Reference  
Date 
Due date 
Description  
received  
WPOIA-015 
4/01/2024 
10/05/2024  "Specifically, I am seeking information on the following: 
1. All communications, documents, and correspondences related to the aforementioned joint statement, with a particular emphasis on any communication 
 with the United States. 
2. Clarification on whether New Zealand maintains an independent foreign policy. 
3. New Zealand's stance on supporting the right of sovereign countries to defend their territory, including shipping lanes, in light of the joint statement. 
4. New Zealand's position on the blockade of Gaza by Israel, specifically including the blockade of the territorial waters of Gaza. 
5. Whether New Zealand opposes sovereign states, including Yemen, taking action, including maritime blockades, to prevent genocide." 
2312.13 WP 
8/01/2024 
13/02/2024  "Is the NZ Government planning on having a backup system to SWIFT in order to deal with BRICS nations as they will likely control more than the amount of oil than 
the US currently controls? 
How do we plan to deal with BRICS? 
What is the briefing on the Ukraine-Russia conflict with respect to casualties, cost to NZ, number of New Zealanders injured or killed, and New Zealand Military 
Participation with respect to training and other support. Please provide. 
What is the outcome sought by New Zealand's participation and what is New Zealand's strategic interest in being involved in this matter? 
What is New Zealand's strategic interest in supporting the American position with respect to the American's financial and other support for Israel to commit war 
crimes? 
Can New Zealand be involved in the Five-Eyes Network if one or any of its partners are facilitating alleged war crimes under international law?" 
WPOIA-001 
8/01/2024 
12/03/2024  "Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 
- Has the New Zealand Government received advice from its Officials in the Crown Law Office, the Ministry of Justice, the Department of the Prime Minister and 
Cabinet, 
 or other agencies on New Zealand’s obligations under the Convention? 
- Has the New Zealand Government clarified the steps it must undertake to resist the criticism that New Zealand, by not intervening in an apparent unfolding 
genocide,  
falls short of its international obligations under the Convention? " 

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2312.12WP 
11/01/2024  13/02/2024  " The Prime Minister received the following request under the Act (full details are set out in the below emails): 
https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/joint-statement-prime-ministers-new-zealand-australia-and-canada 
 
falsely claims that ""sexual violence"" was committed in the course of the Palestinian breakout from the Gaza concentration camp. The repetition of this zionist blood  
libel clearly constitutes direct and public incitement to commit genocide under the 1948 Genocide Convention. 
 
On what basis was this false claim made?" 
WPOIA-003 
12/01/2024  10/05/2024  1. Documents or assessments regarding the legal justification, specifically invoking the inherent right of individual and collective self-defense consistent with the UN 
Charter, for New Zealand's support in the joint military strikes. 
2. Legal opinions, analyses, or assessments contributing to the determination of the legal justification mentioned in the joint statement issued on January 11, 2024. 
3. Correspondence exchanged between New Zealand officials and representatives of the mentioned countries concerning the legal justification for New Zealand's 
support in the joint military action. 
Impact on Trade: 
4. Documents linking Houthi attacks on ships to supply chain disruptions and higher costs for New Zealand consumers. 
5. Details on specific incidents or attacks by the Houthis on commercial shipping vessels contributing to supply chain disruptions and economic impacts on New Zealand 
consumers. 
6. Correspondence exchanged between government officials, ministers, or relevant departments discussing the causal relationship between Houthi attacks on ships and 
resulting economic consequences for New Zealand consumers. 

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2312.14WP 
13/01/2024  10/05/2024  Please provide the following: 
1) All information, intelligence and advice received and/or held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Business Innovation 
and Employment relating to the Houthi’s blockade of the Red Sea 
2) All information, intelligence and advice received and/or held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Business Innovation 
and Employment relating to Houthi’s blockade and its current and forecasted trade and economic impacts to New Zealand 
3) All written advice (both internal and external) provided to the Minister of Defence and the Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding any potential actions towards the 
Houthi blockade 
4) All written advice (both internal and external) provided to the Minister of Defence and the Minister of Foreign Affairs relating to supporting the US/UK-led bombing 
of Yemen on 12th of January 2024 
WPOIA-002 
22/01/2024  20/02/2024  Please provide any briefings, communications or other documents regarding AUKUS received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs since November 2023.  
  
In a separate request, please provide all advice, briefings and communications about the Russian Ambassador received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs since 
November 2023.  

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WPOIA-028 
23/01/2024  20/05/2024  1. Military Assistance to Israel: 
Please provide details on military assistance, including intelligence support, extended to Israel since October 7, 2023. 
2. Correspondence Related to Israel's Actions: 
   I request all correspondence between  New Zealand officials and representatives of Israel, including the New Zealand-based ambassador. Focus on discussions related 
to Israel's military actions in Gaza and Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. 
3. Correspondence with Other Countries Regarding Yemen Attacks Since December 2023: 
 I seek all communication exchanged between New Zealand officials and representatives of other nations participating in the recent attacks on Houthis in Yemen, 
specifically focusing on correspondence from December 2023 onward. This includes discussions directly related to the conflict and its consequences. 
4. Corresponence Related to the Request for New Zealand's Involvement: 
Please provide all correspondence, including emails, letters, and other forms of communication, related to the request for New Zealand's involvement in activities 
responding to Houthi attacks on Israeli-owned and Israeli-bound vessels in the Red Sea. 
5. Review and Evaluation: 
Will there be a periodic review or evaluation of New Zealand's planned contribution to the international coalition in the Middle East? If so, what aspects will be 
considered in assessing the effectiveness and appropriateness of the deployment 
6. Are there plans to establish formal committees or other dedicated mechanisms aimed at guaranteeing accountability and transparency in the decision-making 
process concerning New Zealand's military engagement in the Middle East 
7. Legal Basis for Collective Self-Defense: 
Given that New Zealand is not under direct attack, and there is no evidence of attacks on New Zealand vessels, could you please provide the legal justification and 
specific international legal frameworks under which New Zealand plans to engage in collective self-defense in the Middle East? How does the current situation align 
with New Zealand's interpretation of collective self-defense principles? 
8. Status of Military Involvement: 
Considering the announced deployment of New Zealand Defence Force personnel to the Middle East, could you clarify the current legal and official status of New 
Zealand's involvement? Specifically, does the government consider our planned participation in the international coalition as an act of war or in a state of war, and if 
not, how is this engagement legally characterized? 
9. Risk Assessment Regarding New Zealand's Military Operations in Yemen and the Red Sea: 
Has there been a comprehensive risk assessment conducted to identify and evaluate the potential risks that New Zealand may face as a result of its engagement in 
military operations against Houthis in Yemen and activities in the Red Sea? 
10. Objectives of New Zealand's Military Operations in Yemen and the Red Sea: 
   - What are the specific objectives of New Zealand's military operations against the Houthis in Yemen and its involvement in activities in the Red Sea? 
11. Exit Strategy for New Zealand's Military Operations in Yemen and the Red Sea 
    - What is the planned exit strategy for New Zealand's military operations in Yemen and its participation in activities in the Red Sea? 
12. Concerns About Wider Regional Conflict in Yemen and the Red Sea: 
    - Are there specific concerns within the government regarding the possibility of New Zealand being drawn into a wider regional conflict due to its military operations 
against the Houthis in Yemen and its activities in the Red Sea? 

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WPOIA-004 
24/01/2024  22/02/2024  Any and all correspondence, documents and communications about New Zealand’s response to the Houthi’s between November 2023 and 24th Jan 2024. 
-This could include but is not limited to briefings, meeting minutes, texts and proposed plans, and expert advice,  between NZDF and the Minister of Defence, Minister 
of Foreign Affairs and MFAT. 
- Any and all correspondence, documents and communications about New Zealand’s decision to send NZDF personnel to the Middle East in response to the Houthi’s 
attacks. 
This could include but is not limited to briefings, meeting minutes, texts and proposed plans, expert advice,  between NZDF and the Minister of Defence, Minister of 
Foreign Affairs and MFAT. 
oHow many people did the government/NZDF consult with before deciding to send personnel to the Middle East in response to the Houthi’s.  
If applicable, please name the people  
WPOIA-006 
25/01/2024  23/02/2024  I am requesting all correspondence regarding the NZDF’s deployment to the Red Sea. Please include all forms of communication including emails, text messages etc.  
WPOIA-005 
25/01/2024  8/03/2024 
A list of documents, including but not exclusive to briefings, papers, aide memoires, weekly bullets and memos, and excluding correspondence, received by the Deputy 
Prime Minister Winston Peters under all portfolios between December 16, 2023, and January 25th, 2024.  
 
Please in this list include the title of the document, date of document receipt, and the ministry or department which provided the document. If you need any more 
information from me please let me know as soon as possible. I am happy to consider amending the request,  
WPOIA-019 
25/01/2024  27/03/2024  A list of documents, including but not exclusive to briefings, papers, aide memoires, weekly 
bullets and memos, and excluding correspondence, received by the Deputy Prime Minister 
Winston Peters under all portfolios between December 16, 2023, and January 25th, 2024. 
Please in this list include the title of the document, date of document receipt, and the 
ministry or department which provided the document. 
WPOIA-008 
26/01/2024  26/02/2024  Please provide all correspondence between government ministers and Cameron Slater (formerly of Whale Oil blog and subject of the "Dirty Politics book).   
Pease provide any information with regards to any meetings between Mr Slater and any government ministers 

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WPOIA-007 
26/01/2024  27/03/2024  With respect to the legal case in the Hague bought by South Africa alleging Israeli war crimes, have you received any legal advice with respect to having any ties with 
the US government given they may be facilitating war crimes? (Link provided below) Are you being updated on this case? What updates have you received? Please 
provide this information. 
4. Has there been any legal assessment to determine the US has been complicit in war crimes in the last 3 years? 
WPOIA-009 
28/01/2024  26/02/2024  What instant messaging apps are current installed on the Minister’s phone or other devices, including but not limited to WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Snapchat, 
Facebook Messenger, and Microsoft Teams? 
What instant messaging apps were previously installed on the Minister’s phone or other devices, including but not limited to WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Snapchat, 
Facebook Messenger, and Microsoft Teams, and on what date were they uninstalled?What instant messaging groups, if any, does the Minister belong to on WhatsApp, 
Signal, Telegram, Snapchat, Facebook Messenger, Microsoft Teams, or any other instant messaging app, by name of group and app? 
For each of these groups, what are the deleted messages settings, if any, as at 29 January 2024? 
For each of these groups, have the deleted messages settings ever being set differently than they are as at 29 January 2024, and if so, what were they? 
What instant messaging groups, if any, has the Minister previously belonged to as at 29 January 2024 on WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Snapchat, Facebook Messenger, 
Microsoft Teams, or any other instant messaging app, by name of group and app? 
WPOIA-016 
29/01/2024  25/03/2024  I would also like to better understand the actions or inactions of this government to stop the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza, and under OIA, request the following: 
- all written advice (including emails and memo) and papers/reports from MFAT and MBIE to the Government on whether New Zealand should support South Africa’s 
case at the ICJ 
- all written advice (including emails and memo) and papers/reports from MFAT and MBIE to the Government on wether New Zealand should issue any sanctions 
against Israel (date period 28 Nov 2024 to 28 January 2024) 
- the number of correspondence (letters, emails) received by the Government since 28 November to 28 January calling to the government to either call for a ceasefire 
(in respect of Israel’s war on Gaza); support South Africa’s ICJ case; call for closing the Israel embassy  
- the number of correspondence (letters, emails) received by the Government supporting Israel’s actions on Gaza. Please identify if these are individuals or 
organisations. 
 

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WPOIA-011 
31/01/2024  29/02/2024  4 In the interests of fairness, and under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), our clients request that you, the Minister of Foreign Affairs (including the previous 
Minister) (Minister), and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Ministry) or LINZ (as the context requires): 
4.1 provide copies of any advice, correspondence or other information which has been received or sent by any party involved with the review of the Application, insofar 
as such advice or information relates to the Letters or Application generally (particularly such documents that conflict with the Letters); and 
4.2 any other documentation / correspondence that relates to the Endurance Group, which is held by a party listed in clause 4 above. 
WPOIA-018 
31/01/2024  29/02/2024  The number of emails and/or physical letters received by each of your offices relating to the current Israel-Gaza conflict. 
2. The number of these emails and/or physical letters received that express support for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.  
WPOIA-017 
31/01/2024  29/02/2024  Why are we ignoring the statements, evidence, and stances of the World Health Organisation, the UN general assembly, and the International Court of Justice? Where 
is the rationale in making this decision based on allegations by Israel, but not suspending economic ties or sanctioning Israel or expelling the Israeli ambassador when 
that state has been proved in the ICJ to be plausibly committing genocide? What values could you possibly be using to justify this? Now you are withdrawing aid in a 
time where starvation is an increasing risk for the Palestinians in Gaza who haven’t yet been eradicated by endless bombing? I also am disgusted by your decision  
sending of NZDF members to Yemen because of the disruption to trade. While I don’t stand with terrorism, they are exerting a protest over the treatment of 
Palestinians. If you and other world leaders had listened to us when we started protesting week after week, then maybe they wouldn’t have disrupted trade in first 
place. These are our tax dollars being spent on NZDF travel to Yemen instead of supporting UNRWA and we deserve a comprehensive explanation as to why. We 
deserve to know why you are ignoring organisations like Save the Children, WHO, the UN, and the ICJ and contributing to the ongoing genocide of Palestinians.  
I would like to OIA the policy advice from MFAT and other ministries that are informing this decision to suspend funding to the UNRWA and to send NZDF to Yemen 
WPOIA-010 
31/01/2024  11/04/2024  I am emailing to request correspondence between yourself and the Prime Minister's Office as well as the Ministry of Defence, relating to decisions about funding for 
UNRWA, specifically for the period from 24/01/2024 to 31/01/24. If there are any memoranda about phone conversations held, this would be helpful, in addition to any 
emails exchanged.  
 
I am requesting this information as it appears there is a disconnect between what has been said by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon about a potential funding pause 
and what has been said by yourself. I am seeking clarity on how this decision was made and what parties have been involved. 

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WPOIA-
2/02/2024 
14/03/2024  All advice, briefings, reports, memos, and emails received or sent by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, excluding from members of the public, regarding AUKUS, between 1 
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November 2023 and 2 February 2024.           
WPOIA-
2/02/2024 
8/04/2024 
“All advice, briefings, reports, memos, and emails received or sent by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, excluding from members of the public, regarding the conflict 
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between Russia and Ukraine, including any requests for support, and correspondence with Ukraine or Russia, between 1 November 2023 and 2 February 
2024.                                                                                                                                                                                             
WPOIA-012 
5/02/2024 
5/03/2024 
“All advice or communications received by your office regarding the Government's decision to suspend funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency” 
WPOIA-021 
5/02/2024 
5/03/2024 
Please provide detailed meeting diary for 5 February 2024.  
 
Which ambassadors were met with on this day, what was discussed and where were the meetings held?? 
WPOIA-014 
5/02/2024 
9/04/2024 
I would like to make a follow up request for all correspondence that you or your office has received in your capacity as Minister of Defence from the date of my last 
request (10 December 2023) to today, 3 February 2024 (correspondence meaning any emails and physical mail), relating to the below subjects. Please provide separate 
numbers for correspondence in support of Palestine vs those that are in support of Israel. 
Subjects of interest: 
- Gaza 
- Palestine 
- Israel's actions towards Gaza/Palestine 
- Operations in the Red Sea, or against Yemeni Houthi rebels.  
Regarding phone calls received by the Minister's office, is there a process by which concerns relating to the Minister's portfolios are relayed to him? If there is, can you 
please describe this? 
WPOIA-020 
7/02/2024 
6/03/2024 
I would like to request under the Official Information Act: all briefings and other documents provided to the minister related to the ANZMIN meeting, from January 1 
2024 to the current date. 
WPOIA-022 
8/02/2024 
18/03/2024  All advice, briefings, reports, memos, and emails received or sent by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, excluding from members of the public, regarding New Zealand pilot 
Phillip Mehrtens, between 6 February 2023 and 8 February 2024. 

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WPOIA-024 
12/02/2024  11/03/2024  Could your office please advise whether there has or hasn’t been any direct 
funding by the New Zealand Government over the past 6 years? 
If there has been how much has the tax payer invested. 
I appreciate we send a delegation every year (or have done) as a nation. 
Could you please advise whom represented New Zealand in January 2024 in 
Davos and what those costs were please? 
Also can you advise whether the Clark (Helen Clark) foundation attended 
Davos 2024 and whether we contributed to Ms Clarks or her foundations 
expenses were subsidised or financed by the Nee Zealand Government/it’s 
agencies or offices? 
WPOIA-027 
13/02/2024  12/03/2024  I am herewith requesting a full transcript of the conversation between Minister Peters and the Israeli Ambassador to New Zealand on Monday 12 February 2024. 
Further I am requesting all correspondence between Minister Peters’ office and that of the Israeli Ambassador since 7 October 2023 and written notes/transcript of any 
meetings that have happened since that date 

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WPOIA-025 
13/02/2024  12/03/2024  Given the International Court of Justice ruling concerning Israel regarding the case bought by South Africa, what advice have you received regarding this decision with 
respect to the claim of genocide by not joining the case or by supporting the US against the Houthi? 
What advice from a legal point of view did you receive with respect to New Zealand supporting US activities bombing the Houthi and/or Yemen that were not 
supported by the UN security council? 
Have you taken any action or legal advice so you could not face allegations that could see you taken to the International Court of Justice with respect to the decision to 
support the US bombing Yemen and/or the US support for Israel and/or your comments of support for Israel (I note some American officials are no longer using the 
term ‘rules based order’)? 
Have you or your Ministers had any concerns or correspondence with the US regarding the International Court of Justice decision regarding Israel bought by South 
Africa with respect to the effect New Zealand’s arrangement with the Five Eyes Spy Network? 
What diplomatic efforts have you had between New Zealand and Israel with respect to Israel’s military operations in Gaza since October 2023 – please provide copies. 
Why is New Zealand not supporting or requesting the US to reign in Israel by ceasing financial support from the US to Israel in order to remove the threat of the Houthi 
posing to US, UK, and Israeli ships (given some other countries ships don’t appear to have the same issues of safe transit)? 
Do you have any plans or have you issued any instructions/reports for cutting the number of military aircraft in the RNZAF and/or ships inside the Royal New Zealand 
Navy and/or number of foreign affairs staff and/or spies (intelligence) and/or intelligence areas of operation as cost-saving measures? 
With respect to Taiwan and China have you had a briefing regarding the conflict between New Zealand’s economic interest when trading with Taiwan and China versus 
Australia and the US’ military goals with respect to China and Taiwan and some of the Five Eyes Spy Networks preparing people for war with Russia? Please provide a 
copy of the briefing(s) on these issue(s) and what has been recommended from your officials. 
Have you received any advice that the US is an untrustworthy ally given the US President’s promise to takeout the pipeline between Russia and Germany (which was 
subsequently bombed) and the US supplying weapons to Israel and appearing to be following Israel’s interests rather than US’ interests. Furthermore vetoing security 
council resolutions that seek to stop alleged genocide caused by Israel. Does any of this information include the US failures in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya 
whereby these countries became less stable and added to Russia building up strength against the West diplomatically? (The rest of the world is not with Israel on this 
apart from some very small countries supporting the US position.) 
Russia appears to want trade with all countries but given the sanctions placed by New Zealand on Russia, is there anything on the agenda to reverse these sanctions or 
what information would be required for these sanctions to be withdrawn (and trade return to normal with Russia.)? 
Have you received any reports suggesting the BRICS is a threat to New Zealand exporters and New Zealand’s economic future due to the US being likely to continually 
fail as an empire? 
 

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WPOIA-031 
14/02/2024  13/03/2024  Firstly that you provide copies of the scientific reports or other information that you relied on to make the statement recently that: "The reality is you're talking about 
massive, huge depths in the water, there aren't too many creatures that actually grow if you look at the weight of the water at that level," (as reported by Radio NZ 
https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/509035/cook-islands-entitled-to-look-at-possibility-of-deep-sea-mining-winston-peters).  
Secondly, if you are unable to provide such scientific reports, then what was the basis for the statement which is so profoundly at odds with the scientific findings of 
abundant life in the deep ocean. As the Smithsonian summarises the amazing abundance of deep sea life: 'Despite these harsh conditions, there is life—an astounding 
variety of creatures that will boggle your mind.' https://ocean.si.edu/ecosystems/deep-sea/deep-sea 
I further ask whether you have viewed the editorial from the highly respected scientific magazine Nature on January 16 2024 opposing seabed mining because 'too little 
is known about the deep-sea ecosystem — such as its biodiversity and its interactions with other ecosystems — to safely mine the sea floor.' 
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00104-w 
 
WPOIA-030 
14/02/2024  13/03/2024  Can I please have copies of or answers to the following: 
- copies of meeting minutes between any combination of members of Parliament and/or other government agencies where the ongoing humanitarian crises and wars 
as they relate to Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Gaza, the United States, and Hamas were discussed. 
- correspondence between any combination of members of parliament and/or government agencies where the ongoing humanitarian crises and wars as they relate to 
Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Gaza, the United States, and Hamas were referred to. 
- any correspondence from third parties to any National, Act, and/or NZ First members of Parliament that makes recommendations about foreign policy, and more 
specifically, the situations with Russia/Ukraine and Israel/Hamas/Gaza/Palestinian civilians. 
- copies of any advice, official position, protocol, or recommendations by parties or members of parliament that relate to what should happen when international 
and/or humanitarian law is violated. 
- copies of any advice, official position, protocol, or recommendations by parties or members of parliament that relate to what action NZ should take when an allied 
country breaches international and/or humanitarian law. 
- copies of any advice, official position, protocol, or recommendations by parties or members of parliament that relate to when and when not to apply sanctions and 
ambassador expulsions. 
- David Seymour recently stated that the term "genocide" has been thrown around casually and inaccurately. Can David Seymour please supply what he feels 
constitutes genocide and explain why the indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Gaza is not genocide?  

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WPOIA-029  
14/02/2024  5/04/2024 
When will your government - our government - do more than just express disapproval? We could show leadership and apply unilateral sanctions on Israel, such as 
banning imports from Israel. We could deny entry of Israeli citizens into New Zealand. We do not need to wait for the UN to take the lead; it never will. We should show 
courage and moral leadership on this issue.  
 
Israel is committing war crimes on a similar footing to those committed by Russia in Ukraine. We happily apply sanctions against Russia, but no such actions are 
applied against Israel. 
 
I am seeking, under the Official Information Act, all papers, correspondence, emails and memoranda between MFAT and the Minister of Foreign Affairs or the Prime 
Minister, and papers to cabinet or cabinet committees, on the subject of New Zealand's options for responding to the Israeli attacks on Gaza, Israeli attacks in the West 
Bank, war crimes committed by Israel, and illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank, covering the period since 1 October 2023 to the present. 
WPOIA-033 
15/02/2024  14/03/2024  Receive any advice or briefings which discuss NZ joining companies in calling for a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza 
WPOIA-032 
15/02/2024  14/03/2024  Any document containing instructions, policies, principles, rules, or guidelines regarding the processing of OIA requests within your office; and 
any other information (for example, information that has been conveyed verbally and has not been documented) regarding instructions, policies, principles, rules, or 
guidelines for the processing of OIA requests within your office. 
Note that the first part of this request is made under s22 OIA, and therefore has significantly reduced scope for refusal. 
 
A response to this request is due as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case no later than 14 March 2024. 
 
Where any document falls under the scope of this request, please release it in full, including sections which might otherwise be considered out of scope.” 
WPOIA-036  
17/02/2024  15/03/2024  Can I please have copies of the information (including papers, emails, or other forms of correspondence) prepared for Minister Peters ahead of his meeting with the 
Israeli Ambassador to NZ, Ran Yaakoby, on 12 February 2024? 
WPOIA-035 
19/02/2024  18/03/2024  On the 12th of February, at the same time Israel was bombing the city of Rafah in Gaza, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters had a photo of himself with the 
Israeli ambassador posted to the official @NewZealandMFA twitter/X account, including a list of topics it was claimed they discussed during their meeting. 
My query is relatively simple: how many times did the Minister of Foreign Affairs utter the word "ceasefire" during this meeting? 

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WPOIA-034 
19/02/2024  5/04/2024 
I am writing to you under the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982 to request access to information regarding briefings, advice, and correspondence 
exchanged between your office and ministries and other ministers concerning the war in Gaza.  Specifically, I am interested in documents dated from November 26 
2023, to the present date. 
To assist you in processing this request efficiently, I would appreciate it if you could provide a list of the names of briefings on the following: 
1. Any briefings received by your office related to the war in Gaza. 
2. Correspondence or communication between your office and ministries, other ministers and the public pertaining to the war in Gaza. 
3. Any advice or recommendations given to your office from other ministers on the subject. 
Please include in this list, names of offices this was sent to and anyone cc'd in the advice, the title of the document and the date it was sent or received by the office. 
WPOIA-037 
20/02/2024  26/04/2024  1) What aid has New Zealand provided to Gaza since October 2023? 
2) Will NZ be taking Palestinian refugees OR an increased quota of Palestinian refugees this year and beyond? 
3) What official statements has the New Zealand government made to Israel since October 2023? 
4) Why is our new PM silent on the genocide of the Palestinians? 
WPOIA-038 
21/02/2024  20/03/2024  I request any emails, letters or text messages between staff at Greyhound Racing New Zealand and Racing Minister Winston Peters or anyone in his office. This should 
include but not be limited to correspondence between the Minister and those in his office and GRNZ's Edward Rennel or Elizabeth Whelan.   
I request any updates, ministerial briefings or reports received by Racing Minister Winston Peters, or anyone in his office, which relates to greyhound racing in New 
Zealand, its future and possible closure. This should include but not be limited to any information from the Racing Integrity Board, including information from the RIB 
detailing options for the industry including closure or closer monitoring, as outlined in the RIB's review of December 12 2023 and its supplementary report to the former 
Racing Minister McAnulty on 16 March 2023.  
The period I am requesting this information is from January 8 to 22 February, 2024.  
WPOIA-040 
26/02/2024  25/03/2024  A list of all reports and briefings, by title and date, received from any government departments since 26 November 2023, in relation to his roles as Deputy Prime 
Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister for Racing. 

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WPOIA-039 
26/02/2024  24/04/2024  With respect to New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Minister’s current trip to Australia, what information have you been provided with or what have you agreed 
to with respect to the following: 
a) New Zealand’s potential involvement with AUKUS 
b) In what way are Australia and New Zealand allies? 
c) What briefing on Ukraine 
2. What briefing and what plans does New Zealand have with respect to Ukraine 
3 What briefing and what plans does New Zealand have with respect to the Middle East? 
5. How does a 2 state solution work with respect to Israel with respect to New Zealand’s support? 
6.It appears from both the videos provides evidence that New Zealand’s support for the Americans then the two state solution is unattainable according to Crooke. 
What information have you received beyond the video that I have provided that suggests Israel is losing and has taken a huge gamble which could threaten their very 
existence.  
7.Scott Ritter mentioned that some extremists in Israel were a greater threat than Iran. Has New Zealand done such an assessment regarding the threat to New 
Zealand security with respect to extremists in Israel?” 
WPOIA-041 
27/02/2024  26/03/2024  Please send me all documents listed in Parliamentary Written Question 525 (2024) 
WPOIA-
27/02/2024  10/04/2024  All advice, briefings, reports, memos, and emails received or sent by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, excluding from members of the public, regarding the United Nations 
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Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), its involvements in the October 7 Hamas attacks, and decisions to restrict funding, between 1 October 2023 and 1 February 2024. 
WPOIA-043 
28/02/2024  27/03/2024  1. Have you received advice on whether the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) is considered a terrorist entity under the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002 (TSA)? 
2. Do you believe, on reasonable grounds, that the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) has carried out and/or planned any terrorist actions that would warrant its 
proscription as a terrorist entity under the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002 (TSA)? 
3. Are you actively considering the proscription of the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) under the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002 (TSA) by providing such 
advice to the Prime Minister? 
  
WPOIA-044 
29/02/2024  28/03/2024  Please provide all copies of all assessments, reports, cabinet papers, emails, phone and meeting records and all other documentation since October 7 2023 relating to 
the very recent decision to extend the 'terrorist' designation to the social services part of the Palestinian organisation commonly known as Hamas. 
WPOIA-046 
29/02/2024  28/03/2024  How much funding has NZ first supplied to TJB 2021 Limited during the following years: 2021, 2022, 2023.  

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WPOIA-042 
29/02/2024  28/03/2024  Under the Official Information Act 1982 I request the following: 
Copies of all legislation bids made by you, your Office, or your responsible agencies since 27 November 2023. 
For each of those legislation bids, I request all advice, briefings, memos, correspondence, and any other documents regarding the legislation bid. 
WPOIA-045 
29/02/2024  15/05/2024  - The Ministry's definition of a terrorist entity 
- Under what context the Israeli Defence Force fail to meet this criteria 
- Advice/Memos/Emails between the Minister/Ministry and officials from the Israeli Embassy since 7 October 2023 - present (including copies of this information) 
- Advice/Memos/Emails given to the Minister/Ministry from Ran Yakooby since 7 October 2023 - present (including copies of this information) 
- Details of meetings and phone calls between Israeli officials and Minister and/or Ministry officials since 7 October 2023 
WPOIA-047 
1/03/2024 
2/04/2024 
A list of all briefings, reports, aide memoirs and memos produced or received by the Minister in his capacity as Foreign Affairs Minister, and as Racing Minister, 
between 1 January 2024 and 29 February 2024. 
WPOIA-050 
1/03/2024 
2/04/2024 
- Any internal communications between the Minister and MFAT and/or other Ministries or government entities relating to the decision to designate the political wing of 
Hamas as a terrorist entity; N42 
- Any advice, briefing papers or options papers, or related documents received by or sent from the Minister, by MFAT or other Ministries or government entities relating 
to the decision to designate the political wing of Hamas as a terrorist entity;  
- Any groups or persons consulted with in relation to the decision to designate the political wing of Hamas as a terrorist entity;  
- Any consideration or advice relating to the impact on agencies whose parent agencies are the Hamas authority but are otherwise unlinked, such as the Gaza Health 
Ministry, on the decision to designate the political wing of Hamas as a terrorist entity; 
- Any consideration, communication or advice relating to the impact on civilians in Gaza on the decision to designate the political wing of Hamas as a terrorist entity; 
- Any advice, briefing papers, options papers or communications both external and internal relating to placing diplomatic or economic sanctions on Israel;  
- Any advice, briefing papers, options papers or communications both internal and external relating to New Zealand's obligations under the Genocide Convention.  K45 
WPOIA-048 
4/03/2024 
2/04/2024 
I am seeking communications that regard Naenae College in Lower Hutt, Wellington. Specifically electronic mail communications between Naenae College and 
journalists in the last 8 months. 
WPOIA-051 
4/03/2024 
3/04/2024 
Copies of any reports, documents, minutes, briefing notes, memoranda, correspondence, legal advice, aide memoires, texts or emails, both internal and external (dated 
October 7 2023 onwards) any of the following: 
- Palestine Refugees 
o Visas for Palestinians 

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WPOIA-049 
4/03/2024 
3/04/2024 
Please provide me with documentation of the official process the NZ government must use to officially designate a group as "terrorist" and the information and sources 
used to make this assessment of Hamas, including any advice, correspondence and relating to the selection of information and information sources, and interpretation 
and processing of the information and evaluation of it, any matrixes, scorecards, Multi Criteria Analysis or similar frameworks that contribute to the decision including: 
* Documents, reports, memoranda, letters, texts and emails.  
• Non-written information, such as digital, video or tape recordings.  
• Manuals which set out internal rules, principles, policies or guidelines for decision making.  
• Information which is known to the Prime Ministers' Office, Cabinet, the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and any other agency but may not be 
written down.  
WPOIA-052 
4/03/2024 
3/04/2024 
All MFAT reports, briefings, and/or advice recieved by Minister of Foreign Affairs or thair office regarding a visit in March 2024 of 16 youth leaders from the L:eadership 
Institute on Narcotics (LION), a group founded by the Narcotics Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force, led by Superintedent Hamish McCardle.  
WPOIA-053 
5/03/2024 
4/04/2024 
“Do you have procedures for dealing with misinformation on MFAT's website. How would one raise complaints with respect to the Minister and Ministry? 
Do you have any plans to cease the New Zealand governments support for Ukraine and/or withdrawing support from Military activities against the Houthis. What goals 
have been stated and what dates have been agreed to and what measurements are in place to find out the effectiveness of New Zealand's support? 
What concerns or reports does New Zealand have regarding maintaining relationships with the USA who is supplying weapons to Israel despite the International Court 
of Justice (ICJ) case where this court has determined there is a case to be answered with respect to Israel committing genocide? 
What studies or reports have been undertaken for New Zealand to support the USA in their time of a failing empire compared to the end of World War II and having 
relations with China? 
Has there been any determination on reports in the event that New Zealand has to choose between trading with China or supporting US Foreign Policy with respect to 
supporting Taiwan and be militarily aligned against our trading partner China with the US and Australia? What are/is the names and dates of these reports? 
What has been done with the document I have provided in this email?” 

