To: The Treasury Subject: Request under the Official Information Act 1982 – Financial Authorisations for NZ Support to Ukraine

Dear Secretary to the Treasury,

Pursuant to the Official Information Act 1982, I request disclosure of the following information from 1 January 2022 to present:

Records of financial authorisations, budget allocations, or Cabinet directives that approved funding for New Zealand’s support to Ukraine.

Documentation of any external obligations or requests cited as justification for these financial allocations.

Copies of Treasury briefings or advice provided to Ministers regarding funding for Ukraine.

Format Requested
For the purposes of OIA s16(2), my preferred way of receiving information is by email reply to the FYI.org.nz address from which you received this request.

Eligibility Confirmation
My personal postal/email details have been provided to Treasury privately to confirm eligibility under OIA s12(1) using your email address: privacy @ treasury.govt.nz. These details are provided solely for that purpose. Do not use these details for any correspondence or clarification about the request. If you send correspondence to my private address, you will be asked to re‑send it to the FYI.org.nz email address, where it may still be published.

Statutory Reference
Under section 12 of the Official Information Act 1982, I am entitled to this information as a New Zealand citizen. I remind the agency of its obligations under section 15 to respond within 20 working days.

If any part of this request is refused, please provide the specific grounds under section 18 of the Act, and identify the person responsible for the decision.

Yours sincerely, Nigel Gray