PLEASE NOTE: Hon Chris Penk no longer holds the Associate Immigration,
Small Business and Manufacturing and Land Information portfolios.

If you wish to raise a matter regarding the Associate Immigration and/or
Small Business and Manufacturing delegations, please refer your email to
the office of Hon Cameron Brewer ([1][email address]), and Hon
Mike Butterick ([2][email address]) for Land Information
queries.
 
 
On behalf of Hon Chris Penk, thank you for your correspondence.
 
While Hon Penk considers all correspondence to be important, and every
message is carefully read and considered, it is not always possible to
reply personally to all emails.  As such, the following guidelines apply: 
 

* If you are a constituent in the Kaipara ki Mahurangi electorate
getting in touch about a local issue, please refer your email to
[3][email address] and the electorate office team will
get back to you.

 

* Invitations and meeting requests will be considered as soon as
possible, and a staff member will be in contact with you in due
course.

 

* If your email message falls outside of Hon Penk's portfolio
responsibilities, expresses a personal view, or is copied to multiple
Members of Parliament, your correspondence will be noted and/or
transferred to the appropriate office.

 

* Requests for Official Information and requests made under the Privacy
Act will be managed in accordance with the provisions of the Official
Information Act 1982 and Privacy Act 2020 respectively.

 
Thank you, again, for taking the time to write.
 
Kind regards,
Office of Hon Chris Penk

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Dear Tobias,

On behalf of Hon Chris Penk, I confirm receipt of your request for official information.

Kind regards,

Alex

Office of Hon Chris Penk
Minister for Building and Construction
Minister of Defence
Minister for Veterans
Minister Responsible for GCSB and NZSIS
Minister for Space
Associate Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery

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-----Original Message-----
From: Tobias Corbett <[FOI #35051 email]>
Sent: Monday, 13 July 2026 10:26 am
To: Chris Penk (MIN) <[email address]>
Subject: OIA26-185 Official Information request - Testing of military equipment at Tāwhaki National Aerospace Center

Dear Chris Penk,

I am seeking the following under the Official Information Act.

1) Please provide any correspondence between your office as Minister of Defence and Minister for Space and the Tāwhaki National Aerospace Center regarding whether or not the center's facilities could be used in the research, development and utilization of military equipment including but not limited to conventional weapons and space-based systems.

2) Please provide any relevant documents, papers and correspondence between your office and other government agencies regarding whether or not the Tāwhaki National Aerospace Center's facilities could be used in the research, development and utilization of military equipment including but not limited to conventional weapons and space-based systems.

Please note that "your office" in this case should include the office of Judith Collins when she was Minister of Defence and Minister for Space from 2023 to 2026. If you are unable to obtain that information please foward this request to the relevant address.

Yours faithfully,

Tobias Corbett

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