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Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith
Minister of Justice| Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage | Minister
for Media and Communications | Minister for Treaty of Waitangi
Negotiations

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Good afternoon,

 

On behalf of Hon Paul Goldsmith, I acknowledge receipt of your official
information request dated 15 April, where you requested the following:

 

1. All correspondence (including emails, letters, text messages, and
records of phone calls or meetings) between the Minister or his office and
the following parties, from 1 January 2024 to the date this request is
received, on any matter relating to the BSA, The Platform, online
broadcasting regulation, or the abolition of the BSA:

   a. Sean Plunket, or any employee, representative, funder, investor, or
associate of The Platform;

   b. Winston Peters or his office;

   c. Any Act or New Zealand First party representative or staff member;

   d. Any lobbyist, lawyer, public relations professional, or third party
acting on behalf of The Platform or its backers;

   e. Any media owner, editor, or executive with a financial or commercial
interest in the BSA's abolition.

 

2. All ministerial briefings, Cabinet papers, regulatory impact
assessments, or policy advice received by the Minister relating to:

   a. Abolishing or disestablishing the BSA;

   b. Replacing the BSA with a self-regulatory or Media Council-style
arrangement;

   c. The BSA's jurisdiction over online broadcasters, including The
Platform;

   d. The legal or constitutional implications of abolishing the BSA in
response to a specific regulatory decision.

 

3. All diary entries, calendar records, or records of meetings or phone
calls involving the Minister or his staff and:

   a. Sean Plunket or any representative or associate of The Platform;

   b. Any funder, investor, or backer of The Platform;

   from 1 January 2024 to the date this request is received.

 

4. Any records showing the sequence and timing of:

   a. The BSA's jurisdiction decision regarding The Platform;

   b. Any subsequent contact between The Platform or its associates and
the Minister's office;

   c. The Minister's subsequent public statements describing himself as
"tempted" to scrap the BSA, and then indicating scrapping was his
preferred option.

 

5. Any records in which the Minister or his office discussed, internally
or with third parties, abolishing the BSA as a means of resolving the
jurisdiction dispute over The Platform, or preventing the BSA from further
considering the complaint against Sean Plunket.

 

6. Any records relating to the funders, investors, or financial backers of
The Platform that were received by or held in the Minister's office.

 

7. Any Cabinet or coalition discussions regarding the abolition of the
BSA, including any records of New Zealand First or Act raising the matter
in a coalition or confidence-and-supply context.

 

We received your request on 15 April. We will endeavour to respond to your
request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 14 May, 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.

 

Kind Regards,

 

 

Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith

Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice

Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations | Minister for Media and
Communications
 

Website: [1]www.Beehive,govt.nz

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

 

 

 

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Good afternoon,

 

On behalf of Hon Paul Goldsmith, Minister for Media and Communications,
please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request
below.

 

Thank you for writing,

 

[1]A blue and Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith
white emblem
Description Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice
automatically
generated Minister for Media and Communications | Minister for Pacific
Peoples

Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government

Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations 

Email [2][Paul Goldsmith request email] | [3]www.beehive.govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
Zealand

 

From: Paul Goldsmith (MIN) <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, 15 April 2026 12:42 pm
To: Stephanie Mudgeway <[FOI #34496 email]>
Subject: RE: OIAPG856 / Official Information request - BSA

 

Good afternoon,

 

On behalf of Hon Paul Goldsmith, I acknowledge receipt of your official
information request dated 15 April, where you requested the following:

 

1. All correspondence (including emails, letters, text messages, and
records of phone calls or meetings) between the Minister or his office and
the following parties, from 1 January 2024 to the date this request is
received, on any matter relating to the BSA, The Platform, online
broadcasting regulation, or the abolition of the BSA:

   a. Sean Plunket, or any employee, representative, funder, investor, or
associate of The Platform;

   b. Winston Peters or his office;

   c. Any Act or New Zealand First party representative or staff member;

   d. Any lobbyist, lawyer, public relations professional, or third party
acting on behalf of The Platform or its backers;

   e. Any media owner, editor, or executive with a financial or commercial
interest in the BSA's abolition.

 

2. All ministerial briefings, Cabinet papers, regulatory impact
assessments, or policy advice received by the Minister relating to:

   a. Abolishing or disestablishing the BSA;

   b. Replacing the BSA with a self-regulatory or Media Council-style
arrangement;

   c. The BSA's jurisdiction over online broadcasters, including The
Platform;

   d. The legal or constitutional implications of abolishing the BSA in
response to a specific regulatory decision.

 

3. All diary entries, calendar records, or records of meetings or phone
calls involving the Minister or his staff and:

   a. Sean Plunket or any representative or associate of The Platform;

   b. Any funder, investor, or backer of The Platform;

   from 1 January 2024 to the date this request is received.

 

4. Any records showing the sequence and timing of:

   a. The BSA's jurisdiction decision regarding The Platform;

   b. Any subsequent contact between The Platform or its associates and
the Minister's office;

   c. The Minister's subsequent public statements describing himself as
"tempted" to scrap the BSA, and then indicating scrapping was his
preferred option.

 

5. Any records in which the Minister or his office discussed, internally
or with third parties, abolishing the BSA as a means of resolving the
jurisdiction dispute over The Platform, or preventing the BSA from further
considering the complaint against Sean Plunket.

 

6. Any records relating to the funders, investors, or financial backers of
The Platform that were received by or held in the Minister's office.

 

7. Any Cabinet or coalition discussions regarding the abolition of the
BSA, including any records of New Zealand First or Act raising the matter
in a coalition or confidence-and-supply context.

 

We received your request on 15 April. We will endeavour to respond to your
request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 14 May, 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.

 

Kind Regards,

 

 

Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith

Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice

Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations | Minister for Media and
Communications
 

Website: [4]www.Beehive,govt.nz

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

 

 

 

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