WELLINGTON
The Customhouse, 1 Hinemoa Street, Wellington
PO Box 2218, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
www.customs.govt.nz
16 March 2026
Ref: OIA 26-177
Mr Jarrod Sullivan
By email:
[FYI request #33947 email]
Tēnā koe Jarrod
Response to your request under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email to the New Zealand Customs Service (Customs) received on 4 March 2026,
requesting the following under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (the Act):
“I would like to know the declared Cargo and passenger manifest for US air force C17 Globe
master that left Christchurch airport for Antarctica on the 1st Nov 2025.”
Customs is withholding in full the declared cargo and passenger manifest for the C-17 aircraft that
departed Christchurch International Airport for Antarctica on 1 November 2025 under section 6(a) of
the Act, as the making available of that information would be likely to prejudice the security or defence
of New Zealand or the international relations of the Government of New Zealand.
You have the right, by way of complaint to the Of ice of the Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the
Act, to seek an investigation and review of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint
is available online at:
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or you can phone 0800 802 602.
If you have any queries in regard to this response, please contact the Correspondence, Reviews and
Ministerial Servicing Team: [email address].
Please note that Customs proactively releases responses to Of icial Information Act requests on our
website. As such, we may publish this response on our website after we have sent it to you. Your
name and contact details wil be removed.
Ngā mihi
Debbie Kay
Manager, Correspondence, Reviews and Ministerial Services
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E: [email address]
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