05 December 2025
Ref: DOIA-REQ-0022845-V Tempsky
V Tempsky
Email: [FYI request #32605 email]
Tēnā koe,
Thank you for your email of 20 October 2025 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
(MBIE) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the fol owing information:
Please provide copies of all documents and correspondence relating to the 2025 Defence Industry Strategy.
MBIE extended the due date to respond to your request to 5 December 2025 under section 15(A)(b) of
the Act, as consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such that a proper response to
the request could not reasonably be made within the original time limit.
Please find attached the documentation relevant to your request.
#
Date
Description
Withholding grounds
1
6 May
Email chain - RE: Space and Defence officials
9(2)(a) and some
2025
meeting with the Minister
information is out of scope
9(2)(a), 9(2)(g)(i ), 9(2)(k)
2
Emai chain - RE: Seemail Space and Defence
officials meeting with the Minister
and some information is
out of scope
6 May
2a
Attachment - Space Officials agenda Wednesday Some information is out of
2025
7 May 2025_Clean.docx
scope
Attachment - Going for Growth
2b
Withheld in full as out of
paper_23 April 2025 - Space adv tech.docx
scope
3
7 May
2025
Email - Readout | Space Officials - 7 May 2025
9(2)(a),9(2)(b)(i ), 9(2)(f)(iv),
9(2)(g)(i) and 9(2)(g)(i )
4
16 June
Email - FW: Defence proposal for Govt
9(2)(g)(i ) and some
0225
Procurement rules
information is out of scope
Email chain - FW: Reminder: Due 10am 11 July -
5
12 July
GFG Innovation, Technology and Science Pillar
9(2)(g)(i ) and some
2025
information is out of scope
Dashboard + Action Log
# Date
Description
Withholding grounds
9(2)(a), 9(2)(f)(iv), 9(2)(g)(i),
6
Email chain - FW: SEEMAIL: DRAFT Defence
9(2)(g)(i ), 9(2)(k) and some
12 July
Industry Strategy
information is out of scope
2025
6a
Attachment - DRAFT New Zealand Defence
Industry Strategy 7Jul.docx
Refused under 18(d)
9(2)(a), 9(2)(f)(iv), 9(2)(g)(i),
7
Email chain - RE: SEEMAIL: DRAFT Defence
Industry Strategy
9(2)(g)(i ), 9(2)(k) and
some
15 July
information is out of scope
2025
Refused under 18(d)
7a
Attachment - DRAFT New Zealand Defence
Industry Strategy 7Jul.docx
Refer document #5a
8
Email chain - SEEMAIL: DRAFT Defence Industry
9(2)(a), 9(2)(f)(iv), 9(2)(g)(i),
30 July
Strategy
9(2)(g)(i ), 9(2)(k)
2025
8a
Attachment - DRAFT NZ Defence Industry
Strategy 7Aug25.docx
Refused under 18(d)
9
Email - Unclassified: Defence Industry Strategy
29 August Launch
9(2)(a), 9(2)(g)(i), 9(2)(g)(i )
2025
9a
Attachment - FINAL NZ Defence Industry Strategy
22Aug25.docx
Refused under 18(d)
16
10 September Email chain - Unclassified: Defence Industry
9(2)(a), 9(2)(b)(i ), 9(2)(g)(i),
2025
Strategy Launch
9(2)(g)(i )
25
11 September Email chain - FW: Invitation to Defence Industry
2025
Strategy Launch - Fri 3 Oct 2025
9(2)(k)
Please note some information has been withheld under the fol owing sections of the Act:
• 9(2)(a), to protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons;
• 9(2)(b)(ii), to protect information where the making available of the information would be likely
unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the
subject of the information.
• 9(2)(f)(iv), to maintain the constitutional conventions for the time being which protect the
confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the Crown and officials;
• 9(2)(g)(i), to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression
of opinions by or between or to Ministers of the Crown or members of an organisation or officers
and employees of any public service agency or organisation in the course of their duty;
• 9(2)(g)(i ), to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the protection of such
Ministers, members of organisations, officers, and employees from improper pressure or
harassment; and
• 9(2)(k), to prevent the disclosure or use of official information for improper gain or improper
advantage.
Some information has been withheld as out of scope of the request.
I do not consider that the withholding of this information is outweighed by public interest considerations
in making the information available.
Documents 5a, 6a, 7a and 8a have been refused under 18(d) of the Act as the final 2025 Defence Industry
Strategy is publicly available and can be accessed v
ia www.defence.govt.nz/publications/new-zealand-
defence-industry-strategy-delivering-capability-faster. If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, or if you require any further assistance,
please contact
[email address].
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information
about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802
602.
Nāku noa, nā
Andrew Johnson
Manager, Space Policy and Sector Development
Labour, Science and Enterprise, MBIE