2 October 2025
Michael Riconosciuto
[FYI request #32428 email]
Ref: PMO OIA 574-2025-26
Dear Michael Riconosciuto
Official Information Act request: Communications with NZME
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request, received on 30 September
2025. You requested:
“Under the OIA, I request any communications between your office and any
employee of NZME between 4:30pm and 5:03pm on 29 September 2025.”
There is one email dated 29 September 2025 from this office to NZME within scope of your
request. I have decided to release the email with some information withheld under section
9(2)(a) of the Act to protect the privacy of natural persons.
The letter dated 29 September 2025 from the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Christopher Luxon to
the Rt Hon Chris Hipkins, Leader of the Opposition is attached to the email. The letter is
released in full.
In making my decision, I have considered the public interest considerations in section 9(1) of
the Act. No public interest has been identified that would be sufficient to outweigh the
reasons for withholding that information.
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under
section 28(3) of the Act.
Yours sincerely
Cameron Burrows
Chief of Staff