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WPOIA-054 
5/03/2024 
4/04/2024 
“What instant messaging apps are current installed on the Minister’s personal phone or other personal devices that have been used for official purposes, including but 
not limited to WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Snapchat, Facebook Messenger, and Microsoft Teams? 
What instant messaging apps were previously installed on the Minister’s personal phone or other personal devices that have been used for official purposes, including 
but not limited to WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Snapchat, Facebook Messenger, and Microsoft Teams, and on what date were they uninstalled? 
What instant messaging groups that are used for official purposes whether on a Ministerial or personal device, if any, does the Minister belong to on WhatsApp, Signal, 
Telegram, Snapchat, Facebook Messenger, Microsoft Teams, or any other instant messaging app, by name of group and app? 
For each of these groups, what are the deleted messages settings, if any, as at 29 January 2024? 
For each of these groups, have the deleted messages settings ever being set differently than they are as at 29 January 2024, and if so, what were they? 
What instant messaging groups that are used for official purposes whether on a Ministerial or personal device, if any, has the Minister previously belonged to as at 29 
January 2024 on WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Snapchat, Facebook Messenger, Microsoft Teams, or any other instant messaging app, by name of group and app?" 
  
In addition, I request copies of all advice or directions given by the Prime Minister’s Office to the Minister’s Office or any staff member of the Minister’s Office regarding 
my OIA of 29 January 2024 – please note that my request includes verbal advice or directions. 
 
Where this advice or direction was given verbally and was not noted down, I request a summary.” 
WPOIA-055 
5/03/2024 
4/04/2024 
I would like to request under the OIA, copies of all emails amongst media and communications staff supporting the minister's office that refers to the suspension of 
New Zealand's funding to the UNRWA. This includes correspondence sent by comms/media staff internally and externally, and also correspondence comms/media staff 
received from external sources. This request is for the period from January 24 to February 4th 2024. By staff supporting the minister's office, I'm referring to both MFAT 
comms/media staff and the Ministers' office staff who hold communications/media advisory roles. Happy for staff names and contact details to be redacted. 
WPOIA-056 
6/03/2024 
5/04/2024 
Under the official information act I request both papers mentioned in the answer to WQ - 871 (2024) below. 

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WPOIA-057 
8/03/2024 
18/04/2024  • All information, including but not limited to communications (on any platform, formal/informal), documents, and reports received and/or sent from/to 
representatives from lobbyist groups and Ministers or staff in their Ministerial office since the Government was sworn in.  
• Any subsequent communications between staff and Ministers (including staff to staff and Minister to Minister communications) regarding the communications above 
over the same time period.  
• In addition, has the Minister or their staff spoken to individuals or representatives from lobbyist groups in person, online meeting, or by phone since they were 
appointed? I request you please provide your answer in the following format: 
Minister spoke to them (yes/no) Staff spoke to them (yes/no) 
Person/group 1  
Person/group 2  
Person/group 3  
• If the answer to the above is yes, what was the date and subject of that conversation? Please provide a copy of all documentation held about this interaction. 
WPOIA-058 
12/03/2024  11/04/2024  I would like to make a request under the Official Information Act for copies of all records (including but not limited to letters, emails and minutes from meetings), 
between Minister for Racing, Winston Peters and any representatives, associates or contacts with a direct or indirect interest in the tobacco industry. 
 
2. I would like to make the same request for copies of all records (including but not limited to letters, emails and minutes from meetings), between Minister Responsible 
for Ministerial Services, Christopher Luxon and any representatives, associates or contacts with a direct or indirect interest in the tobacco industry. 
WPOIA-062 
13/03/2024  12/04/2024  1/ What is our position towards Israel regarding the war in Palestine 
2/ What is our response to IDF soldiers stripping , tying, and forcing doctors to kneel in the sun for hours 
3/ What is our response to the IDF zip tying the hands of patients in wheelchairs and hospital beds. 
4/ What is our response to IDF snipers shooting a nurse in an operating theatre? 

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WPOIA-059 
13/03/2024  29/05/2024  Please provide copies of any communications, advice or meeting records, commissioned or received by the Minister and his office/Ministry officials between October 
2023 and 13 March 2024 on: 
• how to handle the increased number of people reaching out on social media re UNRWA, NZDF in the Middle East, Yemen or Palestine, or discussing blocking those 
accounts 
• (De)funding UNRWA 
• Meeting with Israeli dimplomats or requests for expelling the Israeli ambassador  
• Special Category Visa to Palestinian family members of New Zealand citizens 
• the International Court of Justice ruling and NZ  
This includes any emails, briefing notes, speaking notes, instant messages on any apps, texts and transcripts of phone calls or video calls, agendas/meeting notes.  
WPOIA-060 
14/03/2024  15/04/2024  Please may I have all reports, documents and files supplied to you from Greyhound Racing New Zealand, the RIB, MPI, NAWAC and the Department of Internal Affairs 
since you took office, that pertain specifically to greyhound racing. 
WPOIA-061 
15/03/2024  16/04/2024  I would like to make a request under the Official Information Act for copies of all records (including but not limited to letters, emails and minutes from meetings), 
between Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Winston Peters and any representatives, associates or contacts with a direct or indirect interest in the tobacco industry. 
WPOIA-063 
18/03/2024  17/04/2024  How much correspondence you have received in support of Palestine asking for a ceasefire please. 
 
Every day hundreds of Palestinians are dying inhumanely from starvation and disease under the ongoing constant bombardment from Israel who continue to commit 
war crimes. Canada has reinstated their funding for UNRWA, when will NZ be? 
WPOIA-064 
18/03/2024  17/04/2024  Could I please request under the OIA any and all information relating to the decision to no longer recognise the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. For 
the avoidance of doubt this includes but is not limited to ministerial correspondence.  
WPOIA-069 
18/03/2024  17/04/2024  Under the official information act 1982,  ministers please inform us tax payers of government's official stance regarding this racist woke labour initiative? 
WPOIA-067 
20/03/2024  19/04/2024  All advice, Minutes, recorded decisions, contracts and communications including texts, emails and voice recordings relating to Government funding of the mental 
health charity known as Gumboot Friday, between October 19 2023 and March 18 2024 

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WPOIA-066 
20/03/2024  19/04/2024  a further question under the OIA: Since 7th October 2023, what actions has New Zealand taken with respect to Israel bombings and killings and the United States aid of 
bombs and finance to the Israeli regime, with respect to Israeli and US matters concerning the supplying of weapons, the starvation and killing of children in the Gaza 
strip and the blocking of aid from entering Palestine in order to supply life's necessities to the Palestinians. Furthermore, has New Zealand been consulted 
diplomatically since 1st January 2024 to current time with respect to trying to diplomatically isolate the US and/or Israel? 
WPOIA-065 
20/03/2024  24/05/2024  Could I please receive the following under the OIA: 
20/12/2023 Informal Note — Moscow Embassy Build Project MFAT 
23/01/2024 Crisis in Myanmar: New Zealand’s policy response MFAT 
23/01/2024 Myanmar: Invitation to Participate in New Zealand-hosted ASEAN Events MFAT 
23/01/2024 Future of the Pacific Cooperation Foundation MFAT 
 
Any briefings, papers, or other documents received by the minister regarding New Zealand House in London, since February 1, 2024.  
 
And any briefings or papers received by the minister regarding the NZ Moscow Embassy and Myanmar subsequent to January 23, 2024. 
WPOIA-068 
21/03/2024  22/04/2024  * Any contact from APRA AMCOS and/or Sony Music Publishing to minister Peters since March 17, 2024 if it exists; and 
* Any contact between minister Peters (including his office) and any government MP referencing "Chumbawamba" or "Tubthumping" since March 17, 2024, if it exists. 
WPOIA-070 
26/03/2024  26/04/2024  All correspondence, written and including notes of verbal conversations and texts, that has been sent between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the 
Minister of Oceans and Fisheries or MPI staff, between the dates of the 24 November 2023 to present, that references:  
○ The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO)  
○ High Seas Marine Protected Areas, or bottom trawling restrictions in the international waters of the South Pacific. 
WPOIA-071 
27/03/2024  29/04/2024  Can you please let me know what advice you have taken with regard to the possibility New Zealanders serving in the IDF have committed war crimes in Gaza and what 
plans and procedures you have put in place to deal with these people when they return to New Zealand. 
WPOIA-074 
2/04/2024 
1/05/2024 
May I request the follow document from the list, under the OIA: 
Briefing: Joint report T2023-1942 Options to regulate online gambling.  

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WPOIA-075 
2/04/2024 
1/05/2024 
I am requesting under the OIA: 
- a list of all reports and briefings, by title and date, received from any government departments since 06/02, in relation to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of 
Foreign Affairs, and Minister for Racing portfolios. 
WPOIA-073 
2/04/2024 
6/06/2024 
Under the OIA, can I request the following documents from the supplied list: 
28/11/23 - submission - Our United States Relationship 
28/11 - submission - Our Australia relationship 
29/11 - submission - Our China relationship 
30/11/2023 Submission - Update on New Zealand-GCC FTA and UAE CEPA  
01/12 - Papua Hostage Situation: Update 
4/12/2023 Submission Interagency Briefing for Ministers with Oceans and Fisheries Responsibilities  
The briefing for meeting with Peter Beck, Founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, 6 December, 4:30pm  
5/12/2023 Submission Scott Base Redevelopment Project Update  
5/12/2023 Submission Nuclear Free Zone Act: Approval for visit by French Naval Vessel D'ENTRECASTEAUX  
6/12/2023 Submission: Our India Relationship  
8/12 Submission Pacific priorities and challenges  
13/12 Submission: Vote Foreign Affairs Appropriation Restructure  
14/12 Informal Note - Scott Base Redevelopment: update for meeting with Antarctica New Zealand Board Chair  
15/12 Informal Note Government of Tokelau correspondence  
18/12 Submission The New Zealand Approach to Pacific Disaster Response  
19/12 Submission Nuclear Free Zone Act: Request for visit by United States Coast Guard Cutter POLAR STAR  
20/12 Informal Note - Moscow Embassy Build Project 
20/12 Informal Note Tokelau passenger vessel Mataliki  
24/01 Informal Note appointments Antarctica New Zealand Board  
02/02 Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction: Approval to progress work towards seeking a Cabinet 
decision on ratification  
08/02 - Submission - 2024 Legislation Programme - Bids for the Foreign Affairs Portfolio  
14/02 Briefing for meeting with Peter Beck, Founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, 14 February 
15/02 Nuclear Free Zone Act Approval for Visit by British Naval Vessel - HMS TAM  
Aide memoire - Government Response to the Report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee Inquiry into illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing  
23/02 Submission - Progress update on sub-leasing the surplus floors in MFAT's new Head Office Building  

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WPOIA-072 
2/04/2024 
13/06/2024  (a) All or any information, howsoever recorded, or stored, provided to you or any officials, from whomever, relating to our client and/or his associated interests that 
was considered, or available for consideration, by you when making your decision or decisions in regard to our client; and 
(b) All reports, recommendations and supporting material provided to you, and minutes of any briefings to you, in respect to our client; and  
(c) All records of any decisions made by you, including dates and times of the same, and any requests, or responses, by you in regard to the information provided to you 
WPOIA-076 
5/04/2024 
6/05/2024 
Could I please request the following cabinet papers as noted in a response to written question Reply 3740 (2024). 
 
• Cabinet Paper: Appointment of Racing Integrity Board Chairperson – Presented to APH 19 March 2024 
WPOIA-077 
5/04/2024 
6/05/2024 
When Winston Peters stated that "New Zealand can only protect and advance our interests by working with traditional partners with whom we have a shared strategic 
assessment of the challenges the world faces. This visit, including through my attendance at the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting, will progress those traditional 
partnerships.", was he counting members of the Pacific Islands Forum as "traditional partners"?  
WPOIA-078 
11/04/2024  10/05/2024  1. Please provide dates of when the Minister of Foreign Affairs met with the Public Service Commissioner between 1 December 2023 and 31 March 2024. 
2. Please provide the duration of the meetings held. 
3. Please provide the topic discussed at each meeting. 
4. Please advise if any other Ministers were present for the meetings held. 
WPOIA-079 
11/04/2024  10/06/2024  I request the papers mentioned in the answer below. 
 
Reply 4815 (2024) has been answered  
Portfolio: Foreign Affairs (Rt Hon Peters)  
Question: What, if any, briefings, reports, aides memoire, memos, advice, or other documents has the Minister seen regarding his trip to Egypt on the week of 1 April, 
2024, by date and title?  
Reply: I have received the following documents: 28 March 2024: Briefing RT HON WINSTON PETERS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
VISIT TO CAIRO, WARSAW, BRUSSELS, STOCKHOLM 30 March – 7 April 2024 28 March 2024: Briefing EUR – MFA Europe Master Programme April 2024 28 March 2024: 
Briefing MFA visit to NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting 2024 – Day sheet Egypt 20 March: Briefing Meeting Brief: His Excellency George Tadros, Egyptian Ambassador to 
New Zealand 13 March: Cabinet paper EUR – Cabinet Paper – Proposed overseas travel – Egypt, England, Belgium, Sweden - March 2024 6 March 2024: Letter EUR – 
MFA letter to PM – Europe Travel April 2024” 

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WPOIA-080 
15/04/2024  14/05/2024  RNZ requests a screenshot of the Minister’s Uber account rider rating, and if possible how many Ubers the Minister has taken, or how much the Minister has spent on 
Ubers for Government work.” 
WPOIA-082 
15/04/2024  14/05/2024  Correspondence from the Chief Ombudsman to the Prime Minister, Ministers within Cabinet, and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet since October 14 
2023, and 
 
Correspondence to the Chief Ombudsman from the Prime Minister, Ministers within Cabinet, and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet since October 14 
2023 
WPOIA-081 
15/04/2024  14/05/2024  I also request all pieces of correspondence, whether that be texts, emails, signal messages, between the two Ministers, or their staff (including chiefs of staff) 
concerning the making of this joint statement, including the reason why they made it and any changes that were proposed before it was ultimately posted. 
WPOIA-083 
16/04/2024  15/05/2024  Please may RNZ request all communications and correspondence between Sir Russell Coutts and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters between 23 March 2024 and 27 
March 2024 regarding the New Zealand SailGP event, held in Whakaraupô Lyttelton Harbour on March 23 and 24, 2024? 
WPOIA-087 
16/04/2024  22/05/2024  I have reviewed and enclose confirmation in regard to the date that the information was sent.  
I have enclosed headings of the attachments sent on: 
19/01/2024 10.13 am:  
 
#WordsMatter and Research Abuse, Chloe Swarbrick and Golriz Gahahraman. Plus confirmation emails 
HRC and Maladministration 2020,  
Research abuse and discovery: Dr Ashley Bloomfield 22/07/2020 
Research Statistics. 
 
I hope the information is helpful in identifying the email. 
WPOIA-084 
17/04/2024  16/05/2024  I ask why my email representations were not recieved by you and ackowledged.  

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WPOIA-086 
17/04/2024  14/06/2024  Under the Official Information Act (1982) I request the following: 
• RIB Quarterly Ministerial Briefing - Greyhound review - 5 April 2024  
• TAB NZ Annual Report - 3 April 2024 
• Consultation on Terms of Reference for TAB NZ Performance and Efficiency – 5 April 2024 
• Acknowledgement of TAB NZ annual report and ToR update – 4 April 2024 
• Greyhound review quarterly report – 19 December 2023 
• Altercation at Westport Trotting Club 28DEC – 9 January 2024 
• Incident at Cambridge Greyhound Meeting 9FEB – 8 February 2024 
• Letter from TAB – 30 November 2023 
• TAB betting rules amendment notice – 7 December 2023 
• Letter from TAB – 11 December 2023 
• TAB legislative draft – 14 December 2023 
• Letter from TAB – 22 December 2023 
• TAB outage update – 20 February 2024 
• Mt Roskill and other developments – 15 March 2024 
• Letter to Minister from TAB NZ – annual report – 27 March 2024 
• Letter from Nick Roberts – TAB NZ – 29 February 2024 
• Briefing: Racing work programme overview (12 December 2023); 
• Briefing: Racing Safety Development Fund- Funding decisions round one 2023/24 (14 December 2023); 
• Briefing: Racing Integrity Board: Decision briefing to appoint chairperson (14 December 2023); 
• Briefing: 2023 Greyhound Review Work Programme – Racing Integrity Board Update (19 December 2023); 
• Briefing: Racing portfolio organisation forms for CO (23) 4 (20 December 2023); 
• Briefing: Joint report T2023-1942 Options to regulate online gambling (20 December 2023); 
• Briefing: Future of Greyhound Racing in New Zealand (12 January 2024); 
• Briefing: Protecting long term financial returns to the NZ Racing industry – draft Cabinet paper (15 January 2024); 
• Briefing: Budget 2024 Baseline Reduction Exercise for Vote Internal Affairs – Racing portfolio (17 January 2024); 
• Briefing: Proactive release of the Briefing to the Incoming Minister for Racing (17 January 2024); 
• Briefing: Racing portfolio priorities (18 January 2024); 
• Briefing: TAB NZ recruitment and appointment process (18 January 2024); 
• Briefing: Budget 2024 Baseline Reduction Exercise for Vote Internal Affairs (18 January 2024); 
• Briefing: Racing Safety Development Fund – Announcement of the second funding round for 2023/24 (23 January 2024); 
• Briefing: Proposal for the 2024 Legislation Programme (8 February 2024); 
• Briefing: Final responses to pre-hearing questions for 2022/23 Annual Review (8 February 2024); 
• Aide memoire: Meeting with Monique Croon, Mayor of the Chatham Islands (12 February 2024); 
• Racing Status Report for the month ending 15 February 2024 (15 February 2024); 
• Briefing: 2022/23 Annual Review draft Racing portfolio hearing support (19 February 2024); 
• Briefing: 2024 March Baseline Update for Vote Internal Affairs - Ministerial Services Appropriations (20 February 2024); 
• Speech: Speech for presenting TIES (Thoroughbreds in Equestrian Sport) Award (5 March 2024); 
• Briefing: Appointment of Racing Integrity Board Chairperson: Talking Points for APH 19 March 2024 (12 March 2024); 
• Racing Status Report for the month ending 14 March 2024 (14 March 2024); 
• Briefing: Financial sustainability of the racing industry (15 March 2024); 
• Briefing: Final responses to post-hearing questions for 2022/23 Annual Review (21 March 2024); 
• Racing Integrity Board Chairperson – Letter of appointment (26 March 2024); 
• Appointment to the Racing Integrity Board – decision on nominations (26 March 2024).  

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WPOIA-088 
18/04/2024  17/06/2024  Under the OIA may I please request: 
• the names of all documents, briefings, advice, reports, and similar correspondence relating to the Minister's speech at the UN general assembly where he called the 
conflict in Gaza an utter catastrophe; 
• The content of those documents; 
• The titles of officials, advisers and all other relevant people who input into the speech.  
 
 
  

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WPOIA-089 
18/04/2024  24/06/2024  I therefore request copies of all briefings, emails, records of meetings and all other communications since you became the current Minister of Foreign Affairs on the 
following matters: 
 
(a) The statement "barbaric violations of women and children" used when referring to the 7 October attack and since - given the number of 'barbaric violations' 
reported on October 7 which have since been shown to be false, what is the nature of these barbaric allegations you speak of, according to the briefings, advice and 
other communications you have received. 
 
(b) The investigations into serious allegations against certain UNRWA staff - what are the specific investigations you are looking forward to the outcome of? What 
briefings or reports have you received about the Israel's evidence supporting these serious allegations against certain UNRWA staff. 
 
(c) Given you say that building and expanding illegal settlements in the occupied territories and the forcible displacement of Palestinians from Gaza imperil the two-
state solution, what advice or assessments have you received on the continued viability of a 2 state solution? 
 
(d) You say all must demand that Hamas release all remaining hostages immediately. What advice have you received about the legal status of Israeli military personnel 
held by Hamas - are these people hostages or prisoners of war?  
 
What advice and information have you received about the thousands of Palestinians held without charge by Israel, and their status under international law? 
 
(e) The press release of 14 April asserts that Iran conducted illegal strikes against Israel. Iran is citing its right to self-defence for these strikes, following the attack by 
Israel on its consulate at Damascus. What advice have you received on this 'self-defence' justification, and the legality of it. 
 
(f) Your speech to the United Nations acknowledges that Palestinian civilians bear the brunt of Israel's military action. Have you asked for or received any advice or 
briefings on the impacts of Israeli military action on Palestinian civilians in Gaza, and its legality in terms of international humanitarian law? I note that the government 
has imposed sanctions on some Israeli illegal settlers on the West Bank. Have you asked for and/or received any advice on imposing sanctions against members of the 
Israeli cabinet and military for their actions in Gaza? 
 
Finally, just to confirm that where you have received advice and/or briefings and such like on any of the matters asked about above I am requesting copies of those 
communications.. 
WPOIA-095 
19/04/2024  20/05/2024  When you were last Deputy Prime Minister, you requested information from ACC about me directly. I request  all  information about me held within your Office and 
Archive to be released to me.  

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WPOIA-090 
22/04/2024  23/05/2024  I request any advice received by Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters regarding AUKUS since the Minister was made in charge of the Foreign Affairs portfolio (27 
November 2023).  
 
This includes briefing notes from any meetings with Australian officials relating to AUKUS. 
WPOIA-091  
23/04/2024  22/05/2024  I request you action this request urgently has it is a matter of NZ security.  
 
Under Official Information Act what is NZ policy  with respect to NZ taxpayers funding and/0r other agreements supporting Ukraine  UK USA Australia and Israel. 
 Have you requested or been brief on the content in the links and stories below.  
Have you requested or been briefed on US military decline and influence . 
WPOIA-092 
24/04/2024  14/06/2024  Our clients are raising claims in respect of the policies in the government’s 100-day plan, new priority policies, and the coalition agreements between National/Act and 
National/NZ First which they consider breach their rights under Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Such policies include, but are not limited to: (k) The introduction of a National 
Interest Test 
WPOIA-094 
26/04/2024  24/05/2024  Under the Official Information Act 1982 I request the following: 
 
Appointment of Racing Integrity Board CEO 12-04-24 
WPOIA-093 
26/04/2024  24/05/2024  Any documents or information relating to the meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the United States Secretary of State in April 2024.  
WPOIA-096 
29/04/2024  27/05/2024  I wrote to you all recently re alternatives to the current television and radio stations. Accordingly, can I have a copy of my reply to each of you Chris, Winston and David 
and a copy our your replies to me thank you?  

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WPOIA-122 
30/04/2024  1/07/2024 
Has the New Zealand Government made a decision relating to the funding payment due midyear for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees 
(UNRWA)? 
 
If yes, I am requesting copies of memos, reports, advice and emails pertaining to that decision, thank-you. 
 
Last time I wrote to you, you confirmed the New Zealand Government had received no evidence to support the claims made by the State of Israel re UNRWAs alleged 
involvement in October 7 attacks. Is this still the case? If not, please may I request copies to any reports citing and or referring to said evidence. 
 
In light of the seriousness of aggression being perpetrated against Palestinians by the State of Israel, and in the wake of the International Court of Justice ordering a 
halt to the Rafah offensive, as well as the ICC seeking to obtain arrest warrants for top Israeli Officials, I am also keen to understand why NZ hasn’t taken more 
meaningful action to condemn Israeli war crimes.  
 
What conversations have been had with Israel’s ambassador to NZ specific to their state being in contravention of international legal doctrines? I would like copies of 
any emails, notes, memos and reports that may have been submitted to government related to Israeli war crimes and/or calls for a permanent ceasefire. 
 
I would also like to understand why there has been no decision to grant desperate Palestinians VISAs so they can escape Israeli aggression and seek much needed 
refuge with their connected families here in Aotearoa. What reports, emails and notes have been exchanged between government agencies concerning issuing 
emergency Palestinian visas? I would like copies of them, please 
WPOIA-097 
2/05/2024 
30/05/2024  I would like to request the following under the OIA: 
 
Alignment of resources to priorities and realising required savings – 23 April 2024 
WPOIA-098 
3/05/2024 
6/06/2024 
-  Copies of all advice received since 27 November 2023, on New Zealand's potential involvement in pillar two of AUKUS. 
 
-  Copies of all correspondence received since 27 November 2023, from individuals or organisations expressing their view on New Zealand's potential involvement in 
pillar two of AUKUS. 

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WPOIA-099 
6/05/2024 
4/06/2024 
Under the Official Information Act 1982 I request the following: 
 
18-04-24 TAB - Finalisation of 2024/25 Racing Calendar 
WPOIA-100 
6/05/2024 
4/06/2024 
Under the Official Information Act 1982 I request the following: 
 
Any preparation notes, documents, agenda, minutes, talking points, memos, and any other related correspondence produced prior to, or during, the meeting on 22-04-
24 between DIA Director- Racing Policy and Specialist Ministerial Advisor to discuss TAB NZ online monopoly 
WPOIA-101 
6/05/2024 
4/06/2024 
Under the Official Information Act 1982 I request the following: 
 
15-04-24 Fiscally neutral adjustment for Offshore Betting Charges  
16-04-24 Greyhound industry next steps  
18-04-24 Racing Status report PE18APR24 
WPOIA-102 
9/05/2024 
8/07/2024 
Under the Official Information Act 1982, I request all advice, meeting notes and communications (emails, text messages, Whatsapp, Teams messages) regarding the 
meeting you held with representatives of the NZ Jewish Council. 
 
For the avoidance of doubt, where meeting notes do not exist I request recollections from those who attended. 
WPOIA-103 
9/05/2024 
8/07/2024 
I request all advice, meeting notes and communications (emails, text messages, Whatsapp, Teams messages) regarding the meeting you held with representatives of 
the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand. 
 
For the avoidance of doubt, where meeting notes do not exist I request recollections from those who attended 
WPOIA-105 
10/05/2024  10/06/2024  I am requesting all communications made to you containing evidence relating to the womens' spaces members bill, particularly the "freedom from harm" and "personal 
safety" rationales 
WPOIA-104 
10/05/2024  10/06/2024  • Any correspondence, including letters, emails, text messages, whatsapp, signal, or any other form of electronic communication the Minister has received between 27 
November 2023 and Friday 10 May 2024 from the National Party Racing Spokesperson. 
• Any correspondence, including letters, emails, text messages, whatsapp, signal, or any other form of electronic communication the Minister has received between 27 
November 2023 and Friday 10 May 2024 from the ACT Party Racing Spokesperson. 

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WPOIA-106 
13/05/2024  11/06/2024  Any briefings, aide memoire, submissions, Cabinet papers, or other documentation regarding the appointment of Rosemary Banks as ambassador to the US in 2024 
WPOIA-107 
13/05/2024  11/06/2024  Any advice or correspondence – including emails, texts, briefings and memos exchanged between the Minister, PMO, MFAT officials, Crown Law and Bob Carr or his 
office since 2nd May in relation to comments made by the Minister on RNZ on the morning of 2nd May. 
WPOIA-109 
14/05/2024  12/06/2024  30 April 2024 - Greyhound racing – emails received from two Botany electorate constituents. 
WPOIA-110 
14/05/2024  12/06/2024  I'd be grateful for the minutes, and lists of attendees, for all meetings with Blackrock Corporation which Jacinda Ardern attended whilst in office 
WPOIA-111 
14/05/2024  12/06/2024  In response to WPQ Reply 9723 (2024), I request the following document under the OIA: 
 
30 April 2024 – Ministerial Reporting 30 April 2024 – Recent developments on the TAB online monopoly proposal 1 May 2024 – Amendments to TAB Betting rules. 
WPOIA-108 
15/05/2024  13/06/2024  Please can I request the transcripts for and copies of any notes/memos/reports from: 
 
- The Minister of Foreign Affairs spoke over the phone with his counterpart, thenMinister of Foreign Affairs Eli Cohen on 7 December 2023. 
- The Minister of Foreign Affairs met with the Ambassador of Israel Mr Ran Yaakoby on 12 February 2024.    
WPOIA-112 
16/05/2024  14/06/2024  “all written advice, briefings, notes, reports and aides-memoire, provided for and arising from, the following engagements: 
- A meeting between the New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, and the Chief Executive of the United States Studies Centre in Sydney, Michael Green, 
held on 2 May 2024.  
- The meetings between the New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, and the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Richard Marles, held during the week 
of 22 April 2024. 
- A meeting between the New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, and the High Commissioner of Tuvalu, Feue Tipu, held on 30 April 2024.” 

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WPOIA-113 
16/05/2024  14/06/2024  Under the Official Information Act I request the following: 
 
Copies of all advise (including but not limited to briefings, advise, aide-memoire) received from New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Ministry for The 
Environment to the Deputy Prime Ministers Office and/or Rt Hon Peters pertaining to his trip to Vanuatu in May 2024. 
 
Where information is deemed out of scope, I request that information. 
WPOIA-113 
16/05/2024  5/07/2024 
Under the Official Information Act I request the following: 
 
Copies of all advise (including but not limited to briefings, advise, aide-memoire) received from New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Ministry for The 
Environment to the Deputy Prime Ministers Office and/or Rt Hon Peters pertaining to his trip to Vanuatu in May 2024. 
 
Where information is deemed out of scope, I request that information. 
WPOIA-114 
20/05/2024  24/07/2024  I would like to request all information your office holds in regard to me, and/or the matter regarding hongkon kim, from when you assumed the role of foreign minister 
untill today.   This will include all draft or finalised documents, and attachments to messages.   
 
I ask for all text messages, messenger, WhatsApp or other messaging services, and dates/times of phone calls, between your office and staff in the New Zealand 
embassy in Seoul for the same period, in relation to this matter, whether this was in their personal or official phones or devices.   
WPOIA-116 
23/05/2024  5/08/2024 
I request all briefings to the minister received in the last fortnight on the security situation in New Caledonia and efforts to evacuate New Zealanders  
WPOIA-118 
25/05/2024  24/06/2024  1. Any correspondence between the Minister and the Minister's office to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the use of te reo or English within the 
Ministry. 
2. Any directives sent to MFAT regarding the use of language. 
3. Any communications from MFAT to the Minister or the Minister's office regarding clarification or other discussion on the use of te reo or English. 
 
Under this request I'm specifically requesting any correspondence since the swearing in of the Minister in November 2023 and wish to include all relevant 
communications including emails, letters, documents, text/digital messages, presentation slides, meeting minutes, speech notes, etc, under this request. 

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WPOIA-119 
27/05/2024  25/06/2024  Can you advise what trade sanctions you have imposed or are planning to impose on Israel in response to their genocidal actions against the Palestinian people in Gaza 
and the West Bank? 
  
In addition can you provide information, including advice or other communications from MFAT officials, where sanctions against Israel have been discussed (since 
October 7 2023 
WPOIA-117  
27/05/2024  25/06/2024  Can you please supply me with information in regard's to the Governments stand on the World Health Organisation Pandemic Treaty.  Thus far I as many other New 
Zealanders have not heard or had any information from this Government on the intention to sign or not, on this very evasive and overreaching treaty.  
WPOIA-120 
28/05/2024  8/08/2024 
I request all advice, briefings, reports, notes or meetings, aides memoire and communications to and from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and his office regarding the 
government's public service saving's initiative relating to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. This should include any discussion of the public service savings 
target of 6.5 - 7.5% and MFAT's target of 1%. 
 
  
WPOIA-121 
29/05/2024  27/06/2024  1: Copies of all correspondence that references 'Israel', 'Palestine', 'occupied Palestinian territories', 'Gaza', 'Jews', 'Palestinians', 'Israeli settlers' between 7 October 
2023 and 29 May 2024. 
2. Details of the sources that have been drawn on, and steps and procedures that have been undertaken, to identify and place travel bans on extremist Israeli settlers.” 
 
  
WPOIA-123  
30/05/2024  22/07/2024  Why hasn't the NZ government investigated Rakon yet? 
When will Winston Peters announce an increase in UNRWA funding? 
What are our troops doing in the Red Sea? Are we at war with Yemen and you didn't tell us? 
Why hasn't NZ joined South Africa's case against Israel at the ICJ? 
Why hasn't Christopher Luxon decided to recognise a Palestinian State? 
Why hasn't the NZ government granted the humanitarian visas? 
Why haven't you put sanctions on Israel? 
Why don't you agree with international experts who are calling this a genocide? 
Why haven't you expelled the Israeli ambassador? 
Why haven't you called on the US to stop arming Israel? 

