Official Information Act responses

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) publishes selected responses to Official Information Act (OIA) requests soon after MFAT has sent the response to the requester. Batches of responses will typically be released once a month.

Documents are listed in release date order, with the most recently released responses at the top. Documents are available in Adobe PDF format.

Requests published in 2024

Date published Date released Topic
19 December 2024 18 December 2024 OIA 29800 - Public Consultations on the Periodic HRC Review [PDF, 2.4 MB]
19 December 2024 12 December 2024 OIA 29796 - Spending on lanyards, branded merchandise and clothing [PDF, 996 KB]
19 December 2024 5 December 2024 OIA 29835 - Staff numbers between 2017 and 2024 [PDF, 310 KB]
19 December 2024 4 December 2024 OIA 29802 - Emissions reductions [PDF, 335 KB]
19 December 2024 4 December 2024 OIA 29759 - 3 Formal Messages September 2024 [PDF, 3.2 MB]
10 December 2024 6 November 2024 OIA 29693 - UNGA Illegal Israeli actions in occupied Jerusalem [PDF, 17 MB]
4 December 2024 24 June 2024 OIA 29368 - Five stop Pacific tour [PDF, 3.5 MB]
29 November 2024 26 November 2024 OIA 29789 - Non-paper on Recognition of Palestinian Statehood [PDF, 1.9 MB]
29 November 2024 22 November 2024 OIA 29764 - Formal Messages North America Jan-Mar 2023 [PDF, 208 KB]
29 November 2024 21 November 2024 OIA 29784 - Israeli attacks on UNIFIL posts in Lebanon [PDF, 2 MB]
29 November 2024 13 November 2024 OIA 29780 - MFAT communications with IDF [PDF, 387 KB]
29 November 2024 11 November 2024 OIA 29767 - Restructure change processes [PDF, 330 KB]
29 November 2024 25 October 2024 OIA 29716-  List of titles to MFA  [PDF, 1.1 MB]
29 November 2024 16 October 2024 OIA 29657 - Australia's 501 Policy [PDF, 3.1 MB]
29 November 2024 15 October 2024 OIA 29727 - NZ-UAE CEPA [PDF, 307 KB]
29 November 2024 14 October 2024 OIA 29684 Tokelau Airstrip Response [PDF, 449 KB]
29 November 2024 14 October 2024 OIA 29609 - NZs recogntion of the State of Palestine [PDF, 2 MB]
29 November 2024 10 October 2024 OIA 29687 Huang v Huang [PDF, 831 KB]
29 November 2024 20 September 2024 OIA 29647 - August 2024 PM visit to Australia [PDF, 1010 KB]
15 November 2024 5 November 2024 OIA 29739 - HMNZS Manawanui [PDF, 257 KB]
15 November 2024 1 November 2024 OIA 29742 - Staff numbers and salary information [PDF, 266 KB]
15 November 2024 11 October 2024 OIA 29671 - The Wall Walk Response [PDF, 2.4 MB]
1 November 2024 31 October 2024 OIA 29738 - Immunity waiver [PDF, 323 KB]
24 October 2024 9 October 2024 OIA 29678 - People evacuated out of Gaza by New Zealand [PDF, 787 KB]
24 October 2024 1 October 2024 OIA 29672 - United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1540, 1635, 1810, 1977, 2622 and 2663 [PDF, 1 MB]
24 October 2024 26 September 2024 OIA 29633 - August 2024 visit of United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific Catherine West [PDF, 860 KB]
8 October 2024 26 September 2024 OIA 29587 - July 2024 MFA visit to Laos [PDF, 2.5 MB]
8 October 2024 26 September 2024 OIA 29600 - 2024 Pacific Islands Forum Ministers Meeting [PDF, 2.3 MB]
8 October 2024 31 July 2024 OIA 29406 - submission on baseline savings OIA [PDF, 6.8 MB]
1 October 2024 20 September 2024 OIA 29632 - Correspondence between MFAT and the Russian Ambassador [PDF, 251 KB]
1 October 2024 19 September 2024 OIA 29620 - Baseline project [PDF, 1.3 MB]
1 October 2024 18 September 2024 OIA 29628 - Export Controls [PDF, 261 KB]
