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How many documents, if any, did his former Chief Policy Advisor provide in response to the email he received at 9.44am on 7 April 2025 asking if he could “please send me any info you have in scope of the request below – need this in the next day or so. Any meetings who Fonterra – where litigation Smith v Fonterra was discussed. [Redacted] anything you hold in relation to Smith v Fonterra” relating to the response to the Environmental Law Initiative’s OIA, a response to which was sent in May 2025? and 1 other question

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Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

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  • 29512

    How many documents, if any, did his former Chief Policy Advisor provide in response to the email he received at 9.44am on 7 April 2025 asking if he could “please send me any info you have in scope of the request below – need this in the next day or so. Any meetings who Fonterra – where litigation Smith v Fonterra was discussed. [Redacted] anything you hold in relation to Smith v Fonterra” relating to the response to the Environmental Law Initiative’s OIA, a response to which was sent in May 2025?

  • 29514

    How many documents, if any, did his former Chief Policy Advisor provide in response to the email he was sent on 31 March 2025 which asked him “Can you please provide, as a matter of urgency, all information you hold in scope of this request” relating to the response to the Environmental Law Initiative’s OIA, a response to which was sent in May 2025?

Answered by

Rt Hon Christopher Luxon

Member for Botany · National Party · Prime Minister

Answer

I advise that my former Chief Policy Advisor provided 30 documents that related to the Smith v Fonterra case, identified as potentially relevant to the request I received from the Environmental Law Initiative under the Official Information Act 1982 on 26 March 2025. I also refer the member to my response to Written Parliamentary Question 28752 (2026).