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WPOIA-125 
31/05/2024  27/06/2024  3. Any documents or information relating to the meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the United States Secretary of State in April 2024 
WPOIA-124 
31/05/2024  2/07/2024 
How many emails, letters, and petition signatures have you received from the public begging you to take action against Israel's genocide of Palestine? 
 
It's getting worse. The USA and UK have started bombing Yemen.  We don't want to be part of this. We want you to bring our troops home. We want you to take 
diplomatic action against the agressor nations.  
WPOIA-127 
3/06/2024 
23/07/2024  when will NZ government recommence donations to UNRWA?; 
- when will NZ government investigate Rakon?; 
- when will NZ government impose sanctions on Israel to put pressure on it to comply with international law and ICC directives?; 
- when will NZ government expell the Israel ambassador?; 
- how many NZ military personnel are operating in Yemen and why are NZ military personnel in Yemen? Have we declared war on Yemen? Is the NZ public aware of 
such if so?; 
- when will NZ government recognise the state of Palestine?; 
- when will special Humanitarian Visas be issued for those refugees from Gazan seeking to escape to New Zealand?; 
- why has the NZ government not joined South Africa in its case against Israel in the ICC 
WPOIA-126 
4/06/2024 
3/07/2024 
Please release any written correspondence (including letters, email,  and text messages) with former Australian foreign minister Bob Carr (or his legal representatives) 
sent or received since 1 April 2024. 
WPOIA-133 
4/06/2024 
24/07/2024  As part of the 2017 agreement with Labour it was agreed to  
"• Record a Cabinet minute regarding the lack of process followed prior to the National-led government’s sponsorship of UNSC2334." 
Did that happen? 
What was the nature or content of the "Cabinet minute" in question? 
WPOIA-136 
5/06/2024 
4/07/2024 
Does the New Zealand Government recognise any form of government in Palestine (Gaza or the West Bank) and if so, who or what is recognised?  
WPOIA-128 
6/06/2024 
31/07/2024  Under the Official Information Act, RNZ requests from Minister Winston Peters the following information in a fully searchable format: 
 
All reports, submissions, aide memoire, emails, analysis, correspondence, advice, and communications on any platform, sent, held or received by you or your office in 
relation to: greyhound racing 

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WPOIA-129 
7/06/2024 
8/07/2024 
What information, metadata such as title and date will suffice, if any, was recieved by the Minister or their office regarding the incident reported by Radio NZ Morning 
Report this morning described by an Israeli spokesperson as a precision strike on a school. 
 
Have any requests for information regarding this incident been made by the Minister and or office? 
 
What statements has the Minister made in opposition to precision strikes on schools UN or otherwise?” 
WPOIA-141 
7/06/2024 
8/07/2024 
My OIA request is a copy of any policy and/or procedures the Government has in place to ensure such elements  are not permitted access to New Zealand.  Further, I 
request under the Act any advice given by the departments of Immigration and/or Foreign Affairs to the Minister of immigration, the Foreign minister or the Prime 
Minister since the 17th of October 2023 concerning the issue of Israeli citizens’ access to New Zealand.  

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WPOIA-130 
8/06/2024 
19/07/2024  1. Given some commentators allege Japan is a corrupt nation and the settlements between Russia and Japan from the end of World War 2 regarding some islands 
appears unresolved and President Putin's response to a Japanese Journalist said something along the lines of "how can Russia have normal relations with Japan when 
Japan considers Russia a threat". So what briefings, if any do you have on the relations between Russia and Japan and also regarding New Zealand's partnership with 
Japan on this matter of Defence. Please provide documentation on these. 
2. Given the US is 65000 military recruits short and the US is considerable distance from New Zealand, and their Navy is likely to be sunk in the event of war breaking 
out, how is it of New Zealand's economic interest to have a relationship with the United States given that their weapons are not up to the same specifications as the 
Russians' and with New Zealand likely becoming a target for supporting the US. Please supply any reports indicating whether a geopolitical alliance with the US would 
be more beneficial to New Zealand than an alliance with Russia. 
3. Do you have any reports showing that New Zealand is a likely target given the relationship New Zealand has with the US, Australia and the UK and potentially Japan. 
4. Given the attack on 2 of Russia's Nuclear warning systems, have you received any advice on this with respect to Ukraine wanting to cause a war with respect to 
joining Ukraine and fighting against Russia. Likewise have you received any advise that Israel wants to start a war with Iran in order to involve America. Likewise 
between the Philippines, China and Taiwan 
5. Given 50 year sanctions on Cuba and allegations the US are funding uprisings in some South American, Caribbean places. Have you been advised that the Cubans 
who were not very close to Russia prior to the Ukraine conflict are now seeking to get closer to Russia. Furthermore the concerns that the US are likely to destroy 
economies with respect to sanctions in some of their decisions resulting in Haiti type dire situation. Have you got any evidence to prove or disprove this and if so please 
provide it. 
6. Given the relations between the US and Russia for example the US not wanting to have their two presidents speak with one another and their foreign ministers 
unable to communicate with one another the history of US governments reneging or pulling out on previous international agreements between the US, Russia and Iran. 
Have you been advised regarding the Nuclear threat proposed in this situation given the weakness of the US and NATO compared to Russia as Russia is winning on the 
battlegrounds of Ukraine and expanding their diplomatic partnership and expanding BRICS with many countries wanting to join. As President Putin did mention that 
the US is the only country who have actually used Nuclear weapons on actual targets. 
7. Are there any plans to remove restrictions on Russia given that approximately 4.5 billion people still trade with Russia and if not, why not? 
8. Are there any plans to increase New Zealand's civil defence in a way that military and civilians can respond to natural disasters or other threats on a cost-effective 
basis. 
9. How is New Zealand helping Ukraine and Palestine with humanitarian aid when the US is supplying weapons rather than diplomacy to resolve the situation and what 
requests has New Zealand made to increase diplomacy between the US and other countries such as Ukraine, Russia, Taiwan, China, Israel and Palestine since the 1st 
January 2022? 
10. What evidence do you have that proves that New Zealand's economic and defence well being is served having relationships with Australia, given their banks receive 
considerable sums of money from their market share and profits they receive from the New Zealand market and their distance from New Zealand. 
11. Have their been any discussions or reports about New Zealand being an independent country and not having any military alliances. 

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WPOIA-131 
10/06/2024  9/07/2024 
Any information and/or documents and/or correspondence on the potential for, or actual occurrence of, any New Zealand citizen or resident who has or will travel to 
Israel to join the IDF in their capacity as a private citizen or holding dual citizenship with Israel.  
- Any information and/or documents and/or correspondence on responses to New Zealand citizens or residents who has or will travel to Israel to join the IDF in their 
capacity as a private citizen or holding dual citizenship with Israel.  
 
Can you please answer whether any NZ residents or citizens who fight with or for the IDF will face any consequences upon return?   
WPOIA-132 
11/06/2024  19/07/2024  1. Is it New Zealand's position to ignore China's ambassador to New Zealand's warning about becoming involved with Australia, Japan, United Kingdom and United 
States of America with respect to defense for example Australia acquiring submarines amongst other matters? 
2. What advice have you received on this and is this going to result in New Zealand choosing a defence arrangement with the parties mentioned above rather than 
trading with China? 
3. Has there been any advice regarding New Zealand leaving the 5 Eyes Spy Network since the 1st of January 2022? 
4. What is the number of years of experience and qualifications with respect to experts advising the government on the above issues and the number of people and 
their nationalities (for dual citizens please specify) and if they've had any combat experience and when? 
5. What dates were you made aware of the 3 nuclear early warning systems being targeted in Russia and how many and what time and to whom this information was 
passed to. 
WPOIA-134  
12/06/2024  11/07/2024  What actions will New Zealand take now to ensure this resolution is accomplished? 
Additionally, what actions will New Zealand take, should parties to the ceasefire fail to adhere to this resolution? 
WPOIA-135  
12/06/2024  11/07/2024  What is the coalition governments response to the ICJ ruling on Israel and Hamas?  
Can the Primeminister and the coalition government recognise the state of Palestine?  

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WPOIA-137 
18/06/2024  31/07/2024  Under the Official Information Act 1982, I am requesting copies of the following documents: 
 
Myanmar: Invitation to Participate in New Zealand-hosted ASEAN Events 
UNRWA: 2023/24 Core Contribution 
Non-paper: Recognition of Palestinian statehood 
Submission: UN General Assembly resolution on Palestine’s participation at the United Nations 
UNRWA: 2023/24 Core Contribution 
 Submission: Crisis in Myanmar: New Zealand’s policy respons· 
Submission: Myanmar: Invitation to participate in New Zealand-hosted ASEAN Events 
Written advice: Myanmar: Meeting request from NUG “Minister” 
WPOIA-138 
23/06/2024  22/07/2024  Under the Official Information Act 1982 can you please advise how much money has been spent on travel for the Honourable Winston Peters in his role as Minister of 
Foreign Affairs since October 2023.  This is to include all flights, accommodation and general expenses undertaken during travel.  
  
Can you also please advise on what occasions the spouse of the Honourable Winston Peters accompanied him and if and when she did, what expenses her travel 
incurred i.e. flights, accommodation and general expenses. 
WPOIA-139 
27/06/2024  29/07/2024  I now request all communications relating to the processing of this request, including the assessment of the request and the preparation of your responses to this 
information request. For the purposes of this request 'communications' includes emails, letters, internal correspondence, briefings, file notes, records of phone calls 
and/or conversations, personal recollections and so on. 
WPOIA-140  
3/07/2024 
21/08/2024  “all reports, briefings, memos, aides-memoire, notes, and written advice, received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rt Hon Winston Peters, concerning the AUKUS 
trilateral security pact between 2 May 2024 and 21 June 2024 (both dates inclusive).” 

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WPOIA-142 
5/07/2024 
2/08/2024 
Re Covid exemptions: 
Peters speaking. "They also exempted eleven thousand civil servants 
(exempt from covid vaccination). No one was told that." See reference attached. 
Questions I need answered. 
1. Who granted these exemptions. 
2. On what grounds were they granted. 
3. Did any person granted an exemption in any way promote vaccines for other New  
Zealanders. 
4. What are the names of the people granted these exemptions? 
 
WPOIA-141 
7/07/2024 
My OIA request is a copy of any policy and/or procedures the Government has in place to ensure such elements are not permitted access to  New Zealand. Further, I 
request under the Act any advice given by the departments of Immigration and/or Foreign Affairs to the Minister of immigration, the Foreign minister or the Prime 
Minister since the 17th of October 2023 concerning the issue of Israeli citizens’ access to New Zealand. 
WPOIA-143 
7/07/2024 
2/08/2024 
My OIA request is were any members of Parliament given an exemption from the covid jab?  I dont need names for privacy reasons (unless you want to) just numbers 
WPOIA-138 
10/07/2024  7/08/2024 
Under the Official Information Act 1982 can you please advise how much money has been spent on travel for the Honourable Winston Peters in his role as Minister of 
Foreign Affairs since October 2023.  This is to include all flights, accommodation and general expenses undertaken during travel.  
  
Can you also please advise on what occasions the spouse of the Honourable Winston Peters accompanied him and if and when she did, what expenses her travel 
incurred i.e. flights, accommodation and general expenses. 
WPOIA-144 
11/07/2024  8/08/2024 
Under the OIA I REQUEST THAT YOU DISCLOSE WHO DECIDES TO GIVE UKRAINE MONEY FROM NZ TAX PAYERS ..MONEY TO THE MOST CORRUPTED BIDEN AFFILIATES .. 
 
2.WHAT MINISTERS ARE INVOLVED IN GIVING THE MONEY ? IS IT OK TO FINANCE PROVEN CORRUPTED GOVERNMENTS ? WHAT STANCE DOES MY LUXON HAVE ON US 
BIDEN UKRAINE ALLIANCES TO DO WITH CHECKING WE AS KIWIS ARE NOT WAR CRIME AFFILIATES 
 
3.WHAT POLICY IS IT THAT YOU RELY UPON TO BACK UP UKRAINIAN WAR CRIMINALS USING KIWI MONEY ?WHAT HAS 5 EYES DONE TO CHECK PUTIN AND CARLSONS 
CLAIMS ARE UNTRUE 

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WPOIA-145 
19/07/2024  16/07/2024  .         Any advice, briefings or internal/external communications received or generated relating to the repeal of SERPA, dating back to 2021; 
2.2.         Any documents generated or received relating to companies and associates with interests in heated tobacco products, snus, or nicotine pouches,  
including but not limited to IQOS, Zyn, Velo, Lyft; 
2.3.         Advice sought and received relating to allowing the sale of smokeless tobacco; 
2.4.         Advice sought and received relating to nicotine energy drinks or other nicotine consumable products; 
2.5.         Advice sought and received relating to liberalising regulations of heated tobacco products. 

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WPOIA-146 
19/07/2024  16/08/2024  In 2019 Aotearoa New Zealand passed its Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act which sets out a target for reduced emissions, with exceptions for 
biogenic methane from agriculture and waste sectors. 
a. Aotearoa New Zealand ranks as ‘highly insufficient’ on the Climate Action Tracker when it comes to domestic policies and actions, with the current framework not 
being adequate enough to remain within 1.5 degrees celcius targets. Are there plans to increase current legislative and policy climate commitments to reach net zero 
by 2050? 
b. Have the targets to reduce agricultural sector emissions to below 24-47% of 2017 levels by 2050 changed? 
c. Are there plans to remove the existing exemptions on reductions for the agricultural sector, and if so what are the new commitments for emission reductions and 
how are they being met? 
d. How is the government tracking on implementing its domestic targets to reduce emissions? Any supporting documentation that demonstrates the current emissions 
and how it lines up with targets would be appreciated. 
e. How much of the emissions targets will be reached through means such as carbon credits and emissions trading schemes? What are your plans to reduce reliance on 
carbon credits and emissions trading schemes? 
2. Does the Aotearoa New Zealand government consider climate mobility as an adaptation measure in its funding plans to address climate change in the region? 
a. If so, what amount of funding and resources are specifically allocated to this and how will the funding be used? 
3. What steps have been taken, or are planned, to implement the commitments under the Pacific Climate Mobility Framework agreed at the Pacific Islands Forum 
Leader’s meeting in December 2023? Please provide supporting documentation. 
4. To date Aotearoa New Zealand’s climate financing committment remains well below its fair share on a global scale. Recently Aotearoa New Zealand commited $1.3 
Billion to the International climate finance envelope for 2022-2025. 
a. How much of this has been paid already and to which agencies? 
b. How much has been or will be contributed to the UN’s Loss and Damage Fund that was committed to at the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP27) in Egypt? 
c. What remains to be funded as at July 2024? 
see: https://www.mfat.govt.nz/assets/Aid/Climate-finance/International-Climate-Finance-Strategy-At-a-glance-FINAL.pdf 
5. How much of Aotearoa New Zealand’s aid and development budget is allocated to climate adaptation and mitigation projects in the Pacific Island countries? 
a. Please provide supporting documents on existing projects in this area and outline what has been completed, or is a new project. 

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WPOIA-147 
22/07/2024  16/09/2024  Under the Official Information Act, I request copies of: 
 
- all communication, including text messages, emails, and all other forms of electronic communication within your office about new spending or baseline savings in 
Budget 2024 for votes you are responsible for. 
- all communication, including text messages, emails, and all other forms of electronic communication between your office and departments you are responsible for, 
about new spending or baseline savings in Budget 2024 for votes you are responsible for. 
 
Where you refuse to release a document, I request the name of the document and the reason that it was withheld.  
WPOIA-148 
24/07/2024  4/09/2024 
Under the Official Information Act, I request copies of all communication, including text messages, emails, and all other forms of electronic communication between 
your office and the Minister of Finance’s office about new spending or baseline savings in Budget 2024 for votes you are responsible for. 
 
Where you refuse to release a document, I request the name of the document and the reason that it was withheld.  
WPOIA-149 
24/07/2024  18/09/2024  Could the following please be provide under the OIA: 
-  All documents, including but not exclusive to briefings, papers, cabinet papers, weekly bulletins and memos, received by the minister related to Rocket Lab, between 
March 1, 2024 and July 24, 2024 
- All documents, including but not exclusive to briefings, papers, cabinet papers, weekly bulletins and memos, received by the minister regarding New Caledonia in the 
past two months 
- All documents, including but not exclusive to briefings, papers, cabinet papers, weekly bulletins and memos, received by the minister regarding the PIF in the past two 
months 
- All documents, including but not exclusive to briefings, papers, cabinet papers, weekly bulletins and memos, received by the minister regarding greyhound racing in 
the past three months 
WPOIA-150  
25/07/2024  22/08/2024  Under the Official Information Act I request a copy of the quarterly reports received in 2024 by the Racing Minister from the Racing Integrity Board.  
 
I also request the last 10 regular reports sent to the Racing Minister by the Racing Integrity Board relating to the greyhound industry.   
WPOIA-151 
29/07/2024  2/09/2024 
All documents, including but not exclusive to briefings, papers, cabinet papers, weekly bulletins and memos, received by the minister regarding seabed mining in the 
Pacific and/or the International Seabed Authority in the past three months 

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WPOIA-152 
2/08/2024 
30/08/2024  On 28 July you tweeted a statement which includes condemning the attack on Majdal Shams. In the same paragraph you link Hezbollah to this attack. 
 
 
What is the evidence you are relying on in linking Hezbollah to the attack on Majdal Shams? 
WPOIA-153  
5/08/2024 
23/09/2024  Under the Official Information Act, please supply all written advice, briefings, notes, reports and aides-memoire received by Hon Judith Collins KC regarding the New 
Zealand-US Dialogue on Critical and Emerging Technologies. 
WPOIA-154  
6/08/2024 
1/10/2024 
What advice have you requested or received regarding the International Court of Justice decision attached regarding Palestine and Israel? 
WPOIA-155 
6/08/2024 
1/10/2024 
1. What advice have you sought or received regarding the ICJ decision? 
2. What changes have been made as a result of this decision or planning to be made with respect to your role in dictating such changes? 
3. What negative impacts and or concerns have you received with respect to correspondence and/or advice concerning New Zealand joining AUKUS since you became 
Minister in this current Government? 
4. Please advise the benefits you received with respect to correspondence and/or advice concerning New Zealand joining AUKUS since you became Minister in this 
current Government? 
5. Has the Minister received any advise that we are heading towards World War 3 due to escalations with respect to the US causing problems and support in taking on 
Russia, China, Iran, Yemen and other conflicts? 
6. What is the goal of New Zealand, what evidence is there for New Zealand to support such actions with respect to how such decisions are being made with regard to 
New Zealand's continual support of USA since you came into office? Specifically supporting Ukraine, Israel, and attacking the Houthis in Yemen.  
WPOIA-156  
8/08/2024 
5/09/2024 
1) Does the New Zealand government plan to consider negotiating with the Australian government to improve the conditions for New Zealand permanent residents to 
eliminate the current imbalance? 2) Are there specific measures or strategies included in the recently adopted "Trans-Tasman Roadmap to 2035" aimed at addressing 
this issue? Will this matter be resolved in the near future? 3) Has this issue been raised in the "Trans-Tasman Roadmap to 2035" and is there a timeline for resolving it, 
particularly as per point 18 of the Joint Statement: Australia-New Zealand Leaders’ Meeting 2023, which mentioned the establishment of a joint working group to 
report by the end of June 2024 (Joint Statement-ANZLM-2...? 

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WPOIA-157 
12/08/2024  9/09/2024 
“ I wrote to you PM Chris and at least two other senior government Ministers including Hon Winstone Peters some considerable time ago asking you a very simple 
question involving basic human rights and simply asking you to inform me who the Minister is that is responsible for women, who is the Minister responsible for 
children and who is the Minister responsible for men? 
 
In accordance with the purpose of the above act of parliament please can I have copy of my letters to yourselves and a copy of your responses Christopher and all 
others liable to do so please.” 

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WPOIA-158 
15/08/2024  12/09/2024  1. “Has the Secretary/MFAT received any export permit applications from New Zealand Company Rakon between 1 January 2021 and 15 August 2024?  
If so for each application please provide details of:  
- the date the application was made; 
- the goods for which the application was made; 
- the intended recipient of the goods; 
- the destination country for the goods; 
- the outcome of the application. 
 
2. Has the Secretary granted any export permits to New Zealand Company Rakon between 1 January 2021 and 15 August 2024? 
If so for each export permit please provide details of: 
- the date the export permit was granted; 
- the controlled goods covered by the permit; 
- the intended recipient of the controlled goods; 
- the destination country for the controlled goods;  
- the type of export permit granted (eg a multiple permit); 
- the considerations taken into account when assessing whether to grant the permit; 
- whether an End User Certificate (EUC) is associated with the export permit. If an EUC is associated with the export permit, please provide a copy of the EUC. 
 
3. Has New Zealand Company Rakon been granted a general consent export permit between 1 January 2021 and 15 August 2024? If so please provide the information 
provided by Rakon to MFAT pursuant to the six-monthly reporting requirements. 
 
4. If New Zealand Company Rakon has been granted a general consent export permit between 1 January 2021 and 15 August 2024 and the reporting requirement was 
waived, please provide: 
- Confirmation that the reporting requirement was waived; and 
- Any records provided to MFAT on the types and amounts of goods exported, and the end-users who have received items under the general consent. 
 
5. Has there been consideration of goods to be or being exported by NZ Company Rakon between 1 January 2021 and 15 August 2024 where the goods were deemed 
not to fall within the scope of the Strategic Goods list? If so please provide details about the basis on which this decision/these decisions were made, the intended 
recipient, the intended destination country/ies, the nature of the goods concerned and the dates on which the decision/s were made. 
 
6. Has there been considered of goods to be or being exported by NZ Company Rakon between 1 January 2021 and 15 August 2024 where the goods were deemed not 
to fall within the scope of the Catch Alls? If so please provide details about the basis on which this decision/these decisions were made, the intended recipient, the 
nature of the goods concerned, the intended destination country/ies, and the dates on which the decision/s were made. 
 
7. Has there been consideration of goods to be or being exported by NZ Company Rakon between 1 January 2021 and 15 August 2024 where an exemption was applied 
(relating to either the strategic goods list or the catch alls), resulting in an export permit not being required. If so please provide details about the basis on which this 
decision/these decisions were made, the intended recipient, the nature of the goods concerned, the intended destination country/ies and the dates on which the 
decision/s were made. 
 
8. Has there been consideration of goods to be or being exported by NZ Company Rakon between 1 January 2021 and 15 August 2024 where a decision was made that 
the company was not required to supply a EUC.  If so please provide details about the basis on which this decision/these decisions were made, the intended recipient, 
the nature of the goods concerned, the intended destination country/ies and the dates on which the decision/s were made. 
 
9. Please provide a copy of all correspondence between MFAT’s Export Controls team (or predecessor team at MFAT handling export controls) and NZ Company Rakon 
between 1 January 2021 and 15 August 2024. 
 
10. Please provide a copy of all correspondence (including emails and text messages, notes of meetings etc) between MFAT officials and NZ Company Rakon between 1 

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January 2021 and 15 August 2024. 
 
11. Please provide copies of all notes and/or reports prepared by MFAT officials concerning Rakon and the export of Rakon products.   
 
12. Please provide a list of all permits granted to Rakon, or other New Zealand-based companies, to export crystal oscillators, falling either under the Strategic Goods 
List or the Catch Alls in the period 1 January 2021 and 15 August 2024 including: 
- the names of the company or individual exporting; 
- the intended recipient; 
- the intended destination country; 
- the considerations taken into account when assessing whether to grant the permit/s; 
- any exemptions made in relation to requiring the applicant to provide information, including EUC’s. 
- a copy of any EUC’s submitted in association withthe permit 
- the date relevant permits were granted. 
 
13. Have there been any exemptions to the Secretary’s/MFAT’s guidelines applied to Rakon in relation to goods that fall under the Strategic Goods List or the Catch 
Alls? If so please provide details as to: 
- the date an exemption was made; 
- what was considered in terms of granting an exemption; 
- the nature of the goods being exported 
- the human rights considerations taken into account in determining whether to grant an exemption. 
- details of the recipient company or entity. 
 
14. Please provide a copy of all advice given by MFAT to government ministers about Rakon’s export of goods.” 
WPOIA-160 
15/08/2024  12/09/2024  All communications sent by or received by Minister Peters regarding women's boxing or boxers in 2024. 
All advice or briefings received by Minister Peters regarding women's boxing or boxers in 2024.” 

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WPOIA-161  
19/08/2024  16/09/2024  Please provide the following briefings/reports that have been received by the Minister.  
 
Briefing: 2023 Greyhound Review Work Programme – Racing Integrity Board Update (19 December 2023) 
 
Briefing: Future of Greyhound Racing in New Zealand (12 January 2024) 
 
16-04-24 Greyhound industry's next steps 
 
31 July 2024 – Greyhound Racing NZ – GRNZ Statement of Intent 2025-27 
 
In addition, please provide any reports/briefings/memos received by the Minister since April 17, 2024 (and not included above) in which greyhound racing was the 
primary topic.” 

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WPOIA-162  
21/08/2024  7/11/2024 
“How many people are “a number”  in the statement “have announced travel bans on a number of extremist Israeli settlers who have committed violent attacks 
against Palestinians in the West Bank” 
  
As a separate question, who are the banned extremists. 
  
By what criteria (please provide documentation to the extent that you can do so, even if redacted) is someone deemed an extremist such that they would join the list of 
“ extremist Israeli settlers who have committed violent attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank”? 
  
Given that similar atrocities have happened against Palestinians in East Jerusalem and elsewhere in both Israel and the occupied territories are there any “ extremist 
Israeli settlers [ or others] who have committed violent attacks against Palestinians” in East Jerusalem or for that matter the occupied Golan Heights and are there 
steps to also ban them?  If so, please provide documentation to the extent that you can do so, even if redacted. 
 
What are the steps, and if they include correspondence please provide a copy, that “New Zealand has taken …  to signal clearly that this behaviour is unacceptable".  
Jamie, I realise that some of this correspondence might show a degree of pique on the part of New Zealand and that for us to demonstrate this “less than unfaltering 
support for an important US allay” might be embarrassing, even so,  I ask you to carefully read through the presumed correspondence and take a deep breath and steel 
yourself on behalf of the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister and release as much as you can, even if parts need to be redacted. 
  
Given that "New Zealand’s consistent position has been that Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are a violation of international law.” Israelis that 
live in such settlement are participating in the continuing perpetuation of a criminal act.  So are these Israeli Citizens give a “hall pass” so to speak.  To put it explicitly, 
Is there a process by which illegal Israeli Settlers on occupied Palestinian Land such as for instance residents of the Israeli towns of; Modi'in Illit,  Beitar Illit, Ma'ale 
Adumim ,  Ariel, Givat Ze'ev, Efrat, Alfei Menashe, Karnei Shomron, Oranit, Kiryat, Arba (depending on the source used, the combined population of these ten towns is 
between 250,000 and 350,000) are prevented from entering New Zealand on an Israeli passport with no visa requirement? 
  
In relation to my correspondence of the 8th of July 2024 I note that you provided no answers to any of my requests except to supply a justification on the grounds that it 
might interfere with the cozy relationship between the US, Israel, and New Zealand.  What concerns me is that there were a number of issues addressed in that letter 
and all were dismissed by application of the above mentioned clause.  Accordingly, I ask these again under the provisions of The Act, and, as is required by the act, I 
wish you to respond to each as it is listed with a suitable individual response. 
 
Given that there is a large amount of video footage of the mobs of marauding Israeli youth shouting “Death to all Arabs” referred to in my letter of the 8th of July, are 
there any step being taken by the New Zealand Government to mitigate the risk of these thugs entering New Zealand on visa free Israeli Passports? 
  
Further, I request under the Act all the advice given by the departments of Immigration and/or Foreign Affairs to the Minister of immigration, the Foreign minister or 
the Prime Minister since the 17th of October 2023 concerning the issue of Israeli citizens’ access to New Zealand that is permitted to be released either in full or partly 
redacted? 
  
Finally, are there any processes in place to prevent IDF “soldiers” who may have committed war crimes such s the one against Ramzi Abu Sahloul from entering New 
Zealand on a visa free Israeli passport?” 
  
WPOIA-164 
26/08/2024  23/09/2024  • All correspondence the Minister of Foreign Affairs or his office has had with the Russian Ambassador to New Zealand since taking office in November 2023. If specific 
correspondence cannot be released, can you please provide a dated list of any correspondence and in what form the correspondence took?  

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WPOIA-163  
26/08/2024  2/10/2024 
I would like to request all advice given to the Minister for Racing, Winston Peters, since entering the his role on: 
- A ban on greyhound racing 
- Safety concerns around greyhound racing 
- Deaths in the greyhound racing industry.  
- International best practice on greyhound racing 
- The implications of continuing the practice of greyhound racing.  
WPOIA-165  
28/08/2024  23/10/2024  • Any and all written documents (including, but not limited to, aide-memoires, reports, briefings) provided to the Minister on the subject of the ICJ’s advisory opinion of 
19 July 2024 relating to the illegality of Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territory. 
• Any and all written documents (including, but not limited to, aide-memoires, reports, briefings) provided to the Minister on the subject of potential recognition of a 
Palestinian state. 
WPOIA-166 
30/08/2024  17/10/2024  I am looking for communications from the Ministry including the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister to the State of Israel and it's representatives 
regarding: 
 
Israel's aggression in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. 
 
Actions taken under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. 
 
Dates of communication from the 8th of October 2023 to the 3rd August 2024. 

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WPOIA-167 
30/08/2024  18/10/2024  “I am writing to request, under the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982, any documentation that shows what consideration has been given by the 
government to the risks/benefits of opening up a visa pathway for Palestinians with family here. 
 
Specifically looking at 
 
Any assessment, reports, memos, transcripts of any communication between the minister and other ministries and members of cabinet that discussed the potential 
impact of such a visa pathway. 
 
Any  correspondence  with counterparts in Australia and Canada over their visa pathways and any associated documentation that considers how this could be applied 
within the NZ context. 
 
Any communication or documentation that outlines the likelihood probability of being able to open up diplomatic channels with Israel to facilitate passage through 
Gaza’s borders as required? If for security reasons this can not be divulged, what of this can you show to divulge whether there was ever any communication with Israel 
over this? 
 
Any diary entries in Minister Peters schedule to reflect meetings he’s had with any Israeli representatives in relation to October 7. 
 
Copies of monthly briefings since May sent to/from Minister Peters.” 
WPOIA-173  
30/08/2024  4/11/2024 
I am requesting communications between the Foreign Ministers office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to and from the New Zealand Jewish Council (NZJC) 
and any of it's representatives including but not limited to Juliet Moses and Shoshana Maasland. 
WPOIA-169 
3/09/2024 
15/10/2024  - Copies of all correspondence including text messages, letters and emails, sent or received by any member of your office regarding international travel opportunities 
for you as Minister. 
- Copies of all correspondence including text messages, letters and emails, sent or received by you regarding international travel opportunities for you as Minister. 
- Copies of all advice or any other documents received by you or any member of your office regarding international travel opportunities for you as Minister. 
WPOIA-168 
3/09/2024 
7/11/2024 
I'd like to request the names (if possible) and the number of extremist Israeli settlers that are currently banned from entering New Zealand, as referenced in your email 
in response to the actionstation.org online petition to impose sanctions on Israel dated August 8. I would also like to know when these travels were put in place. 

