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OIA25-CB264

 

Kia ora,

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act
request dated the 7^th of November 2025.  You have requested the following
information:

 

" I would like to request all the communication between
LiveNation/TicketMaster/EVANZ/Eden Park and affiliates to/from Chris
Bishop that can be released for the last 12 months.

 

I would also like to request a list of any and all
freebies/gifts/privilege's given to Chris Bishop (and collective(eg.
friends, nationalparty,etc)) from aforementioned businesses. "

 

We received your request on 07/11/2025.  We will endeavour to respond to
your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than
05/12/2025, 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 Chris Bishop

Minister of Housing | Minister for Infrastructure | Minister Responsible
for RMA Reform | Minister of Transport |

Associate Minister of Finance | Associate Minister for Sport & Recreation
| Leader of the House | MP for Hutt South
Office: 04 817 6802 | EW 6.3

Email: [1][Chris Bishop request email]   Website: [2]www.Beehive,govt.nz

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

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Miran M [3][FOI #32780 email]
Sent: Friday, 7 November 2025 4:33 PM
To: Christopher Bishop (MIN) [4][email address]
Subject: OIA25-CB264 Official Information request - LN, TM Communication

 

Dear Chris Bishop,

 

I would like to request all the communication between
LiveNation/TicketMaster/EVANZ/Eden Park and affiliates to/from Chris
Bishop that can be released for the last 12 months.

 

I would also like to request a list of any and all
freebies/gifts/privilege's given to Chris Bishop (and collective(eg.
friends, nationalparty,etc)) from aforementioned businesses.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

M

 

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Dear Miran

 

Attached is a letter from Hon Chris Bishop advising of an extension to
your Official Information request:

 

I would like to request all the communication between
LiveNation/TicketMaster/EVANZ/Eden Park and affiliates to/from Chris
Bishop that can be released for the last 12 months.

 

I would also like to request a list of any and all
freebies/gifts/privilege's given to Chris Bishop (and collective(eg.
friends, national party,etc)) from aforementioned businesses.

 

Regards

Joanna

 

 

Joanna Carr

Private Secretary Sport and Recreation | Office of Hon Chris Bishop

Minister of Housing | Infrastructure | RMA Reform | Transport | Associate
Finance |

Associate Sports & Recreation | Leader of the House | MP for Hutt South
 

Email: [1][email address] | Website:
[2]www.Beehive,govt.nz

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

 

 

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Kia ora Miran

 

I am reaching out to you from the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. We
are carrying out third party consultation on behalf of the Minister’s
Office regarding your below OIA request. One of the third parties we are
consulting with has asked to know your identity, so we are now checking to
see if you would be comfortable disclosing your name to them and/or the
reasoning behind your OIA request.

 

Providing this kind of information can be helpful for third parties when
forming their views on the release of the information at hand. However,
you are not obliged to share this information with them.

 

Please let us know if you have any questions about this. Could we please
have your response by COB Wednesday 17 December?

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Pablo

 

Te Pae Ratonga Pâremata | Parliamentary and Ministerial Engagement
Manatû Taonga | Ministry for Culture & Heritage

Public Trust Building, 131 Lambton Quay, Wellington
PO Box 5364, Wellington 6140

Ki te puâwai te ahurea, Ka ora te iwi
Culture is thriving, The people are well

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-----Original Message-----
From: Miran M [1][FOI #32780 email]
Sent: Friday, 7 November 2025 4:33 PM
To: Christopher Bishop (MIN) [2][email address]
Subject: OIA25-CB264 Official Information request - LN, TM Communication

 

Dear Chris Bishop,

 

I would like to request all the communication between
LiveNation/TicketMaster/EVANZ/Eden Park and affiliates to/from Chris
Bishop that can be released for the last 12 months.

 

I would also like to request a list of any and all
freebies/gifts/privilege's given to Chris Bishop (and collective(eg.
friends, nationalparty,etc)) from aforementioned businesses.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

M

 

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Kia ora Miran

Thank you for your prompt response. We will advise the third party of the reasoning behind your request, noting you have not consented to the sharing of your name or contact details.

Ngā mihi

Pablo

Te Pae Ratonga Pāremata | Parliamentary and Ministerial Engagement
Manatū Taonga | Ministry for Culture & Heritage
Public Trust Building, 131 Lambton Quay, Wellington
PO Box 5364, Wellington 6140

Ki te puāwai te ahurea, Ka ora te iwi
Culture is thriving, The people are well

-----Original Message-----
From: Miran M <[FOI #32780 email]>
Sent: Monday, 15 December 2025 2:14 pm
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FW: OIA25-CB264 Official Information request - LN, TM Communication

Hi Pablo,

Thank you for the update.

Regarding the third party's request for my identity: I do not consent to my name or contact details being released to the third party. As you know, the Official Information Act operates on the principle of availability and is generally "applicant blind," with Ombudsman guidance supporting that a requester's identity is not necessary for third parties to form views on release (particularly for personal capacity requests).

I am willing to share that the reasoning behind my request is significant public interest in the accountability of Ministers regarding their interactions with, and gifts received from, large commercial entities and lobbyists. Transparency regarding potential influence on Executive decision-making overrides commercial sensitivity in this instance.

Yours sincerely,
Miran

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Kia ora Miran

I am reaching out to you from the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. We are carrying out third party consultation on behalf of the Minister’s Office regarding your below OIA request. One of the third parties we are consulting with has asked to know your identity, so we are now checking to see if you would be comfortable disclosing your name to them and/or the reasoning behind your OIA request.

Providing this kind of information can be helpful for third parties when forming their views on the release of the information at hand. However, you are not obliged to share this information with them.

Please let us know if you have any questions about this. Could we please have your response by COB Wednesday 17 December?

Ngâ mihi

Pablo

Te Pae Ratonga Pâremata | Parliamentary and Ministerial Engagement Manatû Taonga | Ministry for Culture & Heritage

Public Trust Building, 131 Lambton Quay, Wellington PO Box 5364, Wellington 6140

Ki te puâwai te ahurea, Ka ora te iwi
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Dear Miran

 

Attached is the response to your Official Information Act request to Hon
Chris Bishop.

 

As the response contains a number of images, the file size is large. I am
therefore sending two emails. Please let me know if you don’t receive the
2^nd part, as this is the larger file.

 

Regards

Joanna  

 

 

Joanna Carr

Sport and Recreation Private Secretary | Office of Hon Mark Mitchell

Minister of Corrections

Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery

Minister for Ethnic Communities

Minister of Police

Minister for Sport and Recreation

MP for Whangaparaoa
 

M 027 372 3637

Email: [1][email address] Website: [2]www.Beehive.govt.nz

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

 

 

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Dear Miran

 

Attached is the 2^nd part of the response to your Official Information Act
request to Hon Chris Bishop.

 

 

Regards

Joanna  

 

Joanna Carr

Private Secretary Sport and Recreation | Office of Hon Chris Bishop

Minister of Housing | Infrastructure | RMA Reform | Transport | Associate
Finance |

Associate Sports & Recreation | Leader of the House | MP for Hutt South
 

Email: [1][email address] | Website:
[2]www.Beehive,govt.nz

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

 

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