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Kia ora,

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Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations.

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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 morning,

 

On behalf of Hon Paul Goldsmith, I acknowledge receipt of your official
information request dated 28 April, where you requested the following:

 

I would like to request all text messages between yourself and the Rt Hon
Christopher Luxon between 25 February 2026 and 28 February 2026.

 

We received your request on 28 April. We will endeavour to respond to your
request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 26 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,

 

[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

 

 

 

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Good morning,

 

Please find attached a response from Hon Paul Goldsmith to your OIA
request.

 

Kind regards,

 

[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: Tuesday, 28 April 2026 11:32 AM
To: Paul Barlow <[FOI #34558 email]>
Subject: RE: OIAPG870 / Official Information request - Text message
communications

 

Good morning,

 

On behalf of Hon Paul Goldsmith, I acknowledge receipt of your official
information request dated 28 April, where you requested the following:

 

I would like to request all text messages between yourself and the Rt Hon
Christopher Luxon between 25 February 2026 and 28 February 2026.

 

We received your request on 28 April. We will endeavour to respond to your
request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 26 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,

 

[4]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 [5][Paul Goldsmith request email] | [6]www.beehive.govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
Zealand

 

 

 

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