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WPOIA-170  
4/09/2024 
2/10/2024 
Under the Official Information Act 1982 I request the following: 
TAB NZ - 23 August - Q4 letter to Minister for Racing 
WPOIA-171 
9/09/2024 
19/11/2024  “I would like to request copies of the following briefings under the Official Information Act: 
 
- 30/07/2024 Submission China’s request for accession to the OIV: New Zealand position 
- 1/08/2024 Brief for Event Meeting with United States Congressional Delegation of House Appropriations Committee (Defense Sub-Committee) members 
- 2/08/2024 Brief for Meeting Meeting Brief: Bilateral Meeting with Canadian High Commissioner Joanne Lemay 
- 5/08/2024 Aide Memoire Aide Memoir – New Zealand Pacific immigration settings 
- 7/08/2024 Submission PROGRESS UPDATE ON MFAT’S NEW HEAD OFFICE BUILDING 
- 13/08/2024 Informal Note Informal Note — MFAT’s Advice on the Cabinet Paper entitled “Providing greater certainty for contracting parties” 
- 15/08/2024 Submission New Zealand Contribution to NATO Ukraine Effort - Participation and Financial Arrangement 
- 16/08/2024 Aide Memoire Aide Memoire – Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme: Cabinet Decisions on the Increase to Worker Cap and Short-term Amendment 
- 19/08/2024 Submission MFAT Strategic Intentions 2024-2028 
- 19/08/2024 Brief for Meeting Background Brief – New Zealand - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) FTA Negotiations 
- 19/08/2024 Brief for Meeting Background Brief – Israel/Gaza and Regional Crisis 
- 20/08/2024 Brief for Event Event Brief - Dinner with António Guterres, UN Secretary-General 
- 22/08/2024 Aide Memoire Aide Memoire — MFAT’s Advice on the Cabinet Paper entitled “Providing greater certainty for contracting parties” 
- 23/08/2024 Brief for Meeting INCOMING VISIT BY THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO AUCKLAND 23-24 AUGUST 
- 23/08/2024 Brief for Event PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM LEADERS MEETING 
WPOIA-172 
12/09/2024  10/10/2024  “[2] All correspondence to and from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and/or his Office concerning that summit” 
WPOIA-175 
18/09/2024  16/10/2024  “Under the Official Information Act 1982 I request the following relating to WPQ 56929: 
• DIA - 2 SEP24 - APH Talking Points - Racing Integrity Board appointments.  
• DIA - 3 SEP24 - DIA Annual report 2023/24 – draft. 
• DIA - 4 SEP24 - Talking Points - Meeting with Minister of Internal Affairs. “ 

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WPOIA-176 
19/09/2024  17/10/2024  “1) Since the most recent appointment of Peters as Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade, has he met with Juliet Moses or any other representatives of the New Zealand 
Jewish Council, and if so, on what occasions? 
2) Please provide all communications between Peters in his capacity as Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade and Moses and other representatives of the New Zealand 
Jewish Council. This should be in the original form- not summaries.” 
WPOIA-177 
23/09/2024  21/10/2024  I would like to make the following OIA request: 
 
 - All incoming and outgoing emails, chats, or other communications. 
- any meeting notes that were taken of meetings that occurred. 
 
between the Minister's Office and any of the following groups or people from 1 April 2024 onwards: 
 
- Tanya Unkovich MP 
- Speak Up For Women  
- Tania Sturt 
- Suzanne Levy 
- Ani O'Brien 
- Save Women's Sports Australasia  
- Ro Edge 
- FOWL (Feminist Older Women Lobbyists) 
- Jan Rivers 
- Genspect NZ 
- Dr. Carol Hamilton 
- Resist Gender Education 
- the Free Speech Union NZ 
WPOIA-178 
24/09/2024  22/10/2024  I request under the OIA the communications from David Seymour and the Act party mentioned in this tweet 
https://x.com/benmackey/status/1838380294975688853 
(Links to a tweet which says that ACT was not consulted on UN resolution)  

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WPOIA-179 
24/09/2024  22/10/2024  Under the Official Information Act 1982 I request copies of all Cabinet minutes and Cabinet Committee minutes relating to any Cabinet papers or oral items you took to 
either Cabinet or Cabinet Committee during the month of August 2024. 
 
Where you refuse to release a document I request the name of the document and the reason it was withheld. 
WPOIA-180  
25/09/2024  23/10/2024  5. The April 23, 2024 document “Alignment of resources to priorities and realising required savings” 
WPOIA-181  
30/09/2024  25/11/2024  Understand if this needs to be an OIA, was looking at the AUKUS Pillar II ‘recent developments and progress’ paper from May, just want to request: 
 
What are the AUKUS Pillar Two lines of inquiry? 
And which stakeholders have been consulted with so far? 
What further clarity has been obtained regarding ‘interoperability factors’?  
What are the ‘foreign policy considerations’ that need to be considered as part of the decision?  
What ‘factors’ will determine Pillar II contribution? 
What ‘internal feasibility assessments’ are being conducted? What are these made up of?  
What potential ‘legislative change’ might be required? 
What interest from industry and academia has there been thus far, which industries and which faculties of academia? What engagement has occurred with them thus 
far?  
What are the likely costs and expected contribution thresholds?  
What are the pathway and principles for partner participation in Pillar II that have been announced by AUKUS members?  
WPOIA-182 
1/10/2024 
30/10/2024  “Any correspondence received from other parliamentary parties regarding New Zealand’s position on the Israel – Gaza conflict, since the start of this political term. 
 
Any correspondence received from other coalition leaders regarding New Zealand’s position on the Israel – Gaza conflict, since the start of this political term. 
 
Please single out any correspondence related to the recent UN resolution demanding that Israel “brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence” in the Occupied 
Palestinian Territory.” 

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WPOIA-183 
1/10/2024 
8/11/2024 
1.“What if any communications has Minister Peters had with Minister Luxon regarding greyhound racing since he became a Minister in November of last year? - If yes 
can these communications please be provided, be that briefing notes, meeting notes, emails, call logs and or text messages? 
 
2. What if any communications has Minister Peters had with Greyhound Racing New Zealand regarding greyhound racing since he became a Minister in November of 
last year? - If yes can these communications please be provided, be that briefing notes, meeting notes, emails, call logs and or text messages? 
 
3. What if any communications has Minister Peters had with Edward Rennell  regarding greyhound racing since he became a Minister in November of last year? - If yes 
can these communications please be provided, be that briefing notes, meeting notes, emails, call logs and or text messages? 
 
4.  What if any communications has Minister Peters had with SAFE regarding greyhound racing since he became a Minister in November of last year? - If yes can these 
communications please be provided, be that briefing notes, meeting notes, emails, call logs and or text messages? 
 
5. What if any communications has Minister Peters had with the DIA regarding greyhound racing since he became a Minister in November of last year? - If yes can 
these communications please be provided, be that briefing notes, meeting notes, emails, call logs and or text messages?” 
WPOIA-184 
2/10/2024 
31/10/2024  “Under the Official Information Act, I request all correspondence - in and out of the Minister's office - on the injury and fatality statistics provided by Massey University, 
contained in the NZTA report entitled Synthetic Surface Review, released on September 25 2024. 
 
I also request all correspondence - in and out - on the safety of synthetic race tracks at Cambridge, Awapuni and Riccarton.” 
WPOIA-185 
3/10/2024 
1/11/2024 
10 SEP - Racing Integrity Board - Q4 Ministerial Briefing. 
 
11 SEP - Greyhound Racing NZ - July 2024 Quarterly Report.” 
WPOIA-186 
3/10/2024 
1/11/2024 
“Under the OIA, can I please request details of all the gifts the minister has purchased for any kind of foreign affairs related travel, to gift to other officials since taking 
office, and details of any gifts given from the minister's office to visiting dignitaries or officials.  
 
Can I please have details of the gift, including the brand, the cost, and who it was for. 

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WPOIA-187  
9/10/2024 
7/11/2024 
“ Can I please request under the OIA a copy of the following briefings sent to your office: 
 
23-4-24 Alignment of resources to priorities and realising required savings 
 
17-1-24 Budget 2024 Baseline Reduction Exercise for Vote IA - Racing portfolio 
 
18-1-24 Budget 2024 Baseline Reduction Exercise for Vote Internal Affairs 
 
31-1-24 Racing Safety Development Fund 
 
9-2-24 Budget 2024 Baseline Reduction Exercise - Additional Baseline and FTE information and proposed Baseline Reduction Package 
 
20-2-24 2024 March Baseline Update for Vote Internal Affairs - Racing Appropriations 
 
13-3-24 Budget 2024 Draft Doc - Racing briefing 5-4-24 Briefing on DIA Baseline Reduction Organisational Change Proposals 
 
16-5-24 Budget Day Briefing – Racing portfolio” 
WPOIA-188 
14/10/2024  10/12/2024  “I am requesting all reports and communications, in their original form, regarding the preparation of this statement: 
 
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/NewZealandMFA/status/1845602300624245188__;!!Asq5-8xVch3Reg!pZUNjE0vhLnMxQplFzcQ98YwKBSl5-
gGorHnOI4-o5KIh5J4W1MrK_bDT1wMKgfYel1jcAnA-yurfN02FIV7LOLtnWlDwg$ 
 
That should include dates.” 

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WPOIA-189  
15/10/2024  4/12/2024 
“(i) All correspondence between the Minister or their office with other Ministers or their offices, regarding savings initiatives or new spending initiatives in Budget 2024. 
 
(ii)   All reports, briefings, emails, memos, aides-memoire, notes or written advice, that the Minister or their office has received regarding baseline savings targets and 
baseline savings initiatives for Budget 2024. 
 
(iii)  All correspondence between the Minister or their office with other Ministers or their offices, that describe the impact or potential impact on frontline services due 
to Budget 2024 decisions. 
 
(iv)   Any reports, briefings, emails, memos, aides-memoire, notes or written advice received by the Minister or their office from their agency or agencies that describe 
the impact or potential impact on frontline services due to Budget 2024 decisions.” 
WPOIA-190 
16/10/2024  14/11/2024  “I am requesting communications between the Foreign Ministers office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to and from the New Zealand Jewish Council 
(NZJC) and any of it's representatives including but not limited to Juliet Moses and Shoshana Maasland. 
 
Dates between the 8th October 2023 and 31st July 2024.” 
WPOIA-191 
19/10/2024  2/12/2024 
How much money has been sent to Ukraine to date - in total?  
Please break down each transfer individually, with date, sending agency and amount. 
Also, what material assets have been sent to Ukraine? 
Artillery, Javelin missiles, ammunition, ballistic vests, and medical equipment, discretes, and other items  - such as intelligence gathering? 
 
Also, could you please supply the names and details of New Zealand citizens who have visited the Ukraine, including NZDF personnel and contractors, along with 
medical specialists? 
 
Thanking you for your time and clarity in this matter. 
 
It is important, given the dire fiscal state of the economy that all this is accounted for urgently? 

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WPOIA -192 
22/10/2024  20/11/2024  “Under the Official Information Act I request a list of meetings between yourself and the Israeli Ambassador to New Zealand, since October 2023. 
 
Please include the date and time of the meeting, the location of the meeting and a summary of what was discussed. 
 
I am aware that the most recent meeting recorded in your ministerial diary was eight months ago on 12 February 2024 at 4:00pm” 
WPOIA-193 
23/10/2024  19/12/2024  “This is a request for all information you hold as Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding killer robots.” 
WPOIA-194 
28/10/2024  25/11/2024  “ As you and the Prime Minister have stated how important it is to maintain 'open communication' with Israel, I would like to know how many times you've actually 
met with the Israeli ambassador since the start of October 7th 2023 until the present date? 
 
Given that this seems to be the only response New Zealand is willing to take.. is to keep "talking" to Israel, despite obviously not being listened to.. I hope you're 
meeting with the ambassador at least every week to attempt to de-escalate the conflict. I would also like to see the minutes of these meetings (although doubtful that 
will be provided) to see if any gains are actually being made with your excellent diplomacy skills as so far it doesn't appear that you are doing anything at all for the 
children of Gaza.” 
WPOIA-195  
4/11/2024 
2/12/2024 
“ Could the following please be provided under the OIA: any letters (i.e. formal correspondence under ministerial letterhead) sent from the minister to any ministerial 
colleague, including the prime minister, in the past six months.”   
WPOIA-196 
5/11/2024 
3/12/2024 
“… I ask under OIA of your office – what information does your Deputy Prime Minister have other make this claim that Verrell is in conflict of interest…” 
WPOIA-198 
6/11/2024 
4/12/2024 
“ Please provide a copy of all communication and correspondence, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic 
communication, the Deputy Prime Minister or any member of their Office sent or received to/from the Prime Minister or the Prime Minister’s office regarding Gumboot 
Friday/I am Hope, between 1 April 2024 and 30 May 2024.”                                                                                                                                                                                 “Please 
provide a copy of all communication and correspondence, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic communication, 
the Deputy Prime Minister or any member of their Office sent or received to/from the Prime Minister or the Prime Minister’s office regarding Gumboot Friday/I am 
Hope, between 1 January 2024 and 31 March 2024.”                                                                                                                                                           “ Please provided a copy of 
all communication and correspondence, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic communication, the Deputy Prime 
Minister or any member of their Office sent or received to/from the Prime Minister or the Prime Minister’s office regarding Gumboot Friday/I am Hope, between 20 
October and 6 November 2024.” 

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WPOIA-199 
12/11/2024  10/12/2024  “All information held and correspondence received and sent by the office of Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters, including but not limited to all emails, 
memorandums, reports, letters, and text messages relating to Phillip Mehrtens, the New Zealand national held hostage in West Papua, between the dates of 
September 1, 2024 and September 30, 2024.” 
WPOIA-200 
12/11/2024  10/12/2024  “Could I please get a copy of all information - including written communication such as emails, meeting & other notes and documents plus verbal contact such as phone 
records, call notes etc - created, received and sent from the Minister's office relating to Viet Nam, its government and Vietnamese nationals between March 1 and 31 
(2024)?” 
WPOIA-201 
12/11/2024  10/12/2024  The August 28, 204 document “Climate mobility – update and next steps” 
WPOIA-
13/11/2024  24/01/2025  “Under the OIA can I please request all correspondence between the minister Winston Peters and Public Service Minister Nicola Willis regarding occupancy levels at 61 
202/203 
Molesworth St, and all correspondence between the minister and MBIE regarding occupancy levels at 61 Molesworth St.  
 
Any reports or briefings or written advice the minister has received regarding occupancy levels at 61 Molesworth St.” 
WPOIA-204 
14/11/2024  12/12/2024  “Please can you advise whether the New Zealand Government is still making donations to this organisation, and if so, what were the amounts paid for 2020, 2021, 
2022 , 2023 and if anything for 2024.” 
The organisation you refer to is the Clinton Health Access Initiative.” 
WPOIA-205 
15/11/2024  13/12/2024  “ 1. The number of all Ministerial/Departmental items that have been received by your office and your Ministries/Departments from 15 May 2024 until 15 November 
2024. Please break these down by workflow: e.g. Ministerial Correspondence, Departmental Official Information Act Requests, etc. 
 
2. The standard timeframes set by your office for response, broken down by workflow (e.g. 14 working days for a Ministry to complete an OIA request and send to the 
Minister's Office for final sign-off, 28 working days to complete and dispatch to requestor the response to Ministerial Correspondence, etc.). 
3. The number of Ministerial/Departmental items that were completed late at any stage of the process (e.g. an item was late to be sent to the Minister's Office or was 
late to be sent to the requestor). Please also specify by how many days these items were overdue. 
4. The number of Ministerial/Departmental items that required and were granted an extension. Please also specify by how many days an extension was granted. 
 
If possible, please express the answers for questions 1, 3, and 4 through an excel spreadsheet. I am looking for the actual numbers of Ministerial/Departmental items 
and not the percentages as published in the Annual Reports.” 

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WPOIA-206 
18/11/2024  16/12/2024  “I would like to know which agencies were involved in the decision to not seek extradition of Hongkon Kim. 
 
I only want to know what your office knows about this, because the IPCA have said that your Foreign Ministry was involved.” 
WPOIA-207 
4/12/2024 
23/01/2025  Please release the following information to me under the Act: 
 
• The 29 July 2024 – Department of Internal Affairs aide-mémoire, ‘ Notes to support online casinos discussion at Cabinet’ 
• The 8 August 2024 report from DIA on the financial sustainability of the racing industry 
• All reports, emails, advice, submissions, analysis and communications on any platform relating to consideration of TAB NZ entering into the online casino market  
WPOIA-208 
6/12/2024 
27/01/2025  “What actions have been taken by you, your office or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to influence the United States of America to reduce their military aid or other 
funding and support to Israel? If none have been made, why not?” 
WPOIA-210 
12/12/2024  31/01/2025  “ Over both Horse racing codes the statistics of these horses' injuries, accidents and deaths. 
Also the injuries, accidents and deaths of the Owners, stablehands, trainers, breeders and Jockeys. 
If the excuse you give is a welfare issue surely the code you love has a responsibility when humans are involved.  
If not are you saying the horse handlers lives aren't a factor in keeping Horse racing going? Surely that is more of a "Welfare" issue? 
Or is it a political motive?  
If there isn't Dog racing those people will spend their betting money elsewhere?  e.g on the Horses?” 
WPOIA-209 
12/12/2024  3/03/2025 
“Can I please have all information office of the minister of foreign affairs has related to the alleged indecent assaults by the viet nam delegation to nz this year.” 
WPOIA-211 
13/12/2024  3/02/2025 
“What is total lane meters carried on all the rail ferries total for past 12 months. 
 
Within that total what % share is road transport and what % share is rail freight. 
 
Kindly split into north to south and south to north directions.” 

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WPOIA-212  
13/12/2024  3/02/2025 
I run Kiwikiwi Hounds along with 1 other person. We both work and do this on our 'spare time'. How are we expected to cope with the rehoming of a ridiculously large 
number of greyhounds over the next 20 plus months? 
Also, how dare you make the trainers look even worse, by passing an 'emergency' bill banning euthanasia of greyhounds when this is already a thing! 
How are your race horses doing? Hopefully not one of the twenty that lost their lives in the past year, compared with the 9 greyhounds over the same period. 
You say that is all about welfare of the dogs and then we discover that SPCA, HUHA and Dog Watch have been involved in 'secret' meetings with you regarding 
rehoming, none of which have the specialist knowledge needed to rehome these animals safely and responsibly. 
Once again, money and politely gain have been placed over needs. 
I request details of these meetings under OIA soonest. 
WPOIA-213 
16/12/2024  14/02/2025  I would like to request the following information under the Official Information Act: 
 
- The number of Cabinet papers taken to Cabinet by the Minister between 27 November 2023 and 27 November 2024 
- The number of Cabinet papers proactively released by the Minister between 27 November 2023 and 27 November 2024 
- The number of Cabinet papers proactively released within 30 working days by the Minister between 27 November 2023 and 27 November 2024 
- The average number of working days it has taken for the Minister to proactively release a Cabinet paper between 27 November 2023 and 27 November 2024 
WPOIA-214 
18/12/2024  7/02/2025 
Under the Official Information Act 1982 I request the following: 
TAB NZ – Q1 Report for FY24/25 – 3 DEC 24  
SPCA – SPCA Survey update – 4 DEC 24  
GRNZ – Greyhound Racing Quarterly Report – 5 DEC 24  
DIA – Budget 2025 briefing – 5 DEC 24  
GRNZ – GA greyhound risk factors for injury study – 6 DEC 24 

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WPOIA-216 
18/12/2024  7/02/2025 
We would appreciate receiving, under the Official Information Act, the following information. 
 
1. Copies of all correspondence received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs from the New Zealand Jewish Council, the Israel Institute and the New Zealand Zionist 
Federation of New Zealand from 1 October 2023 to 18 December 2024. 
 
2. Copies of all responses sent by yourself to the correspondence in 1 above. 
WPOIA-215 
19/12/2024  10/02/2025  May I ask how you called for public nomination and on what platform you have call for public nominations e.g. govt.jobs website. Also, how many applications you 
have received from the public and how many you have received from other nominating agencies such as TPK or Ministry of women etc for your role. May I also seek a 
copy of the ad went out to public and the appointment letter sent to the appointee (not need to be this round, any previous one as an example would be ok), feel free to 
redact any personal information. 
 
Further I would like to understand your selection process of appointing Officers of the Government of the Ross Dependency. Please also supply bio of each officers 
appointed, if you have one.  
WPOIA-217 
19/12/2024  10/02/2025  Under the Official Information Act I request all correspondence in and out of the Minister's office related to Entain being taken to court by Australia's financial crime 
watchdog over allegations of "systemic failures" in its approach to anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing laws. 
WPOIA-219 
4/01/2025 
13/02/2025  As Minister for Rail, could you please provide the following information regarding the volume of freight crossing Cook Strait on a ferry 
 
the total annual volume of freight moved across Cook Strait via a ferry service the total annual volume of freight moved across Cook Strait via a KiwiRail ferry the total 
annual volume of freight moved across Cook Strait on rail wagons the percentage of annual total Cook Strait ferry sailings that are 'rail enabled' 
the percentage of annual total KiwiRail Cook Strait ferry sailings that are 'rail enabled' 

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WPOIA-220 
7/01/2025 
5/03/2025 
Uber the Official Information Act 1982, I would like to request the below document from the Minister for Racing. This request specifically relates to the decision to ban 
greyhound racing which falls under his Ministerial responsibilities: 
 
• Any documents, such as but not limited to, Cabinet papers, Cabinet minutes (for both full Cabinet and any relevant Cabinet committees). 
• Briefings or papers from agencies that the Minister received containing any advice, options and recommendations regarding the decision to ban greyhound racing in 
2024. 
• Any correspondence to or from the Minister (including amongst staff and other Ministers) regarding the greyhound racing ban. Such as, but not limited to, emails, 
letters, text messages. This also includes the Minister’s private [email address] inbox. To assist with scoping, this request would exclude correspondence from 
external parties such as members of the public.  
• Any other documents or communications the Minister and Cabinet considered in making a decision to ban greyhound racing. This may include notes from officials 
meetings, minutes, aide memos etc.  
WPOIA-221 
13/01/2025  13/02/2025  The plausible risk of genocide determined by the ICJ shows New Zealand at the very least, the existence of a serious risk that genocide will be committed in Gaza. On 
that basis, what is the legal advice given to the Hon Minister on New Zealand’s obligations under the Genocide Convention? Is the legal advice in consensus?  Has the 
advice  been followed by the Minister? It does not seem New Zealand has met any of the obligations on it as a third party state under the Geneva convention.  
 
 Additionally, What is the reason for the decision not to provide clear warnings that travel to Israel for this purpose of fighting in the Occupied Gaza Strip with the IDF IS 
illegal under IHL due to the activities the forces are engaged in and potential individual criminal responsibility that may arise as a result? Has the Minister been advised 
of the legal implications on citizens and why has the warning not placed online under travel restrictions? 
 
Following the ICJ decision on the unlawfulness of Israel’s occupation, what legal advise has the Hon Minister received on the illegality of Israels attacks on Occupied 
Gaza Strip as the belligerent power? Please explain the reason for the decision of the Minister not to sanction Israel for repeated breaches of international law? 

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WPOIA-222 
14/01/2025  14/02/2025  I noted, you have recently call for nomination for your Member role of the Board of Management of the New Zealand Antarctic Institute 
 
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81ejLfyLLIHdmfhYihhRVcfvf04ozSWwZfivhWZYNRBGV5gvJcBF15GYwCm3-AxKCc_X-EG5fVHqCbIaSpRai$  
 
May I ask how you called for public nomination and on what platform you have call for public nominations e.g. govt.jobs website. Also, how many applications you 
have received from the public and how many you have received from other nominating agencies such as TPK or Ministry of women etc for your role. How many you 
have shortlisted and how many you have interviewed in this recruitment round. May I also seek a copy of the ad went out to public and the appointment letter sent to 
the appointee, feel free to redact any personal information. 
WPOIA-223 
15/01/2025  17/02/2025  3. If not, what is the reason for the decision to dismiss the rulings of the ICJ specifically the decision on the unlawful occupation on the occupied territories, AND the 
plausible genocide case South Africa v Israel? 
WPOIA-226 
17/01/2025  26/02/2025  I am requesting under the Offical Information Act the details in relation to Banning Greyhound racing. The statistics you based the decision on. 
 So the Due diligence undertaken by you and your staff. The actual Intel that was carried out by you and/or your staff, both physical and statistics taken from where you 
have based this decision on.  
 
Which groups apart from GRNZ and their members have you consulted with? If you did. Their statistics that are officially and publicly published and how they differ 
from the Anti Racers.  
 These are referred to as AR's .  
Who investigated their information supplied by them as factual and time frame accurate for the last racing calender.  
Also the minutes from the meetings on this subject. And the correspondence with GRNZ, trainers, owners kennels who were consulted in this decision. 
The time frame you have given based on what? Also the actual numbers in your estimate did it factor in Broodies in Pup? I suspect not unless all Broodies have an ultra 
sound.  
WPOIA-233 
20/01/2025  18/02/2025  “What are the names and nationalities of the people currently advising you on United Nations and World Economic Forum policy implementation.” 
WPOIA-224 
21/01/2025  19/02/2025  Under the Official Information Act, I would like to request all briefings, updates, memos, and any other relevant correspondence the Minister for Rail has received 
regarding KiwiRail's Cook Strait ferries and replacement vessels. 
WPOIA-225 
21/01/2025  19/02/2025  any other Minister or govt representative and Facebook since [27 November 2022] relevant in any way to censorship or moderation of Facebook content by NZ 
government 

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WPOIA-227 
22/01/2025  20/02/2025  1) The June 14, 2024 document “Pacific Islands Forum: Priorities and Planning in 2024” 
2) The June 14, 2024 document “US Presidential Election – Potential Impacts for New Zealand” 
3) The July 4, 2024 document “Approach to negotiations on the new collective quantified goal on climate finance (NCQG)” 
WPOIA-228 
23/01/2025  21/02/2025  (i) “A copy of all advice that the member or their office has received regarding the Regulatory Standards Bill 
(ii) A copy of all correspondence that the member or their office has sent or received regarding the Regulatory Standards Bill” 
WPOIA-229 
23/01/2025  21/02/2025  (i) “A copy of all correspondence regarding vocational educational reforms and the disestablishment of Te Pukenga, sent by the member or their office to Minister 
Simmonds or any member of her office. 
(ii) A copy of all correspondence regarding vocational educational reforms and the disestablishment of Te Pukenga, received by the member or their office from 
Minister Simmonds or any member of her office.” 
WPOIA-231 
24/01/2025  24/02/2025  " How many 501's are dead from suicide and loafers lodge fire.                                                                                            how msny 501's are currently in new zealand getting 
screwed by the system.                                                                        How many 501's died in loafers lodge fire and committed suicide." 
WPOIA-230 
24/01/2025  24/02/2025  1. “A copy of any Letters of Expectation sent by the Minister for Rail. 
2. Any briefings, documents or reports sent to the Minister since 11 December 2024. 
3. Any agenda and other documents prepared for any meetings for the Minister in his capacity as Minister for Rail. 
4. Any correspondence between Minister Peters and Minister Willis and/or their offices on 11 December 2024. 
 
Where a document that falls under scope of this request cannot be released, please supply a summary of that document’s contents. Where any document falls under 
the scope of this request, please release it in full, including sections which might otherwise be considered out of scope.” 
WPOIA-232 
28/01/2025  26/02/2025  In full, word-searchable format, from 7 July 2024--present, all correspondence (including all forms of electronic messaging) the Minister or his Office received from 
Energy Resources Aotearoa or their representatives, and all correspondence sent from the Minister or members of his Office to Energy Resources Aotearoa or their 
representatives. 
WPOIA-242 
31/01/2025  3/03/2025 
“ I would like to request a list of all your Ministerial engagements during November and December 2024. 
               
              I would like to request all information that would usually by published on the Beehive website, currently the information about your engagements only extends 
to October 2024.” 

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WPOIA-241 
31/01/2025  31/03/2025  1. Copies of all Cabinet papers, briefings, reports, or assessments received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding: 
o The seizure of a Cook Islands-registered vessel and any related diplomatic or policy implications for New Zealand. 
o The flagging of vessels by the Cook Islands and any associated concerns or discussions within the New Zealand Government. 
2. Copies of all correspondence sent or received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and/or their office regarding: 
o The seizure of a Cook Islands-registered vessel, including but not limited to communications with the Cook Islands government, international counterparts, and 
relevant agencies. 
o The registration and flagging of vessels by the Cook Islands, including any discussions with international bodies, foreign governments, or New Zealand agencies. 
The timeframe for this request is November 1, 2024, to the present. 
WPOIA-243 
3/02/2025 
4/03/2025 
“Please provide a copy of all communication and correspondence, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic 
communication, the Deputy Prime Minister or any member of their Office sent or received to/from Hon Mark Patterson or his MP office/staff regarding rail-enabled 
ferries. 
 
The timeframe for this request is 14 November 2023 – 14 November 2024.” 
WPOIA-234 
3/02/2025 
4/03/2025 
“ Please provide a copy of all communication and correspondence, including letters., emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic 
communication, the Deputy Prime Minister or any member of their Office sent or received to/from Hon Mark Patterson or His MP office/staff regarding the new 
Dunedin Hospital.” 
WPOIA-235 
3/02/2025 
4/03/2025 
“Please provide a copy of all communication and correspondence, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic 
communication, the Deputy Prime Minister or any member of their Office sent or received to/from Joseph Mooney or his MP office/staff regarding rail-enabled ferries. 
 
The timeframe for this request is 14 November 2023 – 14 November 2024” 
WPOIA-236 
3/02/2025 
4/03/2025 
“Please provide a copy of all communication and correspondence, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic 
communication, the Deputy Prime Minister or any member of their Office sent of received to/from Joseph Mooney or his MP office/staff regarding the new Dunedin 
Hospital. 
 
The timeframe for this request is 14 November 2023 – 14 November 2024” 

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WPOIA-237 
3/02/2025 
4/03/2025 
“Please provide a copy of all communication and correspondence, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic 
communication, the Deputy Prime Minister or any member of their Office sent or received to/from Hon Penny Simmonds or her MP office/staff regarding rail-enabled 
ferries. 
 
The timeframe for this request is 14 November 2023 – 14 November 2024.” 
WPOIA-238 
3/02/2025 
4/03/2025 
“Please provide a copy of all communication and correspondence, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic 
communication, the Deputy Prime Minister or any member of their Office sent or received to/from Hon Penny Simmonds or her MP office/staff regarding the new 
Dunedin Hospital. 
 
The timeframe for this request is 14 November 2023 – 14 November 2024.” 
WPOIA-239 
3/02/2025 
4/03/2025 
“ Please provide copies of all minutes, agenda, notes, action points resulting from the meetings, briefs/documents provided in advance of the meeting, any 
preparation for the meeting, and who attended for all meetings between the Rt Hon Winston Peters and Hon Pete Hodgson. 
               
              The timeframe for this request is 6 December 2024 – 16 December 2024.” 
WPOIA-240 
3/02/2025 
4/03/2025 
“ Please provide a copy of all communication and correspondence, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic 
communication, the Deputy Prime Minister or any member of their Office sent or received to the Prime Minister or the Prime Minister’s office relating to the new 
Dunedin Hospital. 
 
The timeframe for this request is 10 December 2024 – 31 January 2025.” 

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WPOIA-244 
5/02/2025 
24/03/2025  • Any correspondence between Minister Peters and the Irish Government, the Irish Embassy, members (Teachta Dála) of the Irish Parliament (Dáil Éireann), 
representatives of the Irish Government, or officials working for the Irish Government, referencing methane, no additional warming, Global Warming Potential or 
GWP*. Including but not limited to emails, letters, notes, voice notes, text messages and messages sent over WhatsApp, Signal or other messaging services. 
• Any documents mentioning methane, no additional warming, Global Warming Potential or GWP* and referring to Ireland, the Irish Government, the Irish Embassy, 
members (Teachta Dála) of the Irish Parliament (Dáil Éireann), representatives of the Irish Government, or officials working for the Irish Government, including but not 
limited to documents, advice, agendas, minutes, or meeting notes. 
• Any correspondence between Minister Peters and The Teagasc Authority or Teagasc, including but not limited to emails, letters, notes, voice notes, text messages and 
messages sent over WhatsApp, Signal or other messaging services. 
• Any documents referencing The Teagasc Authority or Teagasc, including but not limited to documents, advice, agendas, minutes, or meeting notes. 
• Any correspondence with representatives of other foreign governments mentioning methane, no additional warming, Global Warming Potential or GWP*. Including 
but not limited to emails, letters, notes, voice notes, text messages and messages sent over WhatsApp, Signal or other messaging services. 
WPOIA-245 
9/02/2025 
7/03/2025 
“Please provide any communications and consultations to or from other Ministers or their offices on the changes to the investor visa category.” 
WPOIA-253 
10/02/2025  10/03/2025  “All correspondence between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters, and Mexican Ambassador Alfredo Perez Bravo regarding 
comments made in New Zealand’s Parliament about Mexicans, specifically the following: 
1. July 20 2024 “You’re not in Mexico now.” – made by Trade Minister Todd McClay 
2. January 28 2025 “Sen the Mexican home” – made by Resources Minister Shane Jones” 
WPOIA-246 
11/02/2025  11/03/2025  • any communications the Foreign Affairs Minister or his office had regarding incorrect Israeli media articles about New Zealand's visa settings and subsequent related 
comments made by US Senator Ted Cruz. This should include, but is not limited to, any communications internally, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with 
any other minister's office, with Immigration NZ, and with the New Zealand Embassy in the US. 
WPOIA-246 
11/02/2025  11/03/2025  • any communications the Foreign Affairs Minister or his office had regarding incorrect Israeli media articles about New Zealand's visa settings and subsequent related 
comments made by US Senator Ted Cruz. This should include, but is not limited to, any communications internally, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with 
any other minister's office, with Immigration NZ, and with the New Zealand Embassy in the US. 
WPOIA-247 
12/02/2025  12/03/2025  The Minister of Foreign Affairs received 1 piece of correspondence from the Minister of Climate Change, on New Zealand's second Nationally determined Contribution. - 
1 November 2024 - Letter from Hon Simon Watts - Upcoming NDC2 targets discussions.  

