Reference: 20250856
26 January 2026
Nigel Gray
[FYI request #33158 email]
Dear Nigel
Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act, received on 6
December 2025. You requested:
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.
I have decided under section 15A of the Official Information Act to extend the time limit
for deciding on your request by an additional 20 working days. The new due date for
responding to your request is 24 February 2026.
The extension is required because of the consultations needed to make a decision on
your request.
This extension will also apply to the time limit for transferring your request, should this
become relevant.
Notwithstanding this extension, I undertake to decide on your request as soon as
reasonably practicable.
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review this decision.
Yours sincerely
Thomas Parry
Senior Manager, Economic and External Strategy
1 The Terrace
PO Box 3724
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
tel. +64-4-472-2733
https://treasury.govt.nz