Dear Ministry for Primary Industries,

Alan Kinsella or Antonia Reid

I request that MPI provide all information held MPI, including but not limited to

a) correspondence, minutes of meetings, memos, reports, studies, options papers, cost-benefit analyses, agendas, internal rules affecting decisions, briefings, submissions, consultants’ reports, costings, policy papers, legal advice, emails (and deleted emails), drafts, work diaries, handwritten written file notes, telephone notes and similar; including

b) any communications in relation to this definition and standard with relevant and/or affected parties within NZ or overseas including but not limited to the regulatory authorities; Ministers or officials responsible for and/or employed within MFAT, MBIE, MPI, the Overseas Investment Office (OIO), and associated agencies

c) any economic impact assessment

pertaining to the development, introduction and planned implementation of the definition and standard for Manuka honey as announced by the Minister of MPI on Tuesday 12 December

Yours faithfully,

John Hill