Good morning Mr Bruce-Smith

Please find attached a letter transferring your Official Information Act request of 3 August 2016 to the New Zealand Defence Force. I have copied in the New Zealand Defence Force's Ministerial Services team.

Kind regards,

Chelsea Heywood
Advisor, Ministry of Defence

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From: N Bruce-Smith [mailto:[FOI #4358 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 3 August 2016 11:18 a.m.
To: Information
Subject: Official Information request - Use and number of tugboats in Navy

Dear Ministry of Defence,

I would like to request the following information:

1.) The total number of tugboats that are considered to form part of the New Zealand Navy;

2.) How much money the Ministry of Defence has spent on tugboats in the past 5 years;

3.) All documents, reports and information held by the Ministry of Defence relating to the use or role of tugboats in New Zealand Navy operations .

Yours faithfully,
-Nik Bruce-Smith

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Dear Mr Bruce-Smith
Thank you for your email of 3 August 2016, which has been transferred to
the New Zealand Defence Force, regarding the use and number of tugboats in
the Navy.  Receipt of your email is acknowledged.
 
Your request is currently being considered and the New Zealand Defence
Force expects to respond to you by 1 September 2016.
Regards
 
Corporate and Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief of Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force
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Dear Mr Bruce-Smith
 
I refer to your request to the Ministry of Defence, which was transferred
to the New Zealand Defence Force on 3 August 2016, in which you sought
information about the use and number of tugboats in the Royal New Zealand
Navy.
 
Please find attached a response to your request.
 
Kind regards
 
Corporate and Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief of Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force
[1]www.nzdf.mil.nz
 
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The information contained in this Internet Email message is intended for
the addressee only and may contain privileged information, but not
necessarily the official views or opinions of the New Zealand Defence
Force.  If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose,
copy or
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this message in error, please Email or telephone the sender immediately.

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