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WPOIA-250 
12/02/2025  12/03/2025  “Thank you for your recent reply,-MFA to John Luke WPOIA 215 10 February 2025.pdf 
 
I noted you said there is a warrant of appointment signed by GG. May I request to view the copy of the warrant for these 4 appointed individuals. Also, you talked 
about a sworn in process by MoJ, can you please explain how this been done, is there a ceremony.” 
WPOIA-250 
12/02/2025  26/03/2025  “Thank you for your recent reply,-MFA to John Luke WPOIA 215 10 February 2025.pdf 
 
I noted you said there is a warrant of appointment signed by GG. May I request to view the copy of the warrant for these 4 appointed individuals. Also, you talked 
about a sworn in process by MoJ, can you please explain how this been done, is there a ceremony.” 
WPOIA-248 
13/02/2025  13/03/2025  - “What nationals, companies, and entities under New Zealand’s jurisdiction have been prevented from engaging in activities that support or sustain Israel’s occupation 
since the above UN resolution was adopted? 
- Which products originating from Israeli settlements has New Zealand ceased importing? 
- What has the government done in regards to Rakon’s exports used in the Gaza genocide? 
- What sanctions has the New Zealand government imposed against which individuals and what entities involved in maintaining Israel’s unlawful presence in the 
Occupied Territories? 
- Which of our national fund investments and schemes has the government directed to divest from companies identified by the United Nations Human Rights Council as 
complicit in the building and maintenance of illegal Israeli settlements? 
- The Foreign Minister, Rt Hon Winston Peters, called on all parties to work towards a two-state solution, please advise what steps has New Zealand taken, or is taking, 
in response to the fact that, in July 2024, one of those parties, Israel, has voted overwhelmingly against a Palestinian statehood?” 
WPOIA-249 
20/02/2025  20/03/2025  “Under the Official Information Act 1982 I request copies of the following documents: 
 
              [2] Government Appointments in 2025, 28 January 2025 
              [3] Russia Sanctions, 29 January 2025.” 
WPOIA-251 
20/02/2025  20/03/2025  “All papers including aides-memoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice taken by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rt Hon Winston Peters to meetings 
with MFAT trade officials on the dates of 4/11/2024, 2/12/2024, and 16/12/24” 

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WPOIA-252 
20/02/2025  20/03/2025  • “All papers including aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice delivered to Rt Hon Winston Peters in preparation for his phone-call with 
Charles J. Swindells on 7/11/2024. 
• All papers including aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice delivered to Rt Hon Winston Peters in preparation for his meeting with the 
Foreign Policy and National Security Committee on 19/11/2024 and 10/12/2024. 
• All papers including aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice taken by Rt Hon Winston Peters to his meeting with the Foreign Policy and 
National Security Committee on 19/11/2024 and 10/12/2024. 
• All papers including aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice taken by Rt Hon Winston Peters to his meeting with the United States 
Ambassador H.E. Tom Udall on 21/11/2024. 
• All papers including aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice delivered to Rt Hon Winston Peters in preparation for his meeting with the 
United States Ambassador H.E. Tom Udall on 21/11/2024.” 
WPOIA-254 
26/02/2025  9/04/2025 
“any correspondence that could be understood as consultation on the Cook Islands’ CSP and other agreements with China as referenced in this article.”                                                                                                                                          
https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360595493/cook-islands-pm-mark-brown-lashes-out-nz-luxon-rejects-criticism 
WPOIA-255 
3/03/2025 
31/03/2025  “- Submission: Priorities for New Zealand’s international climate change engagement 13 September 2024” 
WPOIA-256 
3/03/2025 
28/04/2025  “all information office of the minister of foreign affairs has related to the alleged indecent assaults by the viet nam delegation to nz this year from 12 December 2024 – 
3 March 2025.” 
WPOIA-257 
5/03/2025 
2/04/2025 
“This a request under the Official Information Act for the following advice received by the Minister for Foreign Affairs: 
• Informal Note - Rapid assessment on Cook Islands and China Documents” 
WPOIA-259 
7/03/2025 
4/04/2025 
for the following reports received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs: 
- Formal Message: Cook Islands Deep Sea Mining and China CSP (dated 4 February 2025) 
- Formal Message: Cook Islands Seabed Mining Update (dated 2 November 2024) 
- Formal Message: Cook Islands: Seabed Mining Update (dated 30 July 2024) 
- Formal Message: Cook Islands Seabed Mining Update (dated 2 July 2024) 
- Formal Message: Cook Islands Update on Seabed Mining (dated 14 May 2024).” 

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WPOIA-260 
7/03/2025 
14/05/2025  “All communications regarding the decision to declare UK High Commissioner Phil Goff’s position was “untenable” and begin processes for a leadership transition. This 
should include, but is not limited to, communications with MFAT, with Goff, with the Prime Minister, and with the Media. 
 
All communications alerting the minister and his office to Goff’s comments at the Chatham House event, and any subsequent discussions about the comments and how 
to address them.” 
WPOIA-258 
7/03/2025 
14/05/2025  “ any advice the Minister received about the decision to sack Phil Goff as High Commissioner to the UK, and all communication about this decision?” 
WPOIA-262 
10/03/2025  7/04/2025 
(i) “All advice – including emails, letters, texts, social media messages, voice memos, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents - that the member, or any 
member of their office, has requested regarding the Public Service (Repeal of Diversity and Inclusiveness Requirements) Amendment Bill, or any other Diversity, Equity 
and Inclusion policies and practices. 
 
(ii) All advice – including emails, letters, texts, social media messages, voice memos, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents - that the member, or any 
member of their office, has received regarding the Public Service (Repeal of Diversity and Inclusiveness Requirements) Amendment Bill, or any other Diversity, Equity 
and Inclusion policies and practices.  
 
(iii) All correspondence – including emails, letters, texts, social media messages, voice memos, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents - received by the 
member or any member of their office, regarding the Public Service (Repeal of Diversity and Inclusiveness Requirements) Amendment Bill, or any other Diversity, Equity 
and Inclusion policies and practices. 
 
(iv) All correspondence – including emails, letters, texts, social media messages, voice memos, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents - sent by the member 
or any member of their office, regarding the Public Service (Repeal of Diversity and Inclusiveness Requirements) Amendment Bill, or any other Diversity, Equity and 
Inclusion policies and practices.” 
WPOIA-261 
10/03/2025  7/04/2025 
“please provide details of how much dollars New Zealand is providing in aid to other countries.” 
WPOIA-263 
12/03/2025  9/04/2025 
What advice, formal or informal, has been given to Ministry staff working in the the Minister of Foreign Affairs office, about appearing alongside the Minister during 
press stand ups? 

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WPOIA-264  
19/03/2025  5/05/2025 
“ from 1 October 2024 to the present day: 
(i) All correspondence, sent or received by the Minister or any member of their office, regarding proposals for public private partnerships – including emails, letters, 
texts, social media messages, voice memos and any other documents. 
(ii) All correspondence, sent or received by the Minister or any member of their office, regarding market led proposals – including emails, letters, texts, social media 
messages, voice memos and other documents. 
(iii) All correspondence, sent or received by the Minister or any member of their office, regarding the contacting out of government services – including emails, letters, 
texts, social media messages, voice memos and any other documents.” 
WPOIA-265 
21/03/2025  22/04/2025  “if the contacted MP operates, or facilitates the operation of “sock puppet accounts” on social media.” 
WPOIA-266 
21/03/2025  30/05/2025  I continue to seek access to communications, correspondence, meeting minutes, Cabinet papers, briefing notes, or internal memoranda between 1 February 2024 and 1 
April 2025, specifically involving: 
• Nicola Willis (Minister of Finance) 
• Winston Peters (Minister for Rail) 
• Chris Bishop (Minister of Transport and Infrastructure) 
• Simeon Brown (Minister for State-Owned Enterprises) 
• The Ministry of Transport 
• The Treasury 
This refined request focuses solely on: 
1. Discussions involving Bluebridge (StraitNZ) as a potential or actual participant in the Cook Strait ferry replacement project. 
2. Consideration of private sector or privatized options, including procurement alternatives outside of KiwiRail. 
3. Changes in oversight, funding, or direction of the ferry project, particularly those involving a shift away from public ownership or operation. 
Please exclude material already published in the links provided in your earlier response unless those materials are referenced or discussed in subsequent internal 
communications. 

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WPOIA-266 
21/03/2025  30/05/2025  I continue to seek access to communications, correspondence, meeting minutes, Cabinet papers, briefing notes, or internal memoranda between 1 February 2024 and 1 
April 2025, specifically involving: 
• Nicola Willis (Minister of Finance) 
• Winston Peters (Minister for Rail) 
• Chris Bishop (Minister of Transport and Infrastructure) 
• Simeon Brown (Minister for State-Owned Enterprises) 
• The Ministry of Transport 
• The Treasury 
This refined request focuses solely on: 
1. Discussions involving Bluebridge (StraitNZ) as a potential or actual participant in the Cook Strait ferry replacement project. 
2. Consideration of private sector or privatized options, including procurement alternatives outside of KiwiRail. 
3. Changes in oversight, funding, or direction of the ferry project, particularly those involving a shift away from public ownership or operation. 
Please exclude material already published in the links provided in your earlier response unless those materials are referenced or discussed in subsequent internal 
communications. 
WPOIA-267 
25/03/2025  16/05/2025  “1. Where did the idea come from to establish a twitter profile seperate to the already existing twitter profile for Rt Hon Winston Peters? 
 
  2. Was the idea suggested by MFAT, or Mr Peters/people from his office? 
 
  3. Did MFAT identify any risks associated with Mr Peters using his existing twitter profile to publish information related to his Foreign Affairs role? 
 
  4. Does Mr Peters have the log in information to publish directly to the @NewZealandMFA profile? Or any tweets handled by MFAT? (I note tweets from Mr Peters are 
signed off “WP”.) 
 
  5. What is the sign off process for tweets published or tweets liked by the @NewZealandMFA twitter profile 
 
  6. Please provide any briefings, emails, txts or other communications within MFAT and Foreign Affairs Ministers office related to the establishment of the twitter 
profile?” 

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WPOIA-268 
26/03/2025  12/05/2025  “(i) Any and all meeting notes that mention the Minister’s objections, questions, concerns or feedback, positive or negative about diversity, equity and inclusion policies 
and practices in meetings with officials from MFAT. 
 
(ii) Any and all correspondence – including emails, letters, texts, voice memos and social media messages, briefings, aide memoires and any other documents sent by 
the Minister or his office to MFAT that mention the Minister’s objections, questions, concerns or feedback, positive or negative about diversity, equity and inclusion 
policies and practices.” 
WPOIA-269 
27/03/2025  29/04/2025  “request these documents under the OIA: 
- Report on Overseas Travel: Rt Hon Winston Peters – 21 February – 1 March 2025” 
WPOIA-271 
30/03/2025  30/04/2025  “ What steps are the government taking to ensure that no one owns Water? 
   What steps are the government taking to ensure that Ngaitahu do not get control or ownership of South Island water if they win the ongoing court case. 
   What steps are the government taking to ensure that water, correctly and rightly, remains under Public/Government control with no ownership.” 
WPOIA-270 
31/03/2025  1/05/2025 
“In the following interview: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4MZ_zLmcfI__;!!Asq5-8xVch3Reg!uuUGHaJT0woew5aKpvhE-
UE1qt7CoIucgfob2yNvM-jXVKaz3dn8C5I2OEOilofqRWIBbVT160S7S5cgal4u6fz-KduafhLKyiM-uM1_f0Hh$  
 
You noted you received information on Green MP Benjamin Doyle from "a number of sources".  
 
Under the OIA please name those sources.” 
WPOIA-281 
31/03/2025  1/05/2025 
In a comment to the media regarding Green MP Benjamin Doyle you said “I've got all sorts of people from the rainbow community who are agreeing with what I'm 
saying.”  
 
I am requesting all communications and correspondence between yourself, and/or your Office, with members of the rainbow community regarding or with reference to 
Green MP Benjamin Doyle. 

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WPOIA-272 
2/04/2025 
5/05/2025 
“ 1. Please advise whether you have any memos or communications on the topic of ‘Consent’ in the context of relationships and sexuality. If so, please provide copies of 
them. 
   2. Please advise whether you have any memos or communications on the ‘Age of consent’. If so, please provide copies of them. 
   3. Please advise whether you have any memos or communications on the ‘Minor attracted’ as a ‘gender identity’. If so, please provide copies of them. 
   4. Please advise whether you have any memos or communications on the ‘pedophilia’. If so, please provide copies of them.” 
WPOIA-279 
4/04/2025 
7/05/2025 
Can you please provide any transcripts, meeting minutes, and summaries of discussions with your United States counterparts from your recent Washington trip (March 
2025) regarding trade and tariffs between New Zealand and the United States of America. 
WPOIA-273 
7/04/2025 
8/05/2025 
“ This is a request under the Official Information Act for copies of the following reports: 
- 7 Feb 2025 - Aide Memoire T2025/211: Meeting with KiwiRail Holdings Limited 12 February 2025 
- 18 Feb 2025 – Treasury Report T2024/2071: Establishing Ferry Holdings to Lead the Work to replace Strait Ferries 
- 19 Feb 2025 – Treasury Report T2025/419: Cook Strait Ferry Direct Procurement: Ship Specification development.” 
WPOIA-274 
7/04/2025 
8/05/2025 
“all communication and correspondence between yourself and/or your Office with Ani O Brien.” 

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WPOIA-280 
7/04/2025 
8/05/2025 
1. Timeline of Events and Knowledge 
 
- On what date and by what means did you or your office first become aware of allegations or concerns relating to MP Benjamin Doyle’s private social media activity, 
including any use of the Instagram handle "BibleBeltBussy"? 
- When did you or your office first view or receive the photograph(s) or content that was later referenced in public statements or social media posts? 
- Did you or any member of your staff engage with, or receive content from, third-party actors (e.g. lobby groups, activists, media figures) in relation to MP Doyle prior 
to your public comment on the matter? If so, please specify who, when, and in what capacity. 
 
2. Actions Prior to Public Disclosure 
 
- What steps, if any, did you or your office take to verify the accuracy or authenticity of the material prior to publishing your statement(s) about MP Doyle? 
- Were the Police, Parliamentary Services, or any other government agency contacted before you made public reference to the matter? If so, please provide dates and 
details. 
- What consideration, if any, was given to the privacy, safety, or wellbeing of MP Doyle and their child prior to your public commentary? 
 
3. Correspondence and Records 
 
Please provide copies of all correspondence, including but not limited to: 
- Emails 
- Direct messages 
- Text messages 
- Internal memos 
- Social media messages 
- Briefing notes or any other written or digital communications 
 
…that reference or relate to MP Benjamin Doyle, the Instagram content, or any aspect of the associated media discussion, between 1 March 2024 and 7 April 2025. 
 
This includes: 
- Communications between your office and third parties (e.g. Family First, media outlets, political lobbyists, social media figures). 
- Communications within your office regarding the matter. 
- Drafts of any social media posts or official statements you later released on the topic. 
 
4. Clarification of Position 
 
- What advice, if any, did you seek or receive (legal, political, communications) before publicly commenting on MP Doyle? 
- What was your intended purpose in raising these matters publicly? 
 
Please provide this information in an accessible, electronic format. If any part of this request is likely to be refused under sections of the Act, I request that you consider 
whether partial release, redaction, or summary is possible under section 16 of the Act. 
 
If clarification is needed, I am happy to assist. 

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WPOIA-275 
7/04/2025 
19/05/2025  “Submissions, aide memoirs, briefings, and Cabinet advice sent from the Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding his trip to Washington DC relating to discussions with the 
Trump Administration and other experts between 10 March and 7 April 2025, to the following Ministers: 
1. “Prime Minister 
2. Minister for Trade and Investment 
3. Minister of Defence 
4. Minister for Pacific peoples” 
WPOIA-276 
10/04/2025  4/06/2025 
“20 – Submission: US Presidential Election: Initial Engagement with the next Administrator; and 
                22 – Submission: US Presidential Election: Potential Impacts for New Zealand.” 
WPOIA-277 
14/04/2025  15/05/2025  “ All information held and correspondence received and sent by the office of Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters, including but not limited to all emails, 
memorandums, reports, letters, and text messages relating to the Chinese   naval Task Group in the Tasman Sea and Great Australian Bight, between the dates of 
February 17, 2025 and March 10, 2025.” 
WPOIA-278 
22/04/2025  21/05/2025  “Any communications on any medium, including text messages, emails or other electronic messages (via apps including but not limited to Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram 
and Slack), between the minister or the minister’s staff and Peter de Putron. 
 
Any communications on any medium, including text messages, emails or other electronic messages (via apps including but not limited to Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram 
and Slack), any advice, briefings and aide memoires, meeting minutes and relate documentation sent by or received by the minister or the minister’s staff that contain 
any mention of Peter de Putron.” 
WPOIA-282 
22/04/2025  21/05/2025  “can I please request the below advice. 
 
- Formal Message: Cook Islands Deep Sea Mining and China CSP (dated 4 February 2025).  
- Formal Message: Cook Islands Seabed Mining Update (dated 2 November 2024).  
- Formal Message: Cook Islands: Seabed Mining Update (dated 30 July 2024).  
- Formal Message: Cook Islands Seabed Mining Update (dated 2 July 2024). - Formal Message: Cook Islands Update on Seabed Mining (dated 14 May 2024).” 

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WPOIA-283 
29/04/2025  27/05/2025  “ Can I please request copies of the following documents under the Official Information Act (from this OIA response, if helpful): 
 
3/02/2025: Conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 
5/02/2025: Maui Dolphin – United States Court Case: Partial Waiver of State Immunity 
5/02/2025: Meeting Brief: Sir Brian Roche, Public Service Commissioner 
11/02/2025: Aide Memoire – Cabinet Legislative Committee: Russia sanctions tranche 30 and extension of regulations 
11/02/2025: Aide Memoire – Cabinet: Russia sanctions tranche 30 and extension of regulations 
11/02/2025: Aide Memoire – Executive Council: Russia sanctions tranche 30 and extension of regulations 
11/02/2025: Meeting Brief: Gideon Sa’ar (pronounced Sah-ar), Israel Minister of Foreign Affairs 
12/02/2025: Cook Islands – China: Next steps 
13/02/2025: Approach to UN Human Rights Council engagement in 2025 
14/02/2025: US development funding freeze – initial impacts 
14/02/2025: 30th Session of the International Seabed Authority 
14/02/2025: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade visit to China and Mongolia February 2025 
17/02/2025: 2025 March Baseline Update Submission 
17/02/2025: Informal Note – Meeting with the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries on Pacific fisheries issues, Thursday 20 February 2025 
18/02/2025: Informal Note – Media reporting on SPRFMO 
19/02/2025: Informal Note: Bilateral and political issues that may arise during the Honiara Summit, 24-27 February 2025 
21/02/2025: Chinese PLA-N Task Group in the Tasman Sea 
24/02/2025: Preliminary assessment of Cook Islands/China texts 
24/02/2025: Approach to UN General Assembly resolutions on Ukraine 
25/02/2025: Meeting Brief: His Excellency Alon Roth-Snir, Ambassador of Israel to New Zealand 
26/02/2025: Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship Programme Allocation for 2024-2027 
28/02/2025: Kiribati – next steps 
 
If not all documents can be released at the same time, I would request a staged approach be taken to allow documents that are ready to be released before any others 
that may require more time.” 
WPOIA-285 
30/04/2025  11/07/2025  “ I would like to see any information between Christopher Luxon, Nicola Willis, David Seymour, Winston Peters and New Zealand foreign affairs and trade in relation to 
placing sanctions on the state of Israel, divesting from the state of Israel and expelling Israeli diplomats. I am not aware if sanctions, divestment and expelling 
diplomats have been discussed so I would like to find out if these ministers and departments have information and communications on this topic and what has been 
discussed.” 

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WPOIA-286 
2/05/2025 
30/05/2025  “Please provide all documents relating to responding to this request: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fyi.org.nz/request/30574-information-received-relating-to-
benjamin-doyle__;!!Asq5-8xVch3Reg!qeyiI9K71mHD0gXhgaKaX7UTkj5RpevEChoAbIg0KjLjaXsqs_5rZUvKxWDllyil_2Rcb4cxoqTCnov3C6y4yPsllDwN5YyrwiLgB0WAz6V-$  
 
This request is intended to cover all commissioning, discussion about response, etc. This would also include information which is known to an agency but has not yet 
been written down (so discussions between office staff). Please provide a record of all discussions relating to this request. 
 
I am interested in why this took 20 days to respond to and to decide that this information wasn’t held as a Minister.” 

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WPOIA-287 
3/05/2025 
1/07/2025 
“I am requesting detailed information regarding New Zealand’s response to the alarming rise in political executions in Iran during 2025. I am seeking explicit actions 
taken by the New Zealand Government, details of diplomatic engagements with Iranian officials, and clarification of the government’s policy towards the Iranian 
regime. I am not interested in broad statements about New Zealand’s opposition to human rights abuses, but rather specific measures and engagements undertaken in 
2025. 
Specific Information Requested 
 
- Diplomatic Engagements with the Iranian Ambassador 
1. How many times has the Iranian Ambassador been called in by officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) in 2025 specifically to address Iran’s 
egregious breaches of human rights, with a focus on political executions? 
2. What were the dates of these meetings, and what specific issues or demands did New Zealand raise regarding the political executions? 
 
- Explicit Actions Taken in 2025 
3. What concrete actions has New Zealand implemented in 2025 in response to the growing number of political executions in Iran? 
 
Please exclude vague or symbolic condemnations and focus on tangible measures. 
 
- Policy Towards the Iranian Regime 
4. What is the New Zealand Government’s current policy in dealing with the Iranian regime, particularly given its ongoing human rights abuses in 2025? 
5. Does New Zealand continue to rely on dialogue and diplomacy with Iran despite the status as a blatant abuser of human rights, or has there been a shift towards 
more decisive actions? 
6. Are there any planned or proposed concrete actions (e.g. sanctions, diplomatic restrictions) to address Iran’s political executions beyond tokenism or symbolic 
statements? 
 
- Supporting Documentation 
7. Please provide copies of any official correspondence, meeting notes, or internal MFAT documents from 2025 that detail New Zealand’s response to Iran’s political 
executions 
8. Include any public statements or press releases from 2025 that outline specific actions (not general condemnations) taken by the Foreign Minister or senior officials. 
 
- Context and Purpose 
I am aware that New Zealand has historically expressed concern about human rights abuses in Iran, but my request focuses slowly on the specific steps taken in 2025 in 
response to the increased political executions. I am particularly concerned with whether New Zealand’s approach remains limited to dialogue and symbolic gestures, or 
if substantive actions have been implemented to address this rogue regime’s violations. This information is critical for understanding the effectiveness and resolve of 
New Zealand’s foreign policy on this issue.” 

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WPOIA-288 
5/05/2025 
2/07/2025 
- “All correspondence (including by not limited to letters, memorandums, emails, text messages, instant messaging services, and recollections or oral conversations) 
between the Foreign Minister and/or his office and the Prime minister and/or his office regarding the Prime Minister’s speech to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce 
on April 10 
 
- All correspondence (including by not limited to letters, memorandums, emails, text messages, instant messaging services, and recollections or oral conversations) 
between the Foreign Minister and/or his office and the Prime Minister and/or his office regarding the Foreign Minister’s speech to the East-West Center in Hawaii on 
April 13 (NZT) 
 
- All correspondence (including by not limited to letters, memorandums, emails, text messages, instant messaging services, and recollections or oral conversations) to or 
from the Foreign Minister and/or his office (including correspondence between member of his office) regarding the Foreign Minister’s speech to the East-West Center in 
Hawaii on April 13 (NZT). 
 
- If not covered by the above point, copies of all draft versions of the Foreign Minister’s speech to the East-West Center in Hawaii on April 13 (NZT).” 
WPOIA-289 
6/05/2025 
4/06/2025 
“Any email sent or forwarded by the minister to a personal email account under their control (such as, but not limited to, a Gmail, political party, or outlook account). 
 
Any email sent by the Minister from a personal email account (such as, but not limited to, a Gmail, political party, or outlook account) with the purpose of conducting 
official ministerial business.” 

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WPOIA-290 
8/05/2025 
6/06/2025 
“1. A list of all items purchased by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade from Facebook Marketplace, Trade Me, or any other second-hand dealer sources at the 
specific request of the Minister of Foreign Affairs  
from 1 January 2023 to present. 
 
  2.  For each purchase, please provide: 
a) Description of the item(s) 
b) Purchase date 
c) Purchase price 
d) Name of the second-hand platform or dealer used 
e) Purpose of the purchase as stated in the request 
f) Copy of the Minister’s request for the purchase (if available).” 
WPOIA-291 
8/05/2025 
26/06/2025  “Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction: Approval to progress work towards seeking a Cabinet 
decision on ratification, 2 February 2024 
 
              Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction: Approvals for ratification – Covering Submission and 
Cabinet Paper, 25 October 2024.” 

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WPOIA-292 
9/05/2025 
8/07/2025 
“I request the following information regarding your meeting with the Iranian Solidarity Group of New Zealand on 22 May 2024, as publicised in your X post (Post ID: 
1793155032910901504) on the same date. This meeting, which addressed the human rights situation in Iran, raises significant questions about the New Zealand 
Government’s engagement with Iranian opposition groups, its diplomatic priorities, and its commitment to meaningful action on human rights. I expect full 
transparency and unredacted responses to the following questions, without obfuscation or undue delay, as is my right under the Act. 
Identity and Legitimacy of the Iranian Solidarity Group of New Zealand 
1. Who exactly is the Iranian Solidarity Group of New Zealand? Provide a detailed background of this group, including its leadership, membership structure stated 
objectives, and any affiliations with other organisations, both within New Zealand and internationally. Is this group legally registered as an entity in New Zealand (e.g. 
as a charitable trust incorporated society, or other formal organisation)? If so. Provide registration details, including dates and registration numbers. If not, explain why 
the Minister chose to engage with an unregistered entity over other formally recognised groups. 
Rational for the Meeting 
2. Why did the Minister specifically choose to meet with the Iranian Solidarity Group of New Zealand on 22 May 2024? Disclose the explicit reasons for selecting this 
group over other Iranian opposition groups in New Zealand. What specific factors, credentials, or advocacy efforts led to this group being granted a meeting with the 
Minister? Provide all correspondence, internal memos, and briefing notes that outline the decision-making process for this engagement. 
3. Why has the Minister declined to meet with other Iranian opposition groups, and what are the criteria for selecting which groups to engage with? It is evident that 
other Iranian opposition groups exist within New Zealand, yet they have not been afforded similar access to the Minister. This selective engagement raises serious 
concerns about fairness and potential double standards. Provide a comprehensive list of all Iranian opposition groups that have requested meetings with the Minister 
since the coalition government took office, along with the outcomes of those requests (e.g., granted, declined, or ignored). Disclose the specific criteria, policies, or 
frameworks used by the Minister and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) to determine which groups are prioritised for engagement. If no such criteria 
exist, explain how decisions are made and justify the apparent favouritism toward the Iranian Solidarity Group.  
4. Why did the Minister choose to publicise this specific meeting on X, and what was the intended purpose of doing so? The decision to publicise this meeting, while 
others may have occurred without similar visibility, suggests a deliberate intent to signal a particular stance or appease a specific audience. Provide all internal 
communications, including emails, briefing notes, and strategy documents, that discuss the decision to publicise this meeting. What was the Minister’s objective in 
making this meeting public, and how does this align with New Zealand’s broader foreign policy goals?  
Content of the Meeting  
5. Did the meeting explicitly discuss the topic of regime change in Iran? Given the Iranian Solidarity Group’s advocacy for designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard 
Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation—a position that could be interpreted as a step toward destabilising the current Iranian regime—I demand to know whether 
regime change was a topic of discussion. Provide detailed minutes, notes, or summaries of the meeting that confirm whether this was addressed, and if so, what 
positions were expressed by both the Minister and the group.  
6. Did the Iranian Solidarity Group request reforms within Iran under the current political system, or did they advocate for a complete overhaul of the regime? Clarify 
the group’s stated objectives during the meeting. Were they seeking incremental reforms within the existing Iranian political framework, or were they pushing for a 
more radical transformation, such as the dissolution of the current government? Provide verbatim records or detailed summaries of their requests, as well as the 
Minister’s responses to these demands. 
Engagement with the Iranian Government  
7. Has the Minister met with the Iranian Ambassador to New Zealand at any point during his current term as Foreign Minister under the coalition government? 3 
Disclose whether any meetings have occurred between the Minister and the Iranian Ambassador since the coalition government took office. If yes, provide the dates, 
locations, and detailed summaries of the discussions. If no, explain why the Minister has not engaged directly with Iran’s official representative, especially given the 
publicised concerns about Iran’s human rights situation.  
8. Does the Minister have any plans to meet with the Iranian Ambassador in the foreseeable future? If plans exist, provide details of scheduled or proposed meetings, 
including dates and intended discussion topics. If no plans exist, explain why the Minister is prioritising meetings with opposition groups over direct diplomatic 
engagement with Iran’s official representative in New Zealand.  
9. How many times was the Iranian Ambassador summoned by MFAT officials in 2024, and for what reasons? Provide a detailed log of all instances in 2024 where the 
Iranian Ambassador was called in by MFAT officials, including the dates, reasons for the summons, and outcomes of those interactions. If no such engagements 
occurred, explain why MFAT has failed to take this basic diplomatic step despite the Minister’s stated concerns about Iran’s human rights abuses.  
New Zealand’s Commitment to Action on Iran’s Human Rights Situation  
10. Is New Zealand ever going to take meaningful action in response to its stated “deep concern” about the human rights situation in Iran, or will it continue with 
symbolic gestures? The Minister’s X post claims “deep concern” about Iran’s human rights situation, including the increasing use of the death penalty and enforced 
hijab laws. However, public statements and meetings alone do not constitute action. Disclose what concrete steps—if any—the New Zealand Government has taken or 

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plans to take in response to these concerns. This includes, but is not limited to, sanctions, diplomatic measures, support for international accountability mechanisms, or 
other tangible actions. If no meaningful actions are planned, explain why New Zealand is content with tokenism, photo opportunities, and superficial statements rather 
than substantive policy measures.  
11. Are New Zealand’s national interests in direct contrast to the demands of Iranian New Zealanders, particularly their repeated calls for the designation of the IRGC as 
a terrorist organisation and the expulsion of the Iranian Ambassador? Iranian New Zealanders, including the Iranian Solidarity Group, have explicitly and repeatedly 
demanded the designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organisation and the expulsion of the Iranian Ambassador, citing the regime’s threats to their community in New 
Zealand. Provide a detailed explanation of whether these demands align with or contradict New Zealand’s national interests, as defined by 4 the coalition government. 
If there is a conflict, explain why the government has prioritised its interests over the safety and demands of its own citizens. Include all relevant policy documents, risk 
assessments, and internal analyses that address this issue.  
12.Does the New Zealand Government actively listen to the voices of the Iranian diaspora in New Zealand, or is it content to persist with a policy of photo opportunities, 
tokenism, and symbolic gestures? The Iranian community in New Zealand has been vocal in its advocacy for stronger action against the Iranian regime, including 
through protests, rallies, and public statements since at least 2022. Yet, the government’s actions appear limited to symbolic gestures, such as the publicised meeting 
on 22 May 2024. Provide evidence that the government has actively engaged with and acted upon the demands of the Iranian diaspora beyond superficial 
engagements. If no such evidence exists, explain why the government is failing to take the concerns of this community seriously and instead resorting to performative 
actions that do little to address their calls for justice.  
Additional Requirements I expect all responses to be provided in full, without redactions, unless a specific and legally justified reason under the Official Information Act 
1982 is provided for each instance of withheld information. Where documents are referenced (e.g., meeting minutes, correspondence, briefing notes), I request copies 
of the original documents in their entirety. If any part of this request is declined, I expect a detailed explanation of the grounds for refusal, as well as an indication of 
whether the information may be available through other channels. I also request that this response be prioritised and provided within the statutory timeframe of 20 
working days, as mandated by the Official Information Act 1982. If an extension is required, I expect to be notified promptly with a clear justification for the delay.” 