1 October 2024 18 September 2024 OIA 29631 - UNEP Internationally Binding Instrument to End Plastic Pollution [PDF, 1.2 MB]
1 October 2024 18 September 2024 OIA 29588 - 2024 Pacific Islands Forum Economic Ministers Meeting [PDF, 1.3 MB]
1 October 2024 16 September 2024 OIA 29622 - CBA Matariki celebration [PDF, 326 KB]
1 October 2024 12 September 2024 OIA 29599 - Meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister of Vanuatu [PDF, 1.1 MB]
1 October 2024 11 September 2024 OIA 29616 - MFAT engagement with Māori [PDF, 283 KB]
1 October 2024 10 September 2024 OIA 29634 - MFAT 2018-2022 Strategy [PDF, 258 KB]
1 October 2024 6 September 2024 OIA 29573 - School fees [PDF, 470 KB]
1 October 2024 4September 2024 OIA 29603 - Fast-track Approvals Bill [PDF, 386 KB]
1 October 2024 20 August 2024 OIA 29586 - AUKUS briefings between 22 June and 1 August 2024 [PDF, 371 KB]
30 August 2024 22 August 2024 OIA 29567 - AUKUS [PDF, 327 KB]
30 August 2024 22 August 2024 OIA 29538 - draft second Emissions Reduction Plan [PDF, 202 KB]
30 August 2024 22 August 2024 OIA 29537 - Summit of the Future [PDF, 226 KB]
30 August 2024 20 August 2024 OIA 29574 - South East Asia Prisons and Detention Centres [PDF, 270 KB]
30 August 2024 13 August 2024 OIA 29511 - NATO Briefings [PDF, 4.5 MB]
30 August 2024 9 August 2024 OIA 29541 - New Zealand High Commissioner letters [PDF, 288 KB]
30 August 2024 8 August 2024 OIA 29469 - 501 policy change [PDF, 211 KB]
30 August 2024 6 August 2024 OIA 29481 - UN diplomatic relations [PDF, 204 KB]
31 July 2024 29 July 2024 OIA 29492 - Chief Information Officer Appointment [PDF, 2.6 MB]
31 July 2024 25 July 2024 OIA 29388 - New Caledonia Unrest [PDF, 15 MB]
31 July 2024 25 July 2024 OIA 29458 - Prime Minister's visit to Niue and Fiji June 2024 [PDF, 4.2 MB]
31 July 2024 24 July 2024 OIA 29429 - Pacific Islands Forum PIF [PDF, 2.6 MB]
31 July 2024 22 July 2024 OIA 29413 - New Caledonia Unrest [PDF, 738 KB]
31 July 2024 17 July 2024 OIA 29402 - MFAT cost savings [PDF, 293 KB]
31 July 2024 11 July 2024 OIA 29455 - Advice on scrutiny of International Treaties to 54th Parliament [PDF, 8.3 MB]
31 July 2024 4 July 2024 OIA 29453 - Peace Mediation and Conflict Resolution [PDF, 293 KB]
27 June 2024 24 June 2024 OIA 29374 - New Zealand drivers licence in the Netherlands [PDF, 300 KB]
27 June 2024 20 June 2024 OIA 29389 - Consular loan payments made to New Zealanders 2014 to 3 May 2024 [PDF, 278 KB]
27 June 2024 13 June 2024 OIA 29356 - Costs incurred for any delegations to attend in the Davos and WEF [PDF, 253 KB]
27 June 2024 12 June 2024 OIA 29354 - Current treaties that reference the abduction or trafficking of children [PDF, 228 KB]
27 June 2024 11 June 2024 OIA 29376 - Western Samoa Citizenship Act [PDF, 266 KB]
27 June 2024 10 June 2024 OIA 29376 - PSR Declassification Programme [PDF, 1.2 MB]
27 June 2024 10 June 2024 OIA 29375 - MFAT Scholarships [PDF, 938 KB]
27 June 2024 7 June 2024 OIA 29357 - Gloriavale [PDF, 208 KB]
27 June 2024 7 June 2024 OIA 29362 - Advice on regulatory governance and best practice [PDF, 287 KB]
27 June 2024 7 June 2024 OIA 29422 - Pacific Cooperation Foundation [PDF, 249 KB]
27 June 2024 5 June 2024 OIA 29334 - CAB-18-MIN-0054 Pacific Reset Policy [PDF, 935 KB]
27 June 2024 4 June 2024 OIA 29342 - Climate funding [PDF, 303 KB]
7 June 2024 29 April 2021 OIA 27154 - Western Samoa - Part 2 of 2 [PDF, 38 MB]
7 June 2024 29 April 2021 OIA 27154 - Western Samoa - Part 1 of 2 [PDF, 48 MB]
