Dear Correspondent

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Regards

The Office of Rt Hon Winston Peters

Dear Will Evans,

 

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request dated
25 January 2026, in which you requested the following:

 

“ I’d like to request a list of OIA requests that Winston Peters’s office
has receive between January 1 2024 and the present. Please include the
following columns in the list: the reference number assigned to the
request (if there is any, if not feel free to exclude this column), what
the request was requesting, the date on which the request was received,
the date on which a decision was made on the request, and the decision
that was made on the request (i.e. whether the request was refused,
whether information was released, or whether only some information was
released and there were some withholding or redactions. Please include the
exact sections of the OIA exemptions were made under if any.)”

 

We received your request on 25 January 2026. We will endeavour to respond
to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 23
February 2026, 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.

 

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact our office. If any
additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request,
please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken into
account.

 

Kind Regards,

Private Secretary       

 

Office of Rt Hon Winston Peters
Minister of Foreign Affairs |

Minister for Racing |

Minister for Rail

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

 

 

Dear Will Evans,

 

Please find attached a response to your OIA Request.

 

Kind Regards

 

Office of Rt Hon Winston Peters
Minister of Foreign Affairs |

Minister for Racing |

Minister for Rail

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