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WPOIA-293 
13/05/2025  11/06/2025  “1… Any interactions Winston Peters had with Dr Selwyn Leeks? 
  2… any involvement Winston Peters had with bringing Dr Selwyn Leeks back to New Zealand from Australia? 
    3… any involvement Winston Peters had with the Leonie McInroe case? 
  4… any communication between Winston Peters and Crown Law over the Lake Alice case?” 
WPOIA-294 
15/05/2025  13/06/2025  “ 1. Any email sent or forwarded by the minister to a personal email account under his control (such as, but not limited to, a gmail, national party, or outlook account). 
 
   2. Any email sent by the minister from a personal email account (such as, but not limited to, a gmail, national party, or outlook account) with the purpose of 
conducting official ministerial business” 
WPOIA-297 
18/05/2025  16/06/2025  “ - What source of information was the Deputy Prime Minister relying on when  
he referred to the leader of the opposition as a “sausage eater”? Please provide  
any relevant emails, correspondence, notes, briefings, or documents regarding  
this. 
- What advice has the Deputy Prime Minister received on "sausage eaters", and  
is the Minister saying that sausage eaters cannot be trusted? Please provide  
any relevant emails, correspondence, notes, briefings, or documents regarding  
this. 
- Is the Deputy Prime Minister referring to all types of sausage, or only a subset  
of sausages; if so, please clarify which types of sausage make a person  
untrustworthy. Please provide any relevant emails, correspondence, notes,  
briefings, or documents regarding this. 
- Has the Deputy Prime Minister consulted with the sausage industry, and what  
if any meetings has he had with the sausage industry, whether on the topic of  
sausage eaters or otherwise? Please provide any relevant emails,  
correspondence, notes, briefings, or documents regarding this. 
Please also provide the following documents: 
- emails, notes, documents or briefings you, or your office, have received about  
Chris Hipkins' alleged sausage eating. 
- emails, notes, documents or briefings you, or your office, have received which  
clarify how the consumption of sausages relates to knowing what a woman is.” 

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WPOIA-296 
18/05/2025  16/06/2025  “ 1. Does New Zealand believe in a rules-based global order? 
Please confirm New Zealand’s commitment to international law, conventions, and norms as the foundation for global peace, security, and cooperation. 
 
2. Does New Zealand follow the conventions, rules, and regulations of the United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS)? 
Specifically, does New Zealand comply with DOALOS frameworks regarding maritime naming and responsibilities? 
 
3. Is New Zealand aware that the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) uses “Persian Gulf” in its official documents? 
The UNGEGN mandates the consistent use of “Persian Gulf” in UN publications (per a 1994 addendum). Does New Zealand acknowledge this standard? 
 
4. Does New Zealand understand that the United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS) generally uses the term “Persian Gulf” in its 
official documents and publications? 
This reflects centuries of historical and geopolitical precedent. Is New Zealand informed of this context? 
 
5. How does the New Zealand Foreign Minister officially refer to this body of water? 
Please state explicitly whether you use “Persian Gulf” in line with UN conventions or an alternative term.” 
WPOIA-295 
19/05/2025  16/06/2025  “I ask for sufficient records to show who has authorised or instigated the draconian requirement for producing photo ID, or any ID for that matter. 
 
I ask for sufficient records to show your involvement, if any, as Minister for Rail. 
 
I ask for any communication between yourself, KiwiRail as Interislander and Privacy Commissioner regarding mandatory production of photo ID 
 
Finally, I ask whether an individual adult passenger without photo ID will still be able to travel on a purchased ticket.” 

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WPOIA-298 
19/05/2025  17/06/2025  “When Israel is killing non-Hamas combatants in Gaza (every child and the vast  majority of women), and other people like Joseph Borrell (former EU Foreign Minister) 
are calling Israel’s actions a genocide, and even the United States in criticising Israel’s refusal to allow all but a miniscule amount of aid to enter Gaza – Why are you 
doing and saying nothing publicly? 
 
Why is NZ not in the forefront of trying to save innocent lives. Instead of putting pressure on Israel in a concrete way, why are you wasting your precious time and 
energy on railing against the use of language in Parliament? Why do you expand your emotions on the Haka in Parliament when you should be trying to save innocent 
lives of children? 
 
Which is why I am seeking, under the Official Information Act, any advice you have received from MFAT official or anyone else on the legality of Israel’s killing on tens of 
thousands of civilians in Gaza. I am also seeking any advice you have received on the legality of using starvation of a civilian population as a weapon in its dispute with 
Hamas.” 
WPOIA-299 
20/05/2025  18/06/2025  “ 1. All correspondence, internal memoranda, briefings, or aides-memoire prepared for or by the Minister of Foreign Affairs (or their office), regarding the factual errors 
in the J.1 petition responses, specifically the references to “Russia’s illegal invasion of Iran.” 
              2. Details of any actions taken or planned by the Minister of Foreign Affairs to correct the public record, including whether a corrective paper will be presented 
to the House and, if so, the proposed timeline for its presentation. 
              3. An explanation of why no corrective action has been taken to date, despite the Ministry’s acknowledgement of the errors to me directly, including any 
barriers or considerations that have delayed a response.” 
WPOIA-300 
22/05/2025  23/06/2025  “I request copies of the following, including all notes written by the Minister and/or staff on these papers: 
- Consideration for New Zealand in response to the “America First Trade Policy” referred to you from the office of Minister for Trade & Investment including 
Where you refuse to release a document, I request the name of the document and the reason it was withheld.” 
WPOIA-301 
22/05/2025  23/06/2025  “Treasury Report T2025/705: Cook Strait Ferry Replacement Draft Cabinet Paper” 
WPOIA-316 
22/05/2025  23/06/2025  “Treasury Report T2025/705: Cook Strait Ferry Replacement Draft Cabinet Paper.” 
WPOIA-317 
22/05/2025  23/06/2025  “Treasury Report T2025/705: Cook Strait Ferry Replacement Draft Cabinet Paper.” 

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WPOIA-318 
23/05/2025  24/06/2025  “Treasury Report T2025/705: Cook Strait Ferry Replacement Draft Cabinet Paper.” 
WPOIA-305 
23/05/2025  24/06/2025  “requests the following information for the period 27 November 27 2023 to the date of this request: 
1. Any written communications relating in any way to the Avondale racecourse, the Avondale Jockey Club or New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing 
2. The dates and times of all meeting with representatives of Fletcher Buildings relating in any way to the Avondale racecourse, and names of those who attended. 
3. The dates and times of all meetings with representatives of New Zealand Thoroughbred racing relating in any way to the Avondale racecourse, and the names of 
those who attended. 
4. The dates and times of all meetings with any other persons relating in any way to the Avondale racecourse or the Avondale Jockey Club, and names of those who 
attended. 
5. The notes of all meetings referred to in paragraphs 2 to 4.” 
WPOIA-302 
23/05/2025  24/06/2025  “I request copies of the following: 
- Submission: ASEAN-New Zealand Relations: May 2025 Update: The Road to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP)” 
WPOIA-303 
25/05/2025  24/06/2025  “ I write to request copies of all advice received by you as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade on New Zealand’s obligation under the “UN Convention on the 
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.” 
WPOIA-303 
25/05/2025  24/06/2025  “ I write to request copies of all advice received by you as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade on New Zealand’s obligation under the “UN Convention on the 
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.” 

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WPOIA-304 
25/05/2025  15/07/2025  “1. Briefings and Reports Prepared for the Minister of Foreign Affairs 
All briefing notes, ministerial memos, talking points, or reports prepared for your attention from 1 January 2025 to the present concerning the foreign and security 
policy implications of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s support for foreign militant groups or designated terrorist entities. This includes, but is not limited to: 
- Hezbollah 
- Hamas 
- The Houthi movement in Yemen 
- Popular Mobilisation Forces (Iraq) 
- Islamic Jihad (Palestine) 
 
Please include any analysis of how Iran’s financial, logistical, or military support for these groups may impact: 
- Regional stability in the Middle East 
- The interests and safety of New Zealand citizens abroad 
- New Zealand’s alignment with Five Eyes partners or other like-minded democratic states 
- New Zealand’s obligations and strategic positioning in relation to international counter-terrorism efforts 
 
2. Advice on Potential Policy Responses 
Any advice, options papers, or policy considerations presented to you regarding how New Zealand could or should respond, diplomatically, symbolically, or otherwise, 
to Iranian regime’s support for the above groups. This may include references to:  
- Sanctions or targeted measures 
- Designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or related entities 
- Positioning in multilateral forums (e.g. United Nations, Human Rights Council, International Atomic Energy Agency) 
- Public statements or official positions taken by New Zealand in response to specific acts of regional aggression (e.g. attacks on Israel, shipping lanes, embassies, etc.) 
 
3. Coordination with International Partners 
Any records of briefings provided to you regarding conversations or coordination with international partners, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, the 
United States, or EU representatives, on New Zealand’s response to the Iranian regime’s destabilising activities or support for militant groups 
This request specifically pertains to information provided to or prepared for you in your capacity as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, regardless of whether the material 
originated from MFAT or another agency.” 
WPOIA-307 
26/05/2025  25/06/2025  “1. The minutes of the Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee meeting on 6 March 2024, on the reasoning for the changes made to New Zealand’s report under the 
Universal Periodic Review.” 
WPOIA-307 
26/05/2025  25/06/2025  “1. The minutes of the Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee meeting on 6 March 2024, on the reasoning for the changes made to New Zealand’s report under the 
Universal Periodic Review.” 

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WPOIA-306 
26/05/2025  25/06/2025  “Treasury Report T2025/705: Cook Strait Ferry Replacement Draft Cabinet Paper.” 
WPOIA-308 
27/05/2025  26/06/2025  - “Any and all communications (including, but not limited to, emails, text messages, signal messages, whatsapp messages, phone call logs, letters, fax messages, or any 
other method of communication) between Minister Willis and Minister Peters on the subject of funding for Radio New Zealand in Budget 25. 
- Any and all communications (including, but not limited to, emails, text messages, signal messages, whatsapp messages, phone call logs, letters, fax messages, or any 
other method of communication) between Radio New Zealand and Minister Peters on the subject of funding for Radio New Zealand in Budget 25. 
- Any and all written advice (including, but not limited to, reports, briefings, aide-memoires, and any other document containing written advice) provided to Minister 
Peters on the subject of funding for Radio New Zealand in Budget 25. 
- Summaries of any verbal advice provided to Minister Peters on the subject of funding for Radio New Zealand in Budget 25.” 
WPOIA-309 
28/05/2025  27/06/2025  “Treasury Report T2025/705: Cook Strait Ferry Replacement Draft Cabinet Paper.” 
WPOIA-310 
28/05/2025  27/06/2025  “I would like to request the agenda and minutes from the following two meetings you attended under the Official Information Act 1982. This request is made on behalf 
of one of our clients. 
 
These two meetings, as noted in your proactively released ministerial diaries, are:” 
 
Date Time Meeting 
13/02/2025 8AM CALL: Israel: Minister of Foreign Affairs 
27/03/2025 8:30AM CALL: Palestinian Authority Prime Minister 

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WPOIA-311 
28/05/2025  25/07/2025  “Are you able to please supply the following information about infrastructure? 
 
What is the current per capita public infrastructure debt profile (central and local combined), and how does that debt servicing burden intersect with the NZ 
government’s stated debt-to-GDP limits? 
 
What mechanisms are in place to prevent cost externalisation onto low-income territorial authorities via Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), and will you release a 
register of all current and proposed PPPs with risk-weighted evaluation metrics? 
 
Has the Treasury or the Ministry of Infrastructure conducted a full intergenerational equity impact assessment on current asset recycling models (e.g., long-term 
leasing of water or transport infrastructure)? Can I see that please? 
 
Please provide a breakdown of all communications contracts valued over $10,000 entered into by your office or portfolio ministries since January 2024, including 
contractors, scope of services, and deliverables.” 
WPOIA-314 
29/05/2025  14/07/2025  “ All correspondence, internal memos, briefings papers, diplomatic cables, or reports received by or provided to you, or your office, relating to Crown Prince Reza 
Pahlavi of Iran, from 1 January 2025 to the date of this request. 
 
This includes, but is not limited to 
- Any communications involving your office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) concerning Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi; 
- Correspondence with foreign governments, international organisations, or diplomatic missions; 
- Internal assessments or briefings prepared for you regarding the Crown Prince or Iranian opposition movements; or 
- Communications from or about members of the Iranian diaspora or NGOs referencing Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi.” 

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WPOIA-316 
30/05/2025  15/07/2025  - “Advice, reports, briefings, emails, memos, aides-memoire, notes, or written advice the Minister has received that specifically mentions “transit sea lanes”. 
- Advice, reports, briefings, emails, memos, aides-memoire, notes, or written advice the Minister has received that specifically mentions “shipping lanes”. 
- Advice, reports, briefings, emails, memos, aides-memoire, notes, or written advice the Minister has received regarding naval activities with the United States. 
- US Trade Sitrep 5: 15 May 2025, sent 16 May 2025 
- FORMAL MESSAGE: TRUMP TARIFF POLICY UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES, sent 16 April 2025.” 
WPOIA-315 
30/05/2025  30/07/2025  “I would like to request the following information under the Official Information Act. 
On May 6 Immigration Minister Erica Stanford made the following remarks regarding the use of her private email account. 
 
“I receive a lot of unsolicited emails like, for example, things from people in India asking for immigration advice, which I never respond to. I almost regard those as 
being akin to spam, and so there are those ones.” 
Concern regarding the remark has been reported heavily in India. 
 
I therefore request all correspondence, including but not limited to text messages, emails, advice, notes of conversation, sent and received by the office of the Foreign 
Affairs Minister Winston Peters regarding the above comments in Parliament. 
I am particularly interested in any correspondence received from, or sent to, representatives from the Indian government and community.” 
WPOIA-313 
3/06/2025 
2/07/2025 
“1 – Can you provide a list of member bills that you have personally put forward? 
  2 – Can you provide a list of amendment papers/supplementary order papers that have been put forward by you? 
  3 – How many separate pieces of correspondence have you received about supporting Palestine/Gaza since October 7th 2023? 
  4 – How many of these pieces of correspondence that you have received about supporting Palestine since October 7th 2023 have you responded to the person who 
sent you the correspondence? 
  5 – How many separate pieces of correspondence have you received about supporting Israel since October 7th? 
  6 – How many pieces of correspondence that you received about supporting Israel have you responded to with the person who sent you the correspondence?” 

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WPOIA-312 
3/06/2025 
30/07/2025  ‘I request the following held by you or your office, in your capacity as the Minister of Foreign Affairs: 
 
1. All briefings memos, or communications you have received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service 
(NZSIS), or any other government agency regarding the conduct, behaviour, or activities of Iranian diplomatic personnel in New Zealand from 1 January 2023 to the 
present. 
2. Any advice you have received, or correspondence you have sent, relating to concerns about surveillance, harassment, or intimidation of members of the Iranian 
community in New Zealand by Iranian diplomatic representatives or affiliates. 
3. Records of any discussions, meetings, or communications between your office and the Iranian Embassy in Wellington regarding the role and conduct of Iranian 
diplomatic staff. 
4. Information on whether you or your office have issues, recommended, or considered any formal warnings, restrictions, or diplomatic actions in relation to the 
conduct of Iranian diplomats in New Zealand. 
WPOIA-319 
6/06/2025 
7/07/2025 
“What reports, briefings, emails, memos, aides-memoire, notes or written advice, if any, has the Minister or their office seen about the USS Blue Ridge listed by title and 
date?” 
WPOIA-320 
9/06/2025 
8/07/2025 
“Please release all email correspondence (excluding OIA requests) about policy matters between your office and representatives of the Taxpayers Union, including staff 
and board members. Please also list any off-diary meetings with the aforementioned Taxpayers Union representatives, including the date and time, venue, and 
attendees. The timeframe of my request is from when you received your ministerial warrant to today’s date.” 
WPOIA-321 
11/06/2025  10/07/2025  “Please advise the names of any Gazans and/or members of Hamas that NZ has banned from coming into NZ? 
Please advise when these bans came into effect and their duration?” 
WPOIA-324 
11/06/2025  10/07/2025  1. “Has the Minister of Foreign Affairs made, approved, or authorised any official public statement regarding this specific execution? 
2. Has the Minister, his office, or any New Zealand diplomatic official communicated with the Iranian Embassy or its representatives in Wellington in response to this 
act? 
3. Will the Minister summon the Iranian Ambassador to protest this execution? If not, what is the rationale for that decision? 
4. Has the Minister requested or received any formal briefings, internal communications, or policy advice regarding this incident and New Zealand’s appropriate 
diplomatic response? 
5. What steps—if any—will the New Zealand Government take to directly address this specific act of state violence, beyond its general opposition to the death 
penalty?” 

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WPOIA-322 
12/06/2025  11/07/2025  - “Submission: US Presidential Election: Initial Engagement with the next Administration, received 27 September 2024. 
- Submission: US Presidential Elections: Potential Impacts for New Zealand, received 21 June 2024.” 
WPOIA-322 
12/06/2025  11/07/2025  - “Submission: US Presidential Election: Initial Engagement with the next Administration, received 27 September 2024. 
- Submission: US Presidential Elections: Potential Impacts for New Zealand, received 21 June 2024.” 
WPOIA-323 
12/06/2025  11/07/2025  1. “Is your government considering, discussing, or exploring -in any form- the possible application of economic sanctions on Israeli businesses involved in settlement 
development and associated violations of international law? And if not, why not. 
2. What tangible actions have your government implemented against Israel as a state, besides travel restrictions on individual settler ‘extremists’? 
3. How many individuals in total from Israel currently have sanctions imposed on them? 
4. Will you allow a conscience vote on the proposed illegal Occupation of Palestine Sanctions bill? And if not, why not? 
5. What advice have you sought and received regarding the application of economic sanctions on the state of Israel? Or any form of response to Israel’s actions in Gaza 
and the oPt? 
6. What information or advice have you sought and/or received regarding Israel’s actions in Gaza as related to accusations of genocide? 
7. Do you recognise Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocidal, in line with global experts? If not, why not? 
8. What information or advice have you sought and/or received regarding the creation of humanitarian visas for Palestinians in Gaza who have family in Aotearoa 
9. Why have no resettlement or humanitarian pathways been established yet, for families in Gaza?” 
WPOIA-325 
18/06/2025  24/07/2025  Advice provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding threats of violence against ethnic minorities by 
South African political figures, since 1 January 2024. 
WPOIA-326 
19/06/2025  18/07/2025  “1/ Have you finalised a purchase agreement for new ferries? 
  2/ Do you have a supplier under contract? 
  3/ What is the delivery date for the ferries? 
  4/ What is the price for the ferries?” 
WPOIA-327 
19/06/2025  18/07/2025  “formal notification from the MFA to Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown on 4 June notifying the Cook Islands government of the funding pause.” 

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WPOIA-328 
19/06/2025  18/07/2025  1. “Does the Minister confirm that the travel bans on the 55 Iranian officials are merely symbolic in nature? 
2. If not, what practical effect or tangible impact do these travel bans have? 
3. Does the Minister believe these individuals were ever realistically intending to travel to New Zealand? 
4. In the event that any such official were to travel here, does the Minister believe they would do so under their actual names and identities? 
5. What measurable or observable outcome, if any, has resulted from these travel bans since their implementation?” 
WPOIA-329 
20/06/2025  18/07/2025  1. “Does the Minister believe the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (MFAT) Middle East and Africa Division is sufficiently well-informed on matters related to Iran? 
2. Why is there limited information within this Division, including among officials such as Mr James Lester (with whom I have previously engaged), regarding Crown 
Prince Reza Pahlavi as the principal opposition leader to the Islamic Republic of Iran? 
3. Has the Division engaged with members of the Iranian-New Zealand community to better inform its position and knowledge on Iran? 
 
By way of context, I have proactively initiated meetings with MFAT official over the years, including with the Middle East and Africa Division. These meetings have often 
resulted in me providing information and context, rather than receiving insights or updates from the Ministry. I have never been approached by the Division for a 
meeting on their own initiative. 
 
4. What steps, if any, have been taken to address this longstanding imbalance, whereby community experts and stakeholders are placed in the position of educating 
MFAT officials, with little evidence of reciprocal engagement or institutional learning?” 
WPOIA-330 
21/06/2025  18/07/2025  1. “What is the official position of the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the repeated and ongoing total shutdown of the internet by the Islamic Republic of Iran, most 
recently in June 2025? 
2. Has the Minister issued any public or internal statement regarding Iran’s use of internet blackouts to supress dissent, particularly during times of unrest or armed 
conflict? 
3. Has the Minister raised this issue through diplomatic channels, including multilateral forums such as the United Nations or in coordination with like-minded partners? 
4. If not, please explain why the Minister has remained silent on this matter, despite New Zealand’s stated commitment to human rights and democratic values?” 

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WPOIA-335 
22/06/2025  13/08/2025  “Please provide a copy of the cabinet paper authorising the deployment of a C130-J Hercules and government personnel to West Asia, as announced here: 
 
https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/nz-response-developments-middle-east” 
WPOIA-331 
23/06/2025  21/07/2025  “I am writing to formally request information regarding the position and actions of the Minister of Foreign Affairs concerning the recent executions of Majid Mosayebi 
and Mohammad Amin Mahdavi Shayesteh by the Islamic Republic of Iran. 
 
Specifically, I request: 
 
1. What is your personal and official stance as Minister of Foreign Affairs on the execution of these two young Iranians, reportedly for their political activities? 
2. Why has there been no public statement or condemnation from your office in response to these internationally condemned executions? 
3. Have you raised this issue diplomatically, whether publicly, or through any international or bilateral channels, with representatives of the Iranian regime or any 
relevant bodies? 
4. What briefings or advisories have you received from officials within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on these executions and on the broader situation of 
political repression in Iran?” 
WPOIA-332 
23/06/2025  21/07/2025  “Copies of all support materials provided by officials to the Minister or their Office for Estimates 2025/26 Hearings (June 2025 Scrutiny Week) 
 
Where a document that falls under scope of this request cannot be release, please supply a summary of that document’s contents. Where any document falls under the 
scope of this request, please release it in full, including sections which might otherwise be considered out of scope.” 
WPOIA-333 
23/06/2025  21/07/2025  “I am requesting all advice received by Cabinet ministers, regarding Cabinet Office circular CO (24 ) 5: needs-based Service Provision.” 
WPOIA-334 
24/06/2025  18/08/2025  “I would like to request the following information from the Minister for Rial regarding the Cook Strait ferries held since 11/12/2024: 
 
- Any advice received which mentions the supply chain or impacts on the supply chain. 
- Any advice received which mentions freight capability. 
- Any estimates on costs associated with impacts on the supply chain and freight capability by continuing to use the existing ferries.” 

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WPOIA-337 
25/06/2025  23/07/2025  1. “The current position of the New Zealand Government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) regarding the execution of three individuals by the 
Islamic Republic of Iran, Azad Shojaei, Edris Aali, and Iraqi national Rasoul Ahmad Rasoul, on charges of espionage. 
2. Whether any diplomatic engagement has taken place with the Iranian Ambassador to New Zealand (or any representative of the Iranian Government) in relation to 
this case, or other recent executions. If so, please provide the dates, formats, and a summary of what was conveyed. 
3. Any internal or inter-agency correspondence, briefings, or memos held by MFAT that discuss the viability or effectiveness of diplomacy and engagement with Iran in 
light of its continued human rights violations, especially with regard to capital punishment and allegations of torture or forced confessions. 
4. Any official assessments or reviews conducted by MFAT on whether New Zealand’s current diplomatic approach to Iran may inadvertently contribute to the impunity 
of a state repeatedly identified as a sponsor of terrorism and perpetrator of systemic abuses.” 
WPOIA-336 
26/06/2025  24/07/2025  “copies of the following reports. 
- 1 May 2025: Treasury Report T2025/1111: Ferry Holdings Ltd: Special Fees Request 
- 6 May 2025: Treasury Report T2025/746: KiwiRail Holdings Ltd and New Zealand Railways Corporation on Appointments 
- 7 May 2025: Treasury Report T2025/1100: Ferry Holdings Limited 2025/26 Statement of Intent and Statement of Performance Expectations” 
WPOIA-339 
27/06/2025  8/08/2025 
- “All briefings, advice and documents about funding for the Cook Islands since May 1, 2025. This should include, but is not limited to, any papers on the assessment of 
New Zealand development programme in the Cook Islands and decisions following it. 
- Please also include any communications within the minister’s office, with MFAT, with other ministers’ offices, and with the Cook Islands, about the decision to pause 
funding and when/how to communicate this publicly.” 
WPOIA-338 
27/06/2025  10/09/2025  - “All briefings, advice and documents received in June 2025 about conflict between Iran and Israel, including US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and New Zealand’s 
response”                                  To ensure we can provide a timely and useful response, we propose narrowing the scope of your request to the situation reports generated 
regarding the Israel-Iran conflict. 
  
WPOIA-340 
30/06/2025  28/07/2025  “Can your offices please release the following information: 
All instances of a Minister, or staff, directing a correspondent to a personal email address. At the very least, state the issue they corresponded about the group they 
represent. The timeframe of my request is January 1 this year to May 5, inclusive.” 

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WPOIA-341 
1/07/2025 
29/07/2025  “I refer to the Hobson’s Pledge website, which aggregates its newsletters and mentions campaigns against/for certain policies and/or ministerial directions: 
https://www.hobsonspledge.nz/newsletter 
Can your offices please release all direct (not newsletter) correspondence with Don Brash, Elliot Ikilei, and other representatives of Hobson’s pledge, including messages 
(text and app)? Please provide the information in an electronically searchable format, including email attachments, and do not repeat email chains. It’s in the public 
interest to know about advocacy by lobby groups of political decision-makers.” 
WPOIA-342 
1/07/2025 
29/07/2025  “Could I request all communications between the Minister’s office, and the Minister himself, with any and all gambling companies or gambling representatives, 
including lobby or interest groups. This would include sent via text message, as well as email, briefings, notes, and minutes. The timeframe would be his time as 
minister for racing, and I request all information to be sent back to me in a keyword-searchable format, please.” 
WPOIA-343 
2/07/2025 
30/07/2025  “request all briefings sent to Minister Winston Peters on the recognition of a Palestinian statehood. Please also include any cabinet papers or discussion with other 
ministers on this topic.” 
WPOIA-344 
2/07/2025 
30/07/2025  “request any briefing in April 2025 provided by Kiwirail to Minister Peters relating to the rail network.” 
WPOIA-345 
2/07/2025 
30/07/2025  “In response to WPQ 31554 (2025), under the OIA, I request the following: 
1. Treasury: Ferry Holdings Limited Budget.  2. Ferry Holdings: Update on progress since Cabinet’s March Decisions: Agreed scope of work and approach to commercial 
arrangements.” 
WPOIA-346 
3/07/2025 
31/07/2025  “Can I please request, under the OIA, the document entitled “Submission: China and the Cook Islands elevated partnership – New Zealand’s response; 07 March 2025”, 
as listed in WQ Reply 31780?” 

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WPOIA-347 
4/07/2025 
1/08/2025 
- “Did the Terrorist Designation Working Group recommend the renewal of the designation of the American Proud Boys as a terrorist group, if so, on what date? 
- Did Crown Law advise that the American Proud Boys met the legal criteria under Section 29 of the Terrorism Suppression Act to be designated a terrorist group, if so, 
on what date? 
- Was the National Security Board advised that the American Proud Boys could and should be designated as a terrorist group under the Terrorism Suppression Act, if so, 
on what date? 
- Did the National Security Board advise you or your Office that the American Proud Boys could and should be designated as a terrorist group under the terrorism 
Suppression Act, if so, on what date? 
- Were you or your Office advised that the American Proud Boys could and should be designated as a terrorist group under the Terrorism Suppression Act, if so, on what 
date and by whom? 
- Copies of all advice, reports, memos, correspondence (including letters and emails) regarding the designation of the American Proud Boys as a terrorist group, since 1 
January 2025.” 

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WPOIA-348 
7/07/2025 
4/08/2025 
“ I would like to request copies of all briefings, reports, emails, talking points or aide memoires prepared or received by your agency or office since 1 November 2024, 
relating to: 
 
The impact or potential impact of United States trade policy under the current Trump Administration, including tariffs, retaliatory measures, or “Most Favoured Nation” 
(MFN) clauses, on New Zealand’s access to medicines. 
 
Any implications for PHARMAC’s procurement model, pricing policies, or regulatory autonomy in the context of US trade demands or positions. 
 
All correspondence since 1 November 2024 between your agency or office and: 
- United States Government agencies (e.g. USTR, Department of Commerce, HHS) 
- Pharmaceutical industry representatives of lobbyists 
 
Other New Zealand Government agencies or Ministerial offices (including the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, MBIE, or Treasury) where the subject 
matter includes US trade policy under President Trump and its impact on medicines, PHARMAC, or the New Zealand health system. 
 
Any internal or commissioned analysis produced since 1 November 2024 on the risk, effect, or strategic response to US policies, including tariffs or MFN clauses that 
could impact: 
- New Zealand’s medicine supply or affordability 
- PHARMAC’s budget or purchasing approach 
 
New Zealand’s negotiating positions in any current or potential bilaterial or multilateral trade agreements with the United States.” 
WPOIA-349 
8/07/2025 
5/08/2025 
“I request the following information regarding the Kinleith Mill closure 
1. All communications (including but not limited to emails, letters, meeting minutes, notes, and official records) between the minister and Oji Fibre Solutions (owned of 
Kinleith Mill) concerning support for pulp production and the future operations of the mill. This should include communications from the period leading up to and 
following the announcement of the mill’s closure – 2025 and 2025. 
2. All communications (including but not limited to emails, letters, meetings minutes, notes, and official records) between the minister and members of the Tokoroa 
community, community groups, local government representatives, or union representatives (specifically E tu union) regarding commitments made to the community 
and support for the workforce and community in relation to the mill. This should include communications from the period leading up to and following the 
announcement of the mill’s closure, including the community meeting in December 2024.” 

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WPOIA-351 
9/07/2025 
6/08/2025 
“Whether the Government has raised concern over the IRGC’s conduct with the Islamic Republic of Iran through any diplomatic or official channels, and if so, please 
provide the nature and dates of such engagement. 
Please include any relevant documentation, correspondence, or internal memoranda that relate to the above matters.” 
WPOIA-350 
9/07/2025 
6/08/2025 
- “Copies of all communications, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, and Signal messages, between yourself and Rt Hon Bill English.” 
WPOIA-352 
9/07/2025 
13/08/2025  “I request all the papers named in the table provided in response to Written Question 30474 (2025).” 
WPOIA-353 
14/07/2025  11/08/2025  “In compliance with the purpose of the Official Information Act 1982 I herein request copies of the NZ Governments Official submissions to the United Nations three 
yearly review in accordance with our signed up to Human Rights Conventions. 
The years maybe 2018, 2021, and 2024 but not totally sure.” 
WPOIA-356 
15/07/2025  12/08/2025  1. “I request a copy of the ministerial advisory committee’s interim report on the closure of the greyhound racing industry in New Zealand. 
2. I request any feedback on the planned closure of the industry from representatives of the greyhound racing industry, including but not limited to feedback from 
greyhound owners, representatives of GRNZ, or representatives from those with interests or expertise in greyhound racing in Australia or other countries. The period I 
am requesting this information is from February 20 until April 20, 2025. 
3. I further request any feedback from representatives of the NZTR, HRNZ or the TAB in reaction to plans to end greyhound racing, and or what this could mean for their 
interests, over the same three-month time period.” 

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WPOIA-354 
15/07/2025  12/08/2025  “Please provide the following documents held by the minister: 
All briefing papers, memos, reports, and legal opinions concerning the consistency of repealing the 2018 ban on offshore oil and gas exploration with New Zealand’s 
obligations under its free trade agreements (FTAs) 
 
And specifically, all advice regarding the potential for the $200 million investment fund for new gas fields to be a “clear breach” of the Agreement on Climate Change, 
Trade and Sustainability (ACCTS). 
 
Any advice concerning warnings received from other governments or international bodies that backtracking on climate policies could jeopardise New Zealand’s 
membership in international alliances or negatively impact its trade relationships. 
 
