11 December 2025
Wil Evans
[FYI request #32839 email]
Dear Wil Evans
I am writing concerning your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of
13 November 2025. The request is for:
1. Please provide a copy of any briefings given to Mr. Peters regarding the
meeting prior to it taking place.
2. Please provide any "formal message" documents, summaries, or post-
meeting documents made after the meeting.
3. If it is known, I would also be grateful if you told me the the date on which
the visit and meeting formalised/official y arranged.
This email is to advise that we wil need to extend the time limit for responding to
you by 20 working days, to 30 January 2026. This is because the consultations
necessary to make a decision on your request are such that a proper response
cannot reasonably be made within the original time frame (section 15A(1)(b) of the
OIA refers).
However, if this process is completed before 30 January 2026, the response wil be
sent to you as soon as possible.
Please note: The period from 25 December to 15 January is a statutory non-working
period under the Official Information Act 1982. These days do not count as working
days when calculating timeframes for OIA requests.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this
decision by contacting www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Jackson Burgess
Private Secretary (Advisory/Media)