Immigration / Transit passenger counts
Cody C made this Official Information request to Ministry for Primary Industries
The request was successful.
      From: Cody C
      
    
    Dear Ministry for Primary Industries,
I am requesting:
1. the total number of transit-only passengers that passed border security (i.e. transit passengers that did not pay the levy but entered NZ anyway)
2. the total number of transit-only passengers that DID NOT pass border security (i.e. transit customers that remained only in transit)
3. the total number of regular entry passengers that passed border security (i.e. any other passenger, such as visitor, citizen or crew)
under the Official Information Act 1982. Please give this information for the most recently available past 12 months.
For the purposes of the Act, I am a New Zealand citizen. You generally have 20 working days to respond to this notice, as required by law. Your response will be published publicly on the fyi.org.nz website.
Yours faithfully,
Cody C
        From: Ministerials
        Ministry for Primary Industries
      
    
    Tēnā koe Cody,
Thank you for your official information request as below. 
Your request will be considered and an answer provided in accordance with the requirements of the Official Information Act 1982.
If you have any questions regarding this request, please email [email address]. 
Ngā mihi,
Gabrielle Mackintosh | Ministerial Support Officer 
Ministerials & Business Support | Office of the Director-General
Ministry for Primary Industries - Manatū Ahu Matua
Telephone: 0800 00 83 33 | Web: www.mpi.govt.nz
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        From: Suzanne Higton
        Ministry for Primary Industries
      
    
    Dear Cody,
 
On behalf of Samuel Leske, Director, Intelligence, Planning & Coordination
 Services, Operations, Ministry for Primary Industries, please find
 attached MPI’s response to your OIA request.
 
Kind Regards,
 
Suzanne Higton | Adviser, Official Information Act
 Office of the Director-General | Ministerials and Business Support
 Ministry for Primary Industries - Manatû Ahu Matua | Pastoral House 25
 The Terrace | PO Box 2526 | Wellington 6140 |
 New Zealand
Telephone: 04 894 0420 | Web: [1]www.mpi.govt.nz
 
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        From: OIA
      
    
    Ref: OIA 17-281
 
Dear Cody C
 
Acknowledgment of request for official information
 
Thank you for your query on 26 October 2017 requesting the following
 information through the FYI website:
1.       the total number of transit-only passengers that passed border
 security (i.e. transit passengers that did not pay the levy but entered NZ
 anyway)
2.       the total number of transit-only passengers that DID NOT pass
 border security (i.e. transit customers that remained only in transit)
3.       the total number of regular entry passengers that passed border
 security (i.e. any other passenger, such as visitor, citizen or crew)
On 13 November 2017, the Ministry for Primary Industries transferred
 question three of your request to the New Zealand Customs Service in
 accordance with section 14 of the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act),
 as it is more closely connected with the functions of the New Zealand
 Customs Service.
 
We acknowledge receipt of the request under the Act.
 
You can expect a response within the statutory timeframe as set out in the
 Act.
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
Correspondence, Reviews and Ministerial Servicing
New Zealand Customs Service
 
The information contained in this email message is intended only for the
 addressee and is not necessarily the official view or communication of the
 New Zealand Customs Service.
This email may contain information that is confidential or legally
 privileged. If you have received it by mistake, please:
 (a) reply promptly to that effect, and remove this email and the reply
 from your system; and
 (b) do not act on this email in any other way.
        From: *OIA
      
    
    Ref: DOIA 1718-0672
 
Dear Cody C
 
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
 acknowledge your email of 26 October 2017 requesting under the Official
 Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:
 
1. the total number of transit-only passengers that passed border security
 (i.e. transit passengers that did not pay the levy but entered NZ anyway)
 
2. the total number of transit-only passengers that DID NOT pass border
 security (i.e. transit passengers that remained only in transit)
 
Your request has been transferred to the Ministry from Ministry for
 Primary Industries on 13 November 2017 and is being processed in
 accordance with the Official Information Act 1982. A response will be sent
 to you in due course. If you have any enquiries regarding your request
 feel free to contact us via email [1][email address] or using the contact
 details below.
 
 
Yours sincerely,
Alan Witcombe
MANAGER, MINISTERIAL SERVICES
 
Corporate, Governance and Information
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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        From: OIA
      
    
    Good afternoon Cody C
 
Please find attached response to your request for information.
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
Correspondence, Reviews and Ministerial Servicing
New Zealand Customs Service
 
 
The information contained in this email message is intended only for the
 addressee and is not necessarily the official view or communication of the
 New Zealand Customs Service.
This email may contain information that is confidential or legally
 privileged. If you have received it by mistake, please:
 (a) reply promptly to that effect, and remove this email and the reply
 from your system; and
 (b) do not act on this email in any other way.
        From: Nic Medway
      
    
    Dear Cody C,
 
The attached letter provides the Ministry’s response to your request under
 the Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA) as per your email of 26
 October 2017 requesting the following information:
 
1.         the total number of transit only passengers that passed border
 security (i.e. transit passengers that did not pay the levy but entered NZ
 anyway)
2.         the total number of transit-only passengers that DID NOT pass
 border security (i.e. transit passengers that remained only in transit
Regards
 Nicola
 
 
Nicola Medway
Senior Business Advisor
 
Business Support | Border Operations|Compliance, Risk & Intelligence
 Services
Immigration New Zealand | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Level 1, 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140 |
 DX: SR 57007
Email: [1][email address]
 
 
 
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