Any communications between the minister and other ministers about the above 
 
Please provide all relevant advice and communications from 1 October 2023 to the present date.” 
WPOIA-358 
15/07/2025  12/08/2025  “Any documents and correspondence, in any medium, related to the appointment of Scott O’Donnell to the board of KiwiRail. 
  Any documents and correspondence, in any medium, related to conflicts of interest with Scott O’Donnell and a position on the board of KiwiRail.” 
WPOIA-357 
15/07/2025  10/09/2025  - “Please provide all official correspondence – internal and otherwise – related to the June letter from UN Special Rapporteur Albert K. Barume.” 
WPOIA-359 
16/07/2025  13/08/2025  “1) A copy of the letter from the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – Albert Barume sent on 12 June 2025 which discusses the Regulatory 
Standards Bill.” 
WPOIA-360 
16/07/2025  10/09/2025   
“all advice received on the recent (2025) letter from the UN Special Rapporteur’s on Indigenous Rights and the response to that letter by David Seymour. 
 
I also request all correspondence between the Minister, officials and other ministers on that matter.” 

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WPOIA-361 
18/07/2025  15/08/2025  “What piece of legislation defines the official name(s) of our country? 
When did Parliament officially vote or bring into legislation that Aotearoa, or Aotearoa New Zealand is an officially and legally recognised name of our country? 
When did Government departments and organisations funded by the government get official notice that they can legally use Aotearoa, or Aotearoa New Zealand?” 
WPOIA-362 
18/07/2025  15/08/2025  1. “ New Zealand published a report in 1982 refering to its obligations and their fulfilment under the UN’s International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, UN 
Documents CCPR/C/10/Add.6 , reprinted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in, 
Information Bulletin No. 6, Human Rights in New Zealand (1984) 
2. Pursuant to the OIA, please can I be provided with this document described in [1], either the UN document, or the diplomatic Bulletin reprint. 
3. As per the OIA, my preference is to receive documents in a printed paper format, and if I have errored in this request, please provide assistance as necessary. 
4. As an inmate, I have no internet access to the document if it is publicly available on a UN or MFAT Website.” 
WPOIA-363 
21/07/2025  18/08/2025  “1. The letter sent by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples to the Government about the Regulatory Standards Bill.” 
WPOIA-364 
21/07/2025  18/08/2025  “ On 24 June 2025, in response to a question from Marama Davidson about the US bombing of Iran, the Minister said “ Ive heard it from a number of people in Iran and 
not living in Iran, including the royal family from Iran [sic], who have a different view entirely from that member” (see Hansard). I would like to request the following 
information under the OIA: 
 
- All communications the Minister or his office has had with “the royal family from Iran” in 2025. 
 
I do not expect this to be a large amount of information. In anticipation of an attempt to refuse this request under sections 6(a) or (b), I noted that the “international 
relations” clauses protect only government relations with other governments (or their agencies) or international organisations. “The royal family from Iran” are neither, 
and are certainly not recognised as such by the government of Aotearoa. If the Minister believes that release would instead harm relations with Iran, I not that he has 
already given away the fact of communication and the substance of that communication in Parliament, placing them on the public record. This not only means that 
there can be no lawful basis for refusal of the substance behind the Minister’s summary, but also that any purported harm to relations with Iran used to justify refusal 
must be over and above that already inflicted by the Minister himself.” 

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WPOIA-367 
22/07/2025  19/08/2025  “I request a copy of the interim report of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on greyhound racing – this is mentioned in WPQ 32183 (2025). 
 
Where a document that falls under the scope of this request cannot be released, please supply a summary of that document’s contents. 
 
Where any document falls under the scope of this request, I request it in full, including sections which might otherwise be considered out of scope.” 
WPOIA-365 
22/07/2025  19/08/2025  “Could you please forward me the interim report of MAC for Greyhound closure? 
I see Minister Peter’s has engaged media about its recommendations. 
In the interest of fairness, I would really appreciate you forwarding any information Mr Peter’s office has about the contents of the MAC report please.” 
WPOIA-366 
22/07/2025  19/08/2025  “Earlier this year, Stephen and Leon Grice, through their company CP Port Limited, told officials about their proposal to build a new port at Clifford Bay, which they say 
will achieve significant time savings over the current Picton to Wellington route. 
 
I understand the company and/or the Grices sought a meeting with Rail Minister Winston Peters to discuss what Government involvement, if any, would be considered 
for the project. 
 
Please provide the follow: 
1. Did the Minister meet with either of the Grice brothers or a representative from their company to discuss Clifford Bay. If so, when and where. 
2. Provide any minute, aide memoire or briefing given to the Minister ahead of the meeting. 
3. Please provide any correspondence to and from the Minister and the company/Grice brothers following the meeting.” 

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WPOIA-389 
23/07/2025  22/09/2025  “Can you please provide the most recent available information from your ministry (or any other relevant ministry) about concrete steps the NZ Government is taking to 
action the sentiments in your statement (other than ministerial travel to various international meetings)? For example, what planning has your ministry made to begin 
the process of applying sanctions to Israel? What planning has your ministry made to take or support international action to end the aid blockade Israel has had in 
place for several months now? ” 
 
You will of course be aware that just this one action violates international law and that Israel has consistently violated countless other international laws in relation to 
war, genocide, human rights, the rights of children etc etc. 
 
Can you also provide any advice you have received that analyses the risk to New Zealand from our own non-compliance with international law in relation to Israel’s 
genocide of the Palestinian people?” 
WPOIA-370 
24/07/2025  21/08/2025  1. “The total number of individuals who have served in or are currently serving in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) who have entered Aotearoa New Zealand in the past 
five years, broken down annually. 
2. The number of IDF-affiliated individuals currently residing in Aotearoa New Zealand, to the extent that this is known or recorded by immigration New Zealand or any 
other agency. 
3. Whether immigration New Zealand or any other government agency currently undertakes screening, investigation, or documentation of foreign military affiliations, 
including service in the IDF at the point of entry or exit 
4. Whether New Zealand has undertaken or is currently undertaking any investigation, detention, or legal proceedings against individuals affiliated with the IDF 
concerning alleged violations of international humanitarian law, war crimes, or crimes against humanity. 
5. Any existing policies, procedures, or inter-agency arrangements to assess or respond to the presence in New Zealand of individuals potentially implicated in war 
crimes, particularly those relating to military operations in Gaza or the Occupied Palestinian Territories. 
6. Whether the Government intends to initiate any formal review, investigation, or legislative changes in response to growing international concern about 
accountability for actions undertaken by members of the IDF.” 

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WPOIA-369 
24/07/2025  21/08/2025  “I write to request urgent clarification and action on the following matters concerning individuals who have served in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and their entry 
into, residence in, or transit through Aotearoa New Zealand. 
 
1. How many individuals who have served in or are currently serving in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have entered Aotearoa in the past two years? 
2. How many known or declared IDF-affiliated personnel are currently residing in Aotearoa? 
3. Does immigration New Zealand or any other government agency screen for affiliation with foreign military organisations, including the IDF upon entry or exit? 
4. Has New Zealand taken any steps to investigate, detain, or monitor individuals affiliated with foreign militaries, such as the IDF, on allegations of war crimes or 
breaches of international humanitarian law, either at the border or once in the country? 
 
In light of credible international reports and investigations into war crimes and breaches of the Geneva Conventions by the Israeli military, I am also formally requesting 
that the New Zealand Government initiate an immediate review and investigation into whether New Zealand’s existing immigration, security, and human rights policies 
are adequate to detect and respond to the presence of individuals potentially implicated in international offences. 
 
New Zealand has ratified and affirmed its obligations under international law, including the Geneva Conventions and the Rome Statute. As such we are morally and 
legally bound to ensure that our country does not become a haven for individuals complicit in the perpetration or support of war crimes, crimes against humanity, or 
ethnic cleansing. 
 
I therefore ask that the Government publicly disclose: 
 
1. What investigation of vetting processes exist to prevent alleged war criminals from entering or residing in New Zealand? 
2. Whether any individuals with service history in the IDF are currently being investigated or monitored in this regard 
3. And whether the Government will commit to strengthening its legal and procedural frameworks to align with our international human rights obligations.” 

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WPOIA-368 
25/07/2025  22/08/2025  “ This request is made under the Official Information Act, 1982. It is in regards to four agreements signed between the Cook Islands and China earlier this year. These 
agreements are: 
 
- The Action Plan for the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) 2025-2030 
- Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Deepening Blue Economy Cooperation 
- Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the Blue Partnership in Seabed Minerals Affairs 
- Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation 
 
Here is the announcement from the government of the Cook Islands on the agreements for your reference: 
https://www.pmoffice.gov.ck/2025/02/21/statement-cook-islands-and-china-formalise-agreements-to-strengthen-partnership-and-cooperation/ 
 
I have referred to these four agreements as “the agreements” in this email. 
 
Please provide any requests for advice to officials from the Minister regarding the agreement made in the six months to June 23, 2025. 
 
Please also provide any response to requests. 
 
Please provide any other communications regarding advice on the agreements between the Minister and officials made in the six months to June 23,2025. 
 
` Please also provide any advice to Cabinet from the Minister and/or his office regarding the agreements made in the six months to June 23, 2025. 
 
Please also provide any advice to Cabinet from officials regarding the agreements made in the six months to June 23, 2025. 
 
Please provide any other communications regarding advice on the agreements between Cabinet and the Minister and/or his office made in the six months to June 23, 
2025 that is not covered in the previous two points. 
 
Please also do the same for any other communications regarding advice on the agreements between Cabinet and officials that is not covered in previous points in this 
request.” 
WPOIA-373 
27/07/2025  22/08/2025  “ I request all information regarding a series of social media posts made on July 24th 2025 by Mr Peters. The relevant posts begin “Why did TV1 decide not to report 
once…” which I believe were made to Facebook and Twitter. 
 
The information should include the decision to delete the posts and reasons for the deletion.” 

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WPOIA-371 
28/07/2025  25/08/2025  “may I please request the following documents: 
- 4/04/2024  Re: for response: Minister’s statement at the GA on Monday. Discussing options for statements in New York 
- 6/04/2024 RE: UN General Assembly Veto Initiative meeting (8 April) – Draft New Zealand statement + draft CANZ joint statement. Email chain providing advice on 
draft statement 
- 7/04/2024 RE: MFA to North America: briefing: feedback from travelling party – Gaza speech. Email chain between Permanent Representative to United Nations and 
the Minister’s office. 
- 8/04/2024 RE: UN General Assembly Veto Initiative meeting (8 April) – Draft New Zealand statement + draft CANZ joint statement. Email chain providing advice on 
draft statement, with final version of statement. 
- Master Brief: MFA Travel to Washington. DC and Ottawa. 
- Master Brief for the Minister’s travel to North America 
- 12/4/2024 FORMAL MESSAGE: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VETO INITIATIVE MEETING ON ISRAEL-GAZA. Diplomatic cable report after event. 
- 13/4/2024 FORMAL MESSAGE: MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS VISIT NEW YORK AND THE UNITED NATIONS. Diplomatic cable reporting on the Minister’s visit to New 
York.” 
WPOIA-374 
30/07/2025  27/08/2025  1. “What is your full understanding of the current situation in Gaza? 
- Does the New Zealand government interpret the current events as genocide and forced displacement of the Palestinian people? 
- If not, how does the New Zealand government describe the current situation in Gaza? 
2. What further action are you taking on behalf of the New Zealand people to improve conditions for Palestinians in Gaza?” 
WPOIA-372 
30/07/2025  27/08/2025  “I noted recent news, Fale Andrew Lesa – Stuff investigation reveals flawed CV https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360764249/justice-
appointee-resigns-everything-after-stuff-investigation-reveals-flawed-cv__;!!Asq5-
8xVch3Reg!p7NpUsafFqY6pwWRJTMhalmM9ifL3x53xFz73rHTmzApYTVxhLOYcNaE3xI5NmrxdlGmy794Y7krPg6zFVaKi6MEASC6DvRlH0dfTrb7fHEW$  
 
May I request to view any emails or briefings related to Fale Andrew Lesa to this office? I am unsure whether the Minister of Foreign Affairs is aware of this issue. If not, 
I hope my OIA request would bring attention to your office about this important matter.” 

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WPOIA-375 
30/07/2025  8/09/2025 
“Please advise when you or your office were first informed of Mr Patel’s visit. 
 
Please advise if you met with Mr Patel, formally or informally, today. 
 
If so: 
- Please advise if that meeting was pre planned. 
- If there was an agenda, please provide a copy of the agenda. If there was not an agenda, please provide a list of topics discussed. 
- Please advise who attended the meeting, including their name, title, and associated organisation. 
- Please provide a copy of any notes generated at this meeting by yourself or your office. 
- Please advise if the topic of American citizens living in New Zealand, including dual citizens, was discussed. If so, please provide a summary of that discussion. 
 
Either way, please provide any information or correspondence sent or received by yourself or your office regarding Mr Patel’s visit. This includes, but is not limited to, 
emails, briefings, aids memoir, memos, Teams messages, WhatsApp messages, text messages, and Signal messages. This also includes information that was 
communicated verbally. 
 
In the above article, and in reference to Mr Patel’s visit, Minister Willis was quoted as saying there were a “bunch of handsome men in suits” on the 7th floor of the 
Beehive. Please advise the names, titles, and associated organisations of these men, to the best of your knowledge. 
 
Finally, please advise if you have ever met with Mr Patel before today. If so, please provide the dates of those meetings.” 

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WPOIA-375 
30/07/2025  6/10/2025 
“Please advise when you or your office were first informed of Mr Patel’s visit. 
 
Please advise if you met with Mr Patel, formally or informally, today. 
 
If so: 
- Please advise if that meeting was pre planned. 
- If there was an agenda, please provide a copy of the agenda. If there was not an agenda, please provide a list of topics discussed. 
- Please advise who attended the meeting, including their name, title, and associated organisation. 
- Please provide a copy of any notes generated at this meeting by yourself or your office. 
- Please advise if the topic of American citizens living in New Zealand, including dual citizens, was discussed. If so, please provide a summary of that discussion. 
 
Either way, please provide any information or correspondence sent or received by yourself or your office regarding Mr Patel’s visit. This includes, but is not limited to, 
emails, briefings, aids memoir, memos, Teams messages, WhatsApp messages, text messages, and Signal messages. This also includes information that was 
communicated verbally. 
 
In the above article, and in reference to Mr Patel’s visit, Minister Willis was quoted as saying there were a “bunch of handsome men in suits” on the 7th floor of the 
Beehive. Please advise the names, titles, and associated organisations of these men, to the best of your knowledge. 
 
Finally, please advise if you have ever met with Mr Patel before today. If so, please provide the dates of those meetings.” 
WPOIA-376 
1/08/2025 
29/08/2025  “ All emails, reports, advice, submissions, aide memoire and all documents, sent held or received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs or his office, relating to the FBI 
upgrade of its Wellington office, the official opening of the office by FBI Director Kash Patel and the installation of a permanent Legat position.” 
WPOIA-378 
2/08/2025 
29/08/2025  “Im submitting an OIA request on whether Israeli citizen, Yinon Levy, is on the list of extremist settlers who currently have sanctions/travel bans imposed on them by 
the New Zealand government? 
And if not, are such sanctions being considered against him?” 

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WPOIA-379 
2/08/2025 
29/08/2025  “for the first and last names of all the Israeli settlers who the New Zealand government currently has sanctions or travel bans imposed on? 
 
And, for the dates on which sanctions were imposed on each Israeli settler?” 
WPOIA-377 
4/08/2025 
16/10/2025  "Official advice received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding the recognition of Palestinian Statehood from 1 January 2025." 
WPOIA-380 
7/08/2025 
18/09/2025  1. “All advice, briefings, memos, dates and times of meetings, meeting notes and correspondence between the TAB and the Minister for Racing for this term of Govt 
(starting Nov 2023) and the last term of govt (2020-2023). 
2. All official advice regarding the June 2023 deal to grant Entain a presence in the NZ gambling market (including precursor advice before Entain was identified as the 
contract holder). 
3. All information held by the minister’s office on TAB’s class 4 licences, including correspondence, briefings, etc.” 

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WPOIA-382 
9/08/2025 
3/10/2025 
“Question 1: 
Have you, as the Minister of Foreign Affairs specifically stated anywhere that genocide is happening in Gaza? 
If so, please provide the statement or document within which that specific assertion is contained. If not, please explain why you have not produced such a genocide 
statement? 
 
Question 2: 
Why has the New Zealand government not supported the South Africa v Israel case to the International Court under Article 63 of the statute, or filed its own allegation 
of Genocide under  the Convention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide with the International Criminal Court of Justice? Please provide any, and all documents, 
emails or memos that demonstrate the New Zealand government has carefully considered the two-options stated in the sentence above. 
 
Question 3: 
Why did the New Zealand Government support the Ukraine vs Russia allegation of Genocide under the Convention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide with the 
International Criminal Court of Justice, on the 28th of July 2022 Under Article 63 in reference to Ukraine vs Russia (The Document Number is 182-20220729-PRE-01-00-
EN ) but has not supported the South Africa vs Israel allegation? 
 
Please provide copies of any consultation documents of any sort including emails and memos you have relied upon to reach your decision, to date, to not lodge a 
supportive allegation for South Africa vs Israel or formulate one on behalf of the Government 
 
Question 4: 
What goods and services has the New Zealand government purchased from Israeli companies or organisations since November 2023? Please supply a list giving the 
nature and value of each purchase or procurement 
 
Question 5: 
The Russian Sanction Act was passed in 2022. Do you plan to table a Sanctions Israel Act? If not, why not?” 
WPOIA-381 
11/08/2025  8/09/2025 
“I would like to know all circumstances surrounding Michael Alan Ramsden(26.10.1959)being repatriated to NZ from Vietnam in 2024.” 

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WPOIA-383 
11/08/2025  8/09/2025 
“This is an OIA request for the papers referred to in the below written question response. 
 
Reply 37049 (2025) has been answered  
Portfolio: Foreign Affairs (Rt Hon Peters)  
Question: What advice, briefings, reports, aides-memoire, memos, or other documents, if any, has the Minister received regarding the effectiveness of New Zealand's 
sanctions imposed under the Russia Sanctions Act, by title and date?  
Reply: I have received the following: - Informal Note - Statutory review under the Russia Sanctions Act - 8 March 2024 - Cabinet Foreign Policy and National Security 
Committee paper: Russia Sanctions - 19 November 2024.  
37049 (2025)” 
WPOIA-384 
20/08/2025  17/09/2025  “please request all communications between Minister Peters’ office and Trevor Mallard, from the start of this Parliamentary term to today. 
 
Please also include any documents, cabinet discussions, or papers on bringing Mallard “home early”, and why, including any prepped media lines on this topic.” 
WPOIA-384 
20/08/2025  17/09/2025  “please request all communications between Minister Peters’ office and Trevor Mallard, from the start of this Parliamentary term to today. 
 
Please also include any documents, cabinet discussions, or papers on bringing Mallard “home early”, and why, including any prepped media lines on this topic.” 
WPOIA-385 
21/08/2025  18/09/2025  “I request all communication between any member of the Royal Commission of Inquiry – COVID Phase 2 and yourself and/or members of your office. This includes, but 
is not limited to, any emails, briefings, text of phone calls, text messages (on any platform) or any other information.” 
WPOIA-387 
23/08/2025  19/09/2025  “ is it true (RNZ 6/8/25), that the NZ foreshore and seabed act of 2023 declared Maori groups only had to show they had enough control over the area to stop others 
from using it, and that situations where the law itself prohibited them from doing so, could be ignored?” 
WPOIA-388 
24/08/2025  19/09/2025  “My OIA asks regarding Pfizer c19 vaccine, where is the release testing carried out on every Batch? 
Is it by the manufacturer prior to transportation?” 
WPOIA-391 
25/08/2025  22/09/2025  “I request all correspondence, including text messages and emails, between the Foreign Minister or the office of the Foreign Minister and Trevor Mallard or the office of 
the NZ Embassy in Ireland, for the period from January 1 2025 to the most recent correspondence.” 

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WPOIA-390 
25/08/2025  10/10/2025  “ Please provide all information held by the office of the Foreign Minister specifically related to the position, appointment or performance of New Zealand’s 
Ambassador Designate to Ireland. 
Please restrict the timeframe to this term. Do not include broader material related to all ambassadors for example.” 
WPOIA-392 
27/08/2025  7/10/2025 
“ I am getting in touch to request the following documents: 
- 4/8/2025 – Aide Memoire – Aide Memoire- Palestinian recognition: New Zealand’s approach 
- 4/8/2025 – Informal Note – Informal Note – Israel/Palestine: New Zealand’s approach 
 
In addition, please provide 4/8/2025 Submission – Progress Update on MFAT’s New Head Office Building” 
WPOIA-394 
4/09/2025 
2/10/2025 
“ I seek advice, and particularly information a to the proposed timeline, for the treaty examination of the International Health Regulations agreed by the Parties at the 
2024 World Council of Health. 
 
Where there are preliminary documents prepared in anticipation of the treaty examination, please provide those for my education and learning as to the NZ 
Government’s attitude to the proposed Amendments. 
 
Please provide any supporting material, documents, videos or media files pertaining to the treaty examination of the International Health Regulations.” 

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WPOIA-395 
4/09/2025 
2/10/2025 
“ Could you please send me the following documents, as mentioned in response to WPQ 40897 
- 11/8/2025 – Submission – Meeting Brief: Council for International Development – Annual Conference Dinner 
- 12/8/2025 – Submission – MFAT Strategic Foreign Policy Assessment 2026 
- 12/8/2025 – Submission – New Zealand’s approach to the three upcoming conventional weapons meetings (Referred to MFA) 
- 12/8/2025 – Cabinet Paper – Report on Overseas Travel: Hon Dr Shane Reti – June-July 2025 
- 12/8/2025 – Submission – PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING 14 August 2025 
- 13/8/2025 – Submission – New Zealand’s response to Dengue Outbreak in Samoa 
- 13/8/2025 – Aide Memoire – Aide Memoire – Defence Force: Boeing 757 Aircraft Replacement – Project Implementation Business Case 
- 13/08/2025 - Aide Memoire - Aide Memoire — Maritime Helicopter Replacement – Tranche one detailed business case 
- 13/08/2025 - Submission - Consular cases: Exit bans 
- 14/08/2025 - Brief for Meeting - Meeting Brief: Bilateral Meeting with Minister Vivian Balakrishnan 
- 15/08/2025 - Submission - The Tokelau International Trust Fund: Appointment of Trustee and Alternate Trustee 
- 15/08/2025 - Submission - United States Tariffs: Updated Impact Analysis” 
WPOIA-393 
4/09/2025 
2/10/2025 
“Did the NZ Government receive invitations to attend the PRC 80th end of WW2 celebration and military parade? 
Did the NZ Government ask ex PM,s Key and Clark to represent the NZ Government?” 
WPOIA-395 
4/09/2025 
14/11/2025  “ Could you please send me the following documents, as mentioned in response to WPQ 40897 
- 11/8/2025 – Submission – Meeting Brief: Council for International Development – Annual Conference Dinner 
- 12/8/2025 – Submission – MFAT Strategic Foreign Policy Assessment 2026 
- 12/8/2025 – Submission – New Zealand’s approach to the three upcoming conventional weapons meetings (Referred to MFA) 
- 12/8/2025 – Cabinet Paper – Report on Overseas Travel: Hon Dr Shane Reti – June-July 2025 
- 12/8/2025 – Submission – PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING 14 August 2025 
- 13/8/2025 – Submission – New Zealand’s response to Dengue Outbreak in Samoa 
- 13/8/2025 – Aide Memoire – Aide Memoire – Defence Force: Boeing 757 Aircraft Replacement – Project Implementation Business Case 
- 13/08/2025 - Aide Memoire - Aide Memoire — Maritime Helicopter Replacement – Tranche one detailed business case 
- 13/08/2025 - Submission - Consular cases: Exit bans 
- 14/08/2025 - Brief for Meeting - Meeting Brief: Bilateral Meeting with Minister Vivian Balakrishnan 
- 15/08/2025 - Submission - The Tokelau International Trust Fund: Appointment of Trustee and Alternate Trustee 
- 15/08/2025 - Submission - United States Tariffs: Updated Impact Analysis” 

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WPOIA-400 
8/09/2025 
13/10/2025  a) What is the nature of these barbaric violations you speak of, according to the 
briefings, advice and other communications you have received? 
b) i) The investigations into serious allegations against certain UNRWA staff - what 
are the specific investigations you are looking forward to the outcome of? 
b) ii) What briefings or reports have you received about the Israel's evidence 
supporting these serious allegations against certain UNRWA staff? 
c) Given you say that building and expanding illegal settlements in the occupied 
territories and the forcible displacement of Palestinians from Gaza imperil the 
two-state solution, what advice or assessments have you received on the 
continued viability of a 2 state solution? 
d) i) You say all must demand that Hamas release all remaining hostages 
immediately. What advice have you received about the legal status of Israeli 
military personnel held by Hamas - are these people hostages or prisoners of 
war? 
d) ii) What advice and information have you received about the thousands of 
Palestinians held without charge by Israel, and their status under international 
law? 
e) The press release of 14 April asserts that Iran conducted illegal strikes against 
Israel. Iran is citing its right to self-defence for these strikes, following the attack 
by Israel on its consulate at Damascus. What advice have you received on this 
'self- defence' justification, and the legality of it? 
f) i) Your speech to the United Nations acknowledges that Palestinian civilians bear 
the brunt of Israel's military action. Have you asked for or received any advice or 
briefings on the impacts of Israeli military action on Palestinian civilians in Gaza, 
and its legality in terms of international humanitarian law? 
f) ii) I note that the government has imposed sanctions on some Israeli illegal settlers 
on the West Bank. Have you asked for and/or received any advice on imposing 
sanctions 

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WPOIA-396 
9/09/2025 
7/10/2025 
“Please provide any requests for advice to officials from the Minister regarding the opening of the stand-alone FBI office. 
 
Please also provide any responses to the requests. 
 
Please provide any other communications regarding advice on the stand-alone FBI office between the Minister and officials that is not covered in the previous two 
points. 
 
Please also provide any advice to Cabinet from the officials on the stand-alone FBI office. 
 
Please provide any other communications regarding advice on the stand-alone FBI office that is not covered in the previous two points. 
 
Please also do the same for any other communications regarding advice on the stand-alone FBI office between Cabinet and officials that is not covered in previous 
points in this request.” 
WPOIA-397 
9/09/2025 
7/10/2025 
“Can I please request a copy of all correspondence of meetings that have been organised by senior private secretary Helen Lahtinen for Minister Peters? 
 
Can all correspondence be specifically provided surrounding a meeting on August 8 2024 that was organised with David Hunt.” 
WPOIA-398 
10/09/2025  8/10/2025 
“what, if any, actions you have taken to prevent Israel from perpetrating a genocide? For clarity, I am requesting information about actions not words.” 
WPOIA-399 
10/09/2025  8/10/2025 
“Can I please request all communications between Winston Peters and Stuart Nash since November 2023. This includes, emails, text messages, whatsapps, signal 
messages, call logs and recollections of conversations.” 
WPOIA-401 
17/09/2025  15/10/2025  “KiwiRail: Fortnightly Report 21 august – 3 September 2025.” 
WPOIA-402 
20/09/2025  17/10/2025  “As such, I am requesting diaries for the following months: 
1) November 2024 
2) December 2024 
3) May 2025 
4) July 2025.” 

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WPOIA-404 
22/09/2025  20/10/2025  “Why have you not yet in your capacity as Prime Minister sanctioned Israel for its genocide in Gaza, crimes against the Palestinian people and multiple accounts of 
international law breaches? What information or reason are you replying on to not take a decision at this time? I am requesting any information in whichever format it 
exists that pertains to your decision to not take sanction measures against the state of Israel since you assumed office to date.”  
WPOIA-403 
23/09/2025  20/10/2025  “I request copies of the following: 
- All briefing documents you receive regarding your March 2025 visit to the United States of America 
WPOIA-405 
23/09/2025  21/10/2025  “I’d like to request some information about the 2025 agency Performance Plans as described in the Cabinet circular CO (24) 4: Performance Plans: Requirements and 
Expectations | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC).  
 
My understanding was that these were developed alongside Treasury throughout late 2024 and early 2025 as part of the process for Budget 2025. I was hoping that 
these might have been proactively released alongside other Budget documents but to date I haven’t seen them included in the recent Budget 2025 information release 
by Treasury or on individual agency websites.  
 
I was wondering if you’d be able to tell me if these performance plans are available anywhere already. And if not, I’d like to request them under the OIA; I’m hoping 
that Treasury might be able to respond to it as a single request, but I also understand if it needs to be transferred to each individual agency.” 
WPOIA-419 
24/09/2025  21/10/2025  Please release in fully searchable format: 
  
• The two most major substantive  document/s** and/or advice/briefings from any entity related to  
o Environmental testing  
o Environment impacts and/or impacts on livelihoods since sinking and/or in future 
o What happens to the wreck 
o The Chinese govt in Feb donating  $50,000 over this. It is reasonable to think MFAT/NZDF or other officials may have responded to this move with advice or reports, 
verbal or otherwise; please release all that, including summaries of verbal advice 
WPOIA-407 
27/09/2025  24/10/2025  “ Please provide advice/reports relating to the decision to announce Aotearoa/New Zealand’s position on Palestinian statehood.” 

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WPOIA-406 
27/09/2025  24/10/2025  “I would like further information as to specifically which members of the New Zealand Government were involved in the decision-making process, regarding Palestinian 
recognition.” 
WPOIA-411 
29/09/2025  28/10/2025  “the following documents mentioned in this WPQ answer 
 
11/09/2025 Submission Credentials: Twentieth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or 
Punishment  
 
10/09/2025 Submission – covering Cabinet Paper Lifting New Zealand’s Relationship with India – Update for Cabinet 
 
9/09/2025 Submission MFAT 2024–25 Annual Report and IDC Report 
 
9/09/2025 Submission Universal Postal union resolution on Palestine's participation  
 
9/09/2025 Cabinet Paper Proposed Overseas Travel: Rt Hon Winston Peters - 21 to 28 September 2025 
 
8/09/2025 Brief for Meeting Call with Australian Deputy Prime Minister, Hon Richard Marles, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon Penny Wong.” 
WPOIA-412 
29/09/2025  28/10/2025  “ all communication to and from the minister’s office that relate to the decision regarding recognition of a Palestinian State between June and when Minister Peters 
made his speech in New York over the weekend.” 
WPOIA-413 
29/09/2025  24/11/2025  “ a copy of all Cabinet correspondence relating to the government’s position on Palestinian statehood (The position communicated by Winston Peters at the UN).” 
WPOIA-410 
29/09/2025  25/11/2025  “ OIA regarding CAB-25-MIN-0274 and Palestine statehood non-recognition. Please provide: 
 
A. Social Cohesion 
- Internal advice, briefings, or reports on the potential impact of non-recognition of Palestine on social cohesion in New Zealand, including any assessments of public 
protests, civil unrest, or community tensions. 
- Inter-agency communications or meeting records discussing strategies to manage social cohesion amid foreign policy decisions on Palestine. 
 
B. ACT Party 
- All comments and input from ACT party MPs in relation to the paper.” 

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WPOIA-408 
29/09/2025  25/11/2025  - “All correspondence between the Foreign Affairs Minister and his representatives, and MFAT staff, the Prime Minister/his office, and ministers/their offices, about the 
decision of whether or not to recognise Palestine as a state and the subsequent announcement of this decision at the United Nations. 
This should cover the period of September 14 – September 28 (inclusive) 
- Please include any briefings, memos, papers etc. that the minister received on the topic during this time.” 
WPOIA-409 
29/09/2025  25/11/2025  1. Can all communications since January of this year between the Minister and his office regarding Palestine/Gaza be provided. This is included but not limited to 
briefing notes, emails, text messages, whatsapps, signal messages and all call logs? 
2. Can all communications since January of this yea between the Minister and the Prime Minister regarding Palestine/Gaza be provided. This is included but not limited 
to briefing notes, emails, text messages, whatsapps, signal messages and all call logs? 
3. Can all communications since January of this year between the Minister and Nicola Willis regarding Palestine/Gaza be provided. This is included but not limited to 
briefing notes, emails, text messages, whatsapps, signal messages and all call logs? 
4. Can all communications since January of this year between the Minister and David Seymour regarding Palestine/Gaza be provided. This is included but not limited to 
briefing notes, emails, text messages, whatsapps, signal messages, and all call logs? 
5. Can all communications since January of this year between the Minister and Todd McClay regarding Palestine/Gaza be provided. This is included but not limited to 
briefing notes, emails, text messages, whatsapps, signal messages, and all call logs? 
6. Can all communications since January of this year between the Minister and the Israel Embassy/Ambassador regarding Palestine/Gaza be provided. This is included 
but not limited to briefing notes, emails, text messages, whatsapps, signal messages, and all call logs? 
7. Can all communications since January of this year between the Minister and the Palestinian Authority regarding Palestine/Gaza be provided. This is included but not 
limited to briefing notes, emails, text messages, whatsapps, signal messages, and all call logs? 
8. Can all communications since January of this year between the Minister and MFAT regarding Palestine/Gaza be provided. This is included but not limited to briefing 
notes, emails, text messages, whatsapps, signal messages, and all call logs?” 
WPOIA-414 
30/09/2025  29/10/2025  “OIA request regarding the Sept. 17 claim of the harassment of a Chinese national at an airport. 
Could the following please be provided under the Official Information Act: 
- Briefings, aides-memoire, or reports received from MFAT or other agencies concerning the Chinese Embassy’s statement in regard to this claim 
- Talking points, Q&A, or media lines prepared for the Minister in response to press queries.” 