7 June 2024 30 July 2021 OIA 27443: Western Samoa [PDF, 2.9 MB]
31 May 2024 23 May 2024 OIA 29254 - Meeting briefings [PDF, 7.2 MB]
31 May 2024 23 May 2024 OIA 29243 - PM meeting with Aus PM in December 23 and ANZMIN 2+2 in January 24 [PDF, 406 KB]
31 May 2024 13 May 2024 OIA 29313 - Protests relating to AUKUS [PDF, 456 KB]
31 May 2024 13 May 2024 OIA 29291 - MFAT properties sold 2008 - 2017 [PDF, 335 KB]
31 May 2024 10 May 2024 OIA 29290 - Advice on regulatory governance and best practice [PDF, 255 KB]
31 May 2024 8 May 2024 OIA 29268 - 1987 Fiji Coup [PDF, 197 KB]
31 May 2024 6 May 2024 OIA 29289 - AUKUS advice between 12 March - 8 April 2024 [PDF, 346 KB]
31 May 2024 6 May 2024 OIA 29274 - Foreign Naval Vessels [PDF, 579 KB]
31 May 2024 6 May 2024 OIA 29027 - White House Statement Houthi [PDF, 1.2 MB]
31 May 2024 3 May 2024 OIA 29300 - Aid to Sudanese communities [PDF, 260 KB]
31 May 2024 4 April 2024 OIA 29223 - Chrischurch call budgets and expenditure [PDF, 383 KB]
30 April 2024 23 April 2024  OIA 29286 - Alternative dispute resolution policies [PDF, 284 KB]
30 April 2024 12 April 2024  OIA 29175 - NZ vote UN General Assembly resolution 77 247 [PDF, 9.7 MB]
30 April 2024 10 April 2024  OIA 29118 - Pacific debt and deep sea mining [PDF, 1.5 MB] 
30 April 2024 8 April 2024  OIA 29218 - Pacific Zone of Peace [PDF, 1.1 MB] 
30 April 2024 8 April 2024  OIA 29166 - Notice appointment of member of Board of Management NZ Antarctic Institute [PDF, 268 KB]
30 April 2024 8 April 2024 OIA 29119 - US Recognition of Cook Islands and Niue [PDF, 280 KB]
12 April 2024 8 April 2024 OIA 29100 - AUKUS [PDF, 1.1 MB]
20 March 2024 28 March 2024 OIA 29152: MFAT Culture [PDF, 859 KB]
20 March 2024 26 March 2024 OIA 29210 UAP [PDF, 329 KB]
20 March 2024 20 March 2024 OIA 29184 - SEC documents [PDF, 253 KB]
20 March 2024 14 March 2024 OIA 28958 UN Funding [PDF, 1.2 MB]
20 March 2024 14 March 2024 OIA 29140 Taupo contracts [PDF, 276 KB]
20 March 2024 12 March 2024 OIA 29022 - Commonwealth Institute [PDF, 256 KB]
20 March 2024 8 March 2024 OIA 29112 - Briefing Titles 1 January 2024 to 10 February 2024 [PDF, 795 KB]
20 March 2024 6 March 2024 OIA 29043 - Fiji Visit December 2023 [PDF, 532 KB]
20 March 2024 6 March 2024 OIA 29185 - Secondary briefings [PDF, 259 KB]
29 February 2024 23 February 2024 OIA 28987 - Support for Pacific and Global Vaccine Access and Roll-out [PDF, 910 KB]
29 February 2024 23 February 2024 OIA 29007 - Export Controls [PDF, 276 KB]
29 February 2024 19 February 2024 OIA 28984 - Solomon Islands Domestic Support (Sector) Project [PDF, 3.2 MB]
29 February 2024 15 February 2024 OIA 28938 - COP28 [PDF, 321 KB]
29 February 2024 13 February 2024 OIA 29009 - LGBTI policies [PDF, 4.1 MB]
29 February 2024 8 February 2024 OIA 29019 - Export Controls [PDF, 332 KB]
29 February 2024 5 February 2024 OIA 28983 - Travel costs for IMD Vendor Trips [PDF, 489 KB]
30 January 2024 30 January 2024 OIA 28929 - Climate migration to New Zealand [PDF, 6.4 MB]
30 January 2024 18 January 2024 OIA 28874 - Payments made by the New Zealand government to the World Health Organization [PDF, 1.7 MB]
30 January 2024 16 January 2024 OIA 28946 - Initial meeting with MFA [PDF, 303 KB]
30 January 2024 15 January 2024 OIA 28927 - NZ$1.3 billion in climate funding announced in October 2021 [PDF, 667 KB]
30 January 2024 15 January 2024 OIA 28938 - COP28 [PDF, 321 KB]
30 January 2024 10 January 2024 OIA 28880 - America's Cup in Barcelona [PDF, 468 KB]

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