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Please find attached a letter regarding your recent OIA request.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial Services
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Link: [2]File-List
Link: [3]Edit-Time-Data
Link: [4]themeData
Link: [5]colorSchemeMapping

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The information contained in this email message is for the attention of
the intended recipient only and is not necessarily the official view or
communication of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. If you
are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, copy or distribute
this message or the information in it. If you have received this message
in error, please destroy the email and notify the sender immediately.

 

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Kia ora Dr Robert Shaw
 
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email transferred to MBIE on 17/02/2026 requesting, under
the Official Information Act 1982, the following:
 
Could you please provide me with copies of all documents which went to
Cabinet or Ministers regarding options or decision-making that pertains to
the proposed terminal to import fossil fuels from overseas. Thank you.
 We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 17/03/2026, being 20 working days after the day your request
was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe. If you have any enquiries
regarding your request feel free to contact us via email to
[1][email address].
 
Nāku noa, nā
Ministerial Services
Strategy and Assurance
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140

Ngā mihi

 

Nick Ross (he/him)

TEAM LEADER – MINISTERIAL SERVICES BUSINESS ADVISORY 

Strategy, Performance & Operations | Communications and Government
Services | Strategy and Assurance 

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

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