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WPOIA-415 
30/09/2025  29/10/2025  “All briefings, aide-memoire, or reports provided to the Minister regarding New Zealanders attending (including former prime ministers) the Beijing commemoration of 
the 80th anniversary of Japan’s WWII surrender. 
Any correspondence (including emails and letters) between the Minister’s office, MFAT, the Chinese Embassy, or Clark and Key regarding Clark and Key’s attendance at 
the event. 
Talking points, Q&A, or media lines prepared for the Minister in anticipation of questions about New Zealand’s involvement in the Beijing commemoration. 
Any assessments or advice provided to the Minister on the potential diplomatic implications of Clark and Key appearing publicly alongside leaders such as Vladimir 
Putin and Kim Jong Un.” 
WPOIA-416 
30/09/2025  12/11/2025  “Question: Why did New Zealand fail to implement any meaningful sanctions, boycotts and/or military action against Israel at that time?  
Question: Now that the UN Commission on Human Rights has definitively ruled that Israel is committing genocide, what meaningful sanctions, boycotts and/or military 
action is the New Zealand government committing itself to?  
Question: Does the Prime Minister, Chris Luxon, or the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, ever talk directly with their Iranian counterparts, and if not, why not?  
Question: If the Prime Minister, Chris Luxon, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs do talk directly to their Iranian counterparts, do they listen with an open mind and take 
them at their word, or do they filter their perceptions through the veil created by anti-Iranian propaganda?  
Question: What concrete actions is the New Zealand government taking to prevent and punish the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people and these Israeli 
atrocities?.” 
WPOIA-417 
1/10/2025 
30/10/2025  “I am writing to you with grave concern for NZ citizen Samuel Leason who has been unlawfully abducted by the Israeli military this morning… 
Please inform me when you intend to make a public statement on this matter. 
 
I would also like to request the transcripts of all internal communications from your respective offices regarding the individual Samuel Leason. Emails, text messages, 
and chat logs.” 
WPOIA-418 
2/10/2025 
31/10/2025  “I am writing to as what action the No Government is taking to secure the release of the NZ Citizens illegally abducted by the Israel Defence Force in International 
Waters.” 
WPOIA-418 
2/10/2025 
31/10/2025  “I am writing to as what action the No Government is taking to secure the release of the NZ Citizens illegally abducted by the Israel Defence Force in International 
Waters.” 

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WPOIA-421 
3/10/2025 
3/11/2025 
“What steps is the New Zealand Government taking to protect and secure the safe return of the three New Zealand citizens who have ` reportedly been illegally 
detained by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in international waters? 
 
Will the Government maintain its current position regarding Israel’s actions in Gaza, or will it take steps to recognise the State of Palestine, consistent with 
international calls to end complicity in conduct which the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry has formally determined constitutes 
genocide in the Gaza Strip?..” 
WPOIA-420 
3/10/2025 
3/11/2025 
“ The first request is for any information relevant to the case of PMI providing draft legislation, memos, requests or any other relevant correspondence relating to 
influence on shaping the policy on tobacco products, including but not limited to: Heated Tobacco Products HTPs, cigarettes and vaping devices. This is relating to the 
following RNZ article regarding documents released in litigation against JUUL in the United States: 
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/567711/nicotine-lobbyists-said-winston-peters-was-very-powerful-and-very-industry-friendly 
 
The second request is for any information regarding meetings and communications with lobbyists representing PMI or interests that PMI may be vested in or tobacco 
related policy discussion with external/third parties. This includes communications with, both or either. Winston Peters and Casey Costello as the leader of the New 
Zealand First party and primary mentioned point of contact from PMI communications and as Associate Health Minister responsible for introducing the excise tax cut 
on HTPs.” 
WPOIA-423 
7/10/2025 
5/11/2025 
“As you will be aware, New Zealand is party to the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. This means that New Zealand 
is required to do its utmost to address that situation, as otherwise NZ is being complicit with Israel. 
 
Under the OIA, please provide the briefing papers from your ministry about New Zealand’s obligations under the Convention above.” 
WPOIA-422 
7/10/2025 
5/11/2025 
“ Request for Action: I respectfully ask you to consider: 
- Designating the Israeli Government/Likud Party as a terrorist organisation, as New Zealand did with Hamas in 2024 
 
Official Information Act Request: Under the Official Information Act, I specifically request: 
- All documents, correspondence, and briefings regarding the criteria used for terrorist organisation designations of groups from Middle Eastern countries. 
- Any assessments, reviews, or legal advice about applying these criteria to the Israeli Government/Likud Party 
- Internal memos or briefings about maintaining legal consistency in terrorist designations and state recognition.” 

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WPOIA-422 
7/10/2025 
5/11/2025 
“ Request for Action: I respectfully ask you to consider: 
- Designating the Israeli Government/Likud Party as a terrorist organisation, as New Zealand did with Hamas in 2024 
 
Official Information Act Request: Under the Official Information Act, I specifically request: 
- All documents, correspondence, and briefings regarding the criteria used for terrorist organisation designations of groups from Middle Eastern countries. 
- Any assessments, reviews, or legal advice about applying these criteria to the Israeli Government/Likud Party 
- Internal memos or briefings about maintaining legal consistency in terrorist designations and state recognition.” 
WPOIA-426 
8/10/2025 
6/11/2025 
“Question 1 – Just clarifying the Prime Ministers statement so I understand what part of genocide I can be proud of as a New Zealander? 
  Question 2 – How many emails have you received since 07/1/2023 that contain the word “Palestine” in the subject of the email to date? 
  Question 3 – Have you personally taken any actions against Israel because of Israel’s systematic rape of Palestinians? 
  Question 4 – Have you personally taken any actions against Israel because of Israel’s systemic starvation of Palestinians? 
  Question 5 – Have you personally taken any actions against Israel because of Israel’s attacks on all the hospitals in Gaza? 
  Question 6 – Have you personally taken any actions against Israel because of Israel’s targeting of 250 – 300 journalists in Gaza? 
  Question 7 – Have you personally taken any actions against Israel because of Israel’s systematic starvation of Palestinians?” 
WPOIA-424 
8/10/2025 
6/11/2025 
“1/ When will the coalition have a signed contract for the purchase of the promised two ferries? 
  2/ Will they be rail enabled? 
  3/ What contracts do you have signed for onshore infrastructure? 
  4/ What is the delivery schedule for the ferries? 
  5/ What is the proposed cost for the ferries? 
  6/ What is the cost for the Infrastructure contracts?” 
WPOIA-424 
8/10/2025 
6/11/2025 
“1/ When will the coalition have a signed contract for the purchase of the promised two ferries? 
  2/ Will they be rail enabled? 
  3/ What contracts do you have signed for onshore infrastructure? 
  4/ What is the delivery schedule for the ferries? 
  5/ What is the proposed cost for the ferries? 
  6/ What is the cost for the Infrastructure contracts?” 

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WPOIA-425 
8/10/2025 
6/11/2025 
“I would be grateful if you could provide me with all official information relating to the drafting of the cabinet paper entitled: “ Recognition of Palestine: Options for 
New Zealand” (https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/recognition-of-palestine-options-for-new-zealand)” 
WPOIA-427 
13/10/2025  11/11/2025  “ Copies of the following documents: 
- 15/9/2025 Proposed Overseas Travel: Rt Hon Winston Peters – September 2025 
- 15/9/2025 Conclusion of Negotiations to Agree a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Singapore 
- 15/9/2025 Scott Base redevelopment: authorisation to access Existing Funds 
- 15/9/2025 Southeast Asia: Implementing the Foreign Policy Reset” 
WPOIA-428 
14/10/2025  12/11/2025  “Can you please confirm whether this is true? Under the Official Information Act please. 
 
Did you know Benjamin Netanyahyu (real name, Benzion Mileikowsky) was funding Hamas via the Qatari Government?” 
WPOIA-429 
15/10/2025  13/11/2025  “I am seeking information on any meetings the Minister of Racing has had with Greyhound Racing New Zealand since becoming Minister in November 2023. 
 
Could you provide the number of requests for meetings from Greyhound Racing New Zealand? 
 
How many of those requests did the Minister accommodate and attend?” 
WPOIA-433 
15/10/2025  13/11/2025  “All information held relating to strategic or security considerations regarding procurement of ferries from GSI. 
- All advice, briefings, and correspondence received from Ferry Holdings Ltd about GSI 
- All advice, briefings, and correspondence received from NZSIS and GCSB about GSI 
- All correspondence with the Minister for NZSIS and GCSB about the procurement of ferries from GSI.” 
WPOIA-431 
16/10/2025  14/11/2025  “All correspondence in 2025 between New Zealand and the Cook Islands on the breakdown in political relationship between the two countries on issues including but 
not isolated to the free association relationship, the relationship with China and any other areas of contention. To narrow it down, I am specifically looking for 
correspondence between New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters, the former Cook Islands Secretary of Foreign 
Affairs Tepaeru Herrman (and any acting secretary of MFAI) and Prime Minister Mark Brown and/or any of his representatives.” 

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WPOIA-435 
16/10/2025  14/11/2025  “Could I please request the following under the Official Information Act: 
- All advice, briefings, memoranda, reports, or other documents provided to the Minister in both his rail and foreign minister capacities regarding the selection of 
Guangzhou Shipyard International for the procurement of Interislander ferries. 
- All Cabinet papers or other material taken by the Minister in both his rail and foreign minister capacities to Cabinet or Cabinet committee regarding the selection of 
Guangzhou Shipyard International for the procurement of Interislander ferries.” 
WPOIA-430 
16/10/2025  28/11/2025  “Since 19 September 2024, has Mr Peters met with Juliet Moses or any other representatives of the New Zealand Jewish Council, and if so, on what occasions? 
 
Please provide all instances of communications between Peters in his capacity as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Moses and other representatives of the New 
Zealand Jewish Council. These should be delivered in their original form, not as summaries. 
 
I request all advice, meeting notes and communication (emails, text messages, whatsapp, Teams messages) regarding meetings held with the representatives of the NZ 
Jewish Council since 7 October 2023.” 
WPOIA-432 
17/10/2025  17/11/2025  Verbal request 
WPOIA-434 
17/10/2025  17/11/2025  1. “Can I please be provided with all communication between the Ministers office and MFAT regarding a vehicle incident with a Chinese embassy car that occurred in 
April? 
2. Can I please be provided with all communication between the Ministers office and Police regarding a vehicle incident with a Chinese embassy car that occurred in 
April? 
3. Can I please be provided with all communication between the Ministers office and the Prime Ministers office regarding a vehicle incident with a Chinese embassy car 
that occurred in April? 
4. Can I please be provided with all communication between the Ministers office and the Chinese Embassy regarding a vehicle incident with a Chinese embassy car that 
occurred in April?” 
WPOIA-436 
17/10/2025  8/12/2025 
“Are you able to send me the May 19, 2025 correspondence, and May 23, 2025 correspondence, between Fiame and Minister Peters regarding the compensation 
amount please? 
WPOIA-437 
21/10/2025  19/11/2025  “9 October 2025 Treasury: Ferry Holdings Limited – Supporting Ship Negotiations” 

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WPOIA-439 
22/10/2025  20/11/2025  “This is a request under the Official Information Act for copies of the following report: 
- 7 Sept 2025 – Treasury Report T2025/2171: KiwiRail and Ferry Holdings: Performance Report for the six months to 20 June 2025.” 
WPOIA-438 
22/10/2025  27/11/2025  “Any correspondence between the minister and the Chinese Embassy, ambassador, or any representatives regarding Guangzhou Shipyard International or procurement 
of new Cook Strait ferries.” 
WPOIA-440 
24/10/2025  24/11/2025  “for any communication received by or sent from Winston Peters/his office in relation to this incident referenced in the below police statement? 
 
              Police are working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the relevant foreign mission in relation to an incident, in April this year, involving a vehicle 
with diplomatic plates.” 
WPOIA-441 
28/10/2025  25/11/2025  “I refer to this article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360867532/israeli-minister-who-trolled-christopher-luxon-visits-auckland-meets-brian-tamaki 
 
Please provide all emails/briefings sent or received by the Minister to/from officials at MFAT containing the word ‘Haskel’ or ‘Haskel-Harpaz’, or ‘Sharren’ in the  
months of August, September and October 2025.” 
WPOIA-447 
28/10/2025  25/11/2025  “I would like to request the following briefings provided to the Minister: 
- 2 October 2025 KiwiRail: Aratere disposal 
- 9 October 2025 Treasury: Ferry Holdings Limited: Supporting Ship Negotiations” 
WPOIA-446 
29/10/2025  26/11/2025  “ All briefings, papers (including Cabinet papers), aide memoires, and correspondence (including internal and external communications) held by or provided to you in 
your capacity as Minister for Racing, that relate specifically to New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Incorporated (NZTR) since 1 October 2024. For clarity this request 
includes but is not limited to: 
 
- All material prepared by the Department of Internal Affairs or any other relevant agency for the Minister relating to NZTR. 
- All correspondence sent to or from the Minister or the Minister’s Office (including communications via WRP inbox) concerning NZTR 
- All internal communications within the Minister’s Office or between the Minister and third parties that refer to or discuss NZTR matters. 
- All forms of communication, including but not limited to emails, text messages, letters, meeting notes, call logs, and instant messaging platforms (such as WhatsApp, 
Signal, or any equivalent system used for ministerial or office communication).” 

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WPOIA-442 
29/10/2025  26/11/2025  “I request the following information relating to the social media post from the official Foreign Minister account which reshared Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s 
X/Twitter post with the caption “We…” (shared and then delated on October 29) as referenced in this RNZ article. ('We...': Winston Peters' account corrects Christopher 
Luxon's tweet about trade deal | RNZ News) 
1. All communications, internal and external, relating to the drafting, approval, scheduling, posting, resharing, or deletion of the post from the official Foreign Minister 
X/Twitter account, including communications between: 
2. Any contact between the Minister or his office and the Ministry related to the post; 
3. Any contact between the Minister or his office and the Minister of the Prime Minister related to the post.” 
WPOIA-446 
29/10/2025  10/12/2025  “ All briefings, papers (including Cabinet papers), aide memoires, and correspondence (including internal and external communications) held by or provided to you in 
your capacity as Minister for Racing, that relate specifically to New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Incorporated (NZTR) since 1 October 2024. For clarity this request 
includes but is not limited to: 
 
- All material prepared by the Department of Internal Affairs or any other relevant agency for the Minister relating to NZTR. 
- All correspondence sent to or from the Minister or the Minister’s Office (including communications via WRP inbox) concerning NZTR 
- All internal communications within the Minister’s Office or between the Minister and third parties that refer to or discuss NZTR matters. 
- All forms of communication, including but not limited to emails, text messages, letters, meeting notes, call logs, and instant messaging platforms (such as WhatsApp, 
Signal, or any equivalent system used for ministerial or office communication).” 
WPOIA-443 
30/10/2025  27/11/2025  “I request a copy of Rt Hon Winston Peters Diary for October 2025”. 
WPOIA-444 
30/10/2025  18/12/2025  “a copy of the briefing referenced in the written parliamentary question below: 
 
49401 (2025): Teanau Tuiono to Minister of Defence: What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their 
Office received or sent, if any, about the $6m payment to Samoa over the grounding of HMNZS Manawanui, by title and date? 
 
Hon Judith Collins: I received a single briefing referred from the Minister of Foreign Affairs on 6 May 2025.” 

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WPOIA-445 
3/11/2025 
1/12/2025 
“I request information regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence tools in your capacity since 1 January 2024. This includes any prompts, questions, inputs, 
outputs, or other records generated through tools such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, Perplexity or any other AI platforms, as well as 
any notes, correspondence, or documents created from or referring to these AI-generated outputs. 
 
I also request any guidance, policies, or communications held by your office, the Department of Internal Affairs, or the Cabinet Office regarding ministers or ministerial 
staff using AI tools for official business, including any internal discussions, risk assessments, or briefings relating to privacy, information security, or public-record 
implications. 
 
Finally, please provide information on whether your office considers AI-generated material, including chatbot conversations or generated text, to be “official 
information” for the purposes of the OIA or the Public Records Act, as well as any advice received from the Cabinet Office, Department of Internal Affairs, or Crown Law 
on this question.” 
WPOIA-448 
4/11/2025 
2/12/2025 
“The ‘@NewZealandMFA’ Twitter/X was used to make a ‘post’ in the morning, 2025-10-28 Central European Time, with the text “We…, referencing 
a post by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon about the new trade partnership agreement Luxon had made with ASEAN and claiming credit for Luxon’s efforts. I 
understand this account is, on occasion, used by Winston Peters. Given the importance of trade relations with brotherly nations, and New Zealand’s history of abrupt 
decisions made by political figures while tired and emotional: 
  
1) Did Winston Peters make the post in question? While the Ombudsman has determined that "information which is known to an agency, but which has not yet been 
recorded in writing or otherwise" is subject to the OIA (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/sites/default/files/2025-
06/The*20OIA*20for*20agencies.pdf__;JSUl!!Asq5-8xVch3Reg!ppOwq0UPin_jyNr3T-
ZYHkodd1UJsZp88G7KljxKFRvM18zmfDH_jG9kTh7SEfkHLHeWB9eKstyFr5HknZFBndm_6c5yhtpfptfVOiUcCoyr$ ), I appreciate that Peters may not remember if he did or 
not, and that is obviously a perfectly acceptable answer. 
 
2) As of 31 October 2025, are there any rules or guidance about under which circumstances Peters can or should use the account? I.e. hours of the day, BAC levels, 
prescriptions, etc.” 
WPOIA-450 
5/11/2025 
3/12/2025 
“ 21 October 2025 KiwiRail – Auckland metro network 2025/2026.” 

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WPOIA-449 
6/11/2025 
4/12/2025 
“It is regarding the Memorandum of Understanding arrangement between Australia and Nauru, signed at the end of August 2025. 
Below is the announcement from the Australia government on the arrangement for your reference. 
https://minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/TonyBurke/Pages/statement-on-nauru-mou.aspx 
 
I refer to the Memorandum of Understanding arrangement as “the arrangement” below. 
 
Please provide a list of all communications the Minister has had with the government of Australia and/or any representatives of the government of Australia on the 
arrangement. 
 
Please list the date and nature of each of these communications, as well as the person/s the communication was with. 
 
Please provide the text of the communications. 
 
Please also provide a list of all communications the Minister had with the government of Nauru and/or representatives of the government of Nauru on the 
arrangement. 
 
Please list the date and nature of each of the communications, as well as the person/s the communication was with. 
 
Please provide the text of the communications 
 
Is the New Zealand government considering resettling any individuals affected by the arrangement in New Zealand? 
 
If so, how many of these individuals is it considering resettling? 
Will their families be resettled as well? 
What is the timeframe for this?” 

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WPOIA-449 
6/11/2025 
4/12/2025 
“It is regarding the Memorandum of Understanding arrangement between Australia and Nauru, signed at the end of August 2025. 
Below is the announcement from the Australia government on the arrangement for your reference. 
https://minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/TonyBurke/Pages/statement-on-nauru-mou.aspx 
 
I refer to the Memorandum of Understanding arrangement as “the arrangement” below. 
 
Please provide a list of all communications the Minister has had with the government of Australia and/or any representatives of the government of Australia on the 
arrangement. 
 
Please list the date and nature of each of these communications, as well as the person/s the communication was with. 
 
Please provide the text of the communications. 
 
Please also provide a list of all communications the Minister had with the government of Nauru and/or representatives of the government of Nauru on the 
arrangement. 
 
Please list the date and nature of each of the communications, as well as the person/s the communication was with. 
 
Please provide the text of the communications 
 
Is the New Zealand government considering resettling any individuals affected by the arrangement in New Zealand? 
 
If so, how many of these individuals is it considering resettling? 
Will their families be resettled as well? 
What is the timeframe for this?” 
WPOIA-451 
13/11/2025  11/12/2025  “I’d like to make an OIA request for info held by Winston Peters about a November 2025 meeting he had with Mrs. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. 
1. Please provide a copy of any briefing given the 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 date on which the visit and meeting formalised/officially arranged.” 

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WPOIA-452 
20/11/2025  18/12/2025  - “All correspondence including texts and emails between the Rail Minister’s office and Guangzhou Shipyard International from January 1 2025 to date. 
- All aide memoire, briefings and reports to the Rail Minister’s office on the business case for the Cook Strait ferries from Guangzhou Shipyard International from 
January 1 2025 to date.” 
WPOIA-453 
24/11/2025  22/12/2025  “I request: 
1. Evidence Base: All documents, briefings, or advice notes held by you or your office that specifically support the claim that GnRH analogues are “potentially 
damaging” when used for gender dysphoria, distinct from the Ministry of Health’s “Evidence Brief” (released Nov 2025) 
2. Coalition Discussions: Any correspondence or formal agreements between your office and the Minister of Health (Simeon Brown) regarding the requirement to ban 
new prescriptions of puberty blockers as part of Coalition agreements or policy concessions. 
3. Advice received: Any official advice you received in your capacity as Deputy Prime Minister regarding the safety, efficacy, or international regulatory status of 
puberty blockers from 1 January 2024 to the present.” 
WPOIA-454 
25/11/2025  23/12/2025  “all correspondence between Winston Peters and representatives for him, and Nigel Farage and representatives for him. 
 
In addition, please provide a list of any gifts the pair have exchanged, including costs and images of these, and also please provide meeting notes if any exist, between 
any conversations the pair have had.” 
WPOIA-456 
26/11/2025  24/12/2025  “all correspondence between the Rt Hon Winston Peters and his Office regarding the review of Treaty clauses with 
- The Minister of Justice and his Office 
- The Prime Minister and the PMO” 
WPOIA-455 
26/11/2025  24/12/2025  - 14/10/2025 Submission 2025 Half-Year Economic and Fiscal Update – Specific Fiscal Risk Disclosure 
-  14/10/2025 Submission Scott Base Redevelopment – six-monthly status update 
- 24/10/2025 Submission Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship Programme: Enlisting Debt Collection Agencies 

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WPOIA-458 
27/11/2025  16/01/2026  “ I would like to request the following advice provided to the Minister under the Official Information Act: 
 
- 5 November 2025, KiwiRail – Ferry Replacement Programme Update 
- 6 November 2025, Ferry Holdings – Cook Strait Ferry Replacement programme – key decisions 
- 6 November 2025, Treasury, Ferry Holdings Limited – Key decisions on the programme.” 
WPOIA-459 
30/11/2025  19/01/2026  “ All of the Rt Hon Winston Peters’ chat logs with generative AI tools, including but not limited to ChatGPT, CoPilot, Claude, etc. 
- This includes the minister’s chat logs on personal or non-official accounts, where they are acting in an official capacity. Signs of acting in an official capacity could 
include information relating to social media posts, press releases or other public statements, or information relating to the policies or actions of the Government, or 
public service agencies or of Ministers.” 
WPOIA-460 
3/12/2025 
22/01/2026  “It is in reference to the attached Official Information Act response, dated December 3, 2025. 
 
Please provide “Note 25/167 dated April 7 2025” received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Sāmoa.  
In regards to the letter dated 19 May 2025 from Foreign Minister Winston Peters to Prime Minister Fiame, par three states:  
“With reference to Note 25/ 167 and the subsequent discussions….” 
Please provide a list of “the subsequent discussions”.  
For the list, please show for each occasion/ discussion: 
• What date it took place. 
• Who was involved. 
• The medium of discussion (for example, by letter or by phone call or by zoom). 
• Any meeting notes and/or notes from the discussion.  
Where relevant, please provide the written discussion that took place. 
Where relevant, please provide a transcript of the discussion that took place.” 

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WPOIA-461 
5/12/2025 
26/01/2026  1. “Do you read all of your social media and email correspondence? If not, we require the full names of those who do. 
2. We require Official Information that you WINSTON RAYMOND PETERS know about ACC New Zealand documenting 1769 injuries caused by Pfizers Comirnaty COVID 
19 injection, costing over $14 Million Dollars to July 2025. As this injection is obviously not Safe or Effective as evidenced by the ACC documents, will you now start 
paying for these injuries personally or will you stop the product from being used in New Zealand. We also want to know if you know that Pfizer has been fined over $11 
Billion Dollars for concealing side effects and bribing a Jury. As such Pfizer is a fraudulent company committing Fraud and as such all contracts with them are 
eviscerated by that fraud.” 
WPOIA-476 
15/01/2026  13/02/2026  “I have looked high and low on the internet for the plan to re-home greyhounds once the ban is confirmed by Parliament.  The rehoming programme will be overseen 
by the transition agency. 
 
As a professional with an interest in greyhounds and experience in fostering special needs dogs, I would like a copy of the re-homing plan.  I have submitted to the 
Select Committee and asked to be heard - I need this rehoming plan to support my presentation. 
 
For avoidance of doubt, please consider this request a request for Official Information.” 
WPOIA-475 
16/01/2026  16/02/2026  “Under the OIA may I please request all weekly, monthly or other regular updates to the Minister from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade since Feb 2025.” 
WPOIA-463 
8/12/202 
27/01/2026  “ In your role for Foreign Affairs, have you expressed any concern to the Government of the United Kingdom in regards to the following: 
 
1. Cancellation of elections 
2. Proposed scrapping of Jury Trials 
3. Proposed digital ID implementation 
4. Expanded facial recognition programs” 
WPOIA-355 
20/06/2025  21/07/2025  “Today I was informed by Chloe Longdin-Prisk, Assistant Ombudsman, “ The Ministers offices’ have explained you have been on a Parliamentary Security block list for 
some time due to the high volume of emails sent to various Ministers offices” 
Requesting copies of all external & internal communications, messages & reports related to this statement between the minister/their office & and other party it has 
been commented on or discussed with including police.” 

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WPOIA-465 
9/12/2025 
28/01/2026  “ Under the OIA, I request the following documents referenced in the WPQ answer below. 
 
Reply 55559 (2025) has been answered 
Portfolio: Rail (Rt Hon Peters) 
Question: What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 24 
November 2025, listed by agency, title and date received? 
Reply: 27 DEC 25 – KiwiRail, Fortnightly report 13-26 November 2025 28 DEC 25 – KiwiRail, Auckland Metro Closures to Mid-2026” 
WPOIA-451 
13/11/2025  30/01/2026  “I’d like to make an OIA request for info held by Winston Peters about a November 2025 meeting he had with Mrs. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. 
1. Please provide a copy of any briefing given the 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 date on which the visit and meeting formalised/officially arranged.” 
WPOIA-466 
12/12/2025  2/02/2026 
“ I request the document 3/11/2025 Submission: Myanmar: New Zealand’s approach to the upcoming elections referenced in the WPQ below.” 

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WPOIA-481 
28/01/2026  26/02/2026  It is regarding information from the 2025 Defence Capability plan. For your reference, here is a link to the plan document:  
https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/assets/Uploads/DocumentLibrary/24-0253-NZDF-Defence-Capability-Plan-Single.pdf 
 
On page 20 of the document, this is stated: 
“In the short and medium term there will be a greater focus on uncrewed technology. This includes long range uncrewed aerial vehicles to provide more persistent 
maritime surveillance; uncrewed vertical take-off and landing aircraft to replace some maritime helicopter tasks; and uncrewed surface and subsurface vessels to help 
monitor and protect our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and support our Pacific partners.” 
** 
 
Please state who New Zealand’s “Pacific partners” are. 
 
Please state what consultations you have had with partner nations over uncrewed technology.  
 
For each instance of consultation, please show: 
- When it occurred 
- Who was involved and where the representatives and/or officials are from 
- How the interaction occurred (i.e face to face meeting, phone call, email exchange). 
 
Please also provide: 
- Any briefings provided for the consultation instance 
- Any agenda set out for the interaction 
- Any documents and/or briefings produced following the interaction 
WPOIA-455 
26/11/2025  30/01/2026  - 14/10/2025 Submission 2025 Half-Year Economic and Fiscal Update – Specific Fiscal Risk Disclosure 
-  14/10/2025 Submission Scott Base Redevelopment – six-monthly status update 
- 24/10/2025 Submission Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship Programme: Enlisting Debt Collection Agencies 
WPOIA-466 
12/12/2025  2/02/2026 
“ I request the document 3/11/2025 Submission: Myanmar: New Zealand’s approach to the upcoming elections referenced in the WPQ below.” 
WPOIA-467 
15/12/2025  3/02/2026 
“ Any briefings, reports, assessments, aide memoires, memoranda, or other documents received by the minister regarding a ferry terminal at Clifford Bay and/or ferry 
service operating from Clifford Bay from 2025.” 

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WPOIA-472 
15/01/2026  13/02/2026  “I request copies of all documents prepared for Cabinet regarding the India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement, as well as all documents received by DPMC for the 
purpose of drafting such documents for Cabinet.” 
WPOIA-476 
15/01/2026  13/02/2026  “I have looked high and low on the internet for the plan to re-home greyhounds once the ban is confirmed by Parliament.  The rehoming programme will be overseen 
by the transition agency. 
 
As a professional with an interest in greyhounds and experience in fostering special needs dogs, I would like a copy of the re-homing plan.  I have submitted to the 
Select Committee and asked to be heard - I need this rehoming plan to support my presentation. 
 
For avoidance of doubt, please consider this request a request for Official Information.” 
WPOIA-471 
13/01/2026  13/02/2026  This is a request under the Official Information Act for a copy of the following report: 
6 Nov 2025 Treasury Report T2025/1400: Ferry Holdings Limited - Key Decisions on the Programme 
WPOIA-475 
16/01/2026  16/02/2026  “Under the OIA may I please request all weekly, monthly or other regular updates to the Minister from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade since Feb 2025.” 
WPOIA-457 
1/12/2025 
18/02/2026  “1. All briefings, reports, adies-memoire, notes, memos, and correspondence (including emails) between The Treasury and the Office of the Minister of Rail relating to: 
a. KiwiRail’s funding, capital injections, or financial sustainability, and 
b. Any Treasury advice, analysis, discussion, or consideration regarding potential changes to KiwiRail’s ownership structure, including but not limited to full or partial 
privatisation, divestment, or alternative ownership models. 
 2. The date range for this request is: 1 January 2025 to the present.” 
WPOIA-477  
22/01/2026  20/02/2026  “ Emails and text messages from Winston Peters between 3-5 January relating to US actions against Venezuela.” 

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WPOIA-464 
8/12/2025 
25/02/2026  - Any briefings, reports, assessments, aide memoires, memoranda, or other documents received from Ferry Holdings regarding its ports infrastructure work programme 
in the six months to November 19. 
- Any papers taken to Cabinet regarding the above, in the six months to November 19. 
- Any papers taken to Cabinet regarding the selection of the shipyard for the Cook Strait ferry project, in the three months to September 3, 2025. 
- Any correspondence, briefings, reports, assessments, memoranda, or other documents received from Treasury, KiwiRail, Port of Marlborough, CentrePort or council-
owners of the two ports regarding the Cook Strait ferry replacement project, from the six months to November 19.” 
WPOIA-470  
12/01/2025  26/02/2026  Under the Official Information Act 1982, I request copies of all advice, briefings, memos, emails, meeting notes, and any other documents created or received by the 
Minister or the Minister’s office since 1 July 2025 relating to: 
 
1. The “in-house inquiry” referred to by the Minister in response to questions from 1News on November 20 2025 about a potential ban on oil imports from refineries 
such as Jamnagar. https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/20/russian-oil-has-flowed-into-new-zealand-despite-sanctions/ 
2. Any consideration of measures to address or close the refining loophole that enables refined oil products originating from Russian crude to enter New Zealand. 
3. Communications between the Minister and MFAT officials, other Ministers, or external agencies regarding this inquiry or related enforcement issues. 
WPOIA-478 
25/01/2026  27/02/2026  “A list of OIA requests that Winston Peters’ Office has received between January 1 2024 and January 28 2026, including the following: 
1. the reference number assigned to the request 
2. what was being requested 
3. the date on which the request was received 
4. the date on which the information was provided to the requester” 
 

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