christopher Luxon (MIN) <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Classification of scientific research for national security purposes

Dear Christopher Luxon,
Minister for National Security and Intelligence

In the United States the intelligence community from time to time classifies or prevents scientific research from being published on national security grounds, especially when such research is federally funded.

(See Publishing Scientific Papers with Potential Security Risks: Issues for Congress, Congressional Research Service or Security Controls on Scientific Information and the Conduct of Scientific Research A White Paper of the Commission on Scientific Communication and National Security) https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www....
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www....

Please detail for me how many scientific projects or papers (if any) in New Zealand are entered into control by the classification system per year in the last 5 years.

Yours faithfully,

RC

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