Kia ora,

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Kia ora Ali Ahmed,

 

Thank you for your OIA request received on 29/10/25 for:

 

o Did Haskel enter New Zealand using a diplomatic passport?
o Please provide all communications between the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, and Haskel and/or the 'israeli' Ministry of Foreign Affairs
since 2025-08-01 regarding her visit to New Zealand.

 

This email confirms receipt of your request and advises that we will
respond to it as soon as reasonably practicable, and in terms of the
timeframes and requirements of the OIA.

 

Please note that our response letter to you (with your personal details
redacted), and any enclosed documents, may be published on the Ministry’s
website.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Executive Services Division
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatû Aorere

 

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Tēnā koe Ali Ahmed

We refer to your official information request of 29 October 2025 for information on the visit of Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel to New Zealand.

We have transferred part of your request to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Part of the information to which your request relates, namely— Did Haskel enter New Zealand using a diplomatic passport?, is not held by us but is believed to be held by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (section 14(b)(i) of the OIA refers) and is believed to be more closely connected with the functions of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (section 14(b)(ii) of the OIA refers). In these circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the Official Information Act to transfer your request.

You will hear further from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment concerning that part of your request.

Ngā mihi

Executive Services Division
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatū Aorere

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Kia ora Ali Ahmed, 

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your request of 29 October 2025 sent to the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade requesting under the Official Information Act
1982 (the Act), the following: 

 

“According to a quote from MFAT in the following article, the visit of
Gaza Holocaust propagandist Sharren Haskel as part of a tour of nations
whose governments had been subverted through bribery and blackmail to
support the 'israeli' cause, and to give instructions face to face to
sayanim like Yifat Goddard, was not 'official':

[1]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

 

1) Did Haskel enter New Zealand using a diplomatic passport?

2) Please provide all communications between the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, and Haskel and/or the 'israeli' Ministry of Foreign Affairs since
2025-08-01 regarding her visit to New Zealand”

 

 

The below part of your request (Question 1) has been transferred to the
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment from the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade on 6 November 2025 and is being processed in
accordance with the Official Information Act 1982. 

 

“ 1) Did Haskel enter New Zealand using a diplomatic passport?”

 

 

A response will be sent to you in due course. We will endeavour to respond
to your request as soon as possible, and no later than 4 December 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. If you have any enquiries regarding your
request feel free to contact us via email to [2][email address]. 

 

 
Nâku noa, nâ
Ministerial Services
Strategy and Assurance
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140

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