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OIA Request for Contracts and Payments to Specific Surveillance and Defense Technology Vendors

Charlie Drummond made this Official Information request to The Treasury

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From: Charlie Drummond

Dear The Treasury,

Tēnā koutou,

This is a request for official information under the Official Information Act 1982.

Please provide a list of all government contracts, purchase orders, agreements, or payments made to the following companies, their known subsidiaries, or their primary trading partners, from 1 January 2020 to the date of your response.

List of Companies:
Data, OSINT & Digital Forensics: Palantir Technologies, Clearview AI, Recorded Future, Verint Systems, Cognyte, Babel Street, Cellebrite, Grayshift, Chainalysis, Cybereason, Fivecast.

Defense & Autonomous Systems: Anduril Industries, Shield AI, Skydio, AeroVironment, Ghost Robotics, Scale AI, Dedrone.

Offensive Cyber & Spyware: NSO Group, Intellexa, Cytrox, Candiru, Paragon.
SIGINT, GEOINT & Satellite Surveillance: Maxar Technologies, Planet Labs (Planet), BlackSky, HawkEye 360, TCI (TeleCommunication Systems).

Domestic Surveillance & Biometrics: Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions (specifically contracts related to Vigilant Solutions), Idemia, NEC Corporation, Axon Enterprise.

For each transaction or contract identified, please provide:

-The name of the purchasing New Zealand government agency.
-The date of the transaction or contract agreement.
-The total value of the contract or payment.
- A brief description or title of the goods/services provided (e.g., "Software License," "Data Analytics Platform," "Unmanned Aerial Systems," "Digital Forensics Hardware").

I believe this request is in the public interest as it pertains to the transparency and accountability of government procurement of sensitive, high-risk surveillance and defense technologies.

Please provide the information in an electronic format.

Yours faithfully,

Charlie Drummond

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Your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), was received on 24 November 2025. A response will be provided in accordance with the OIA.

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Please find attached the response to your request for information.

 

Kind regards,

 

Te Tai Ōhanga The Treasury 

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The information in this email is confidential to the Treasury, intended
only for the addressee(s), and may also be legally privileged. If you are
not an intended addressee:

a. please immediately delete this email and notify the Treasury by return
email or telephone (64 4 472 2733);

b. any use, dissemination or copying of this email is strictly prohibited
and may be unlawful.

 

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