Official Information Act request to Jacinda Ardern

In kind

I have just sent a request under the Official Information Act (1982) to Jacinda Ardern.

Dear Jacinda Ardern,

this is a request under the Official Information Act (1982)

I want all correspondence, whether notes, emails, letters, telephone transcripts, audio or video recordings or any other recorded format from, or to, you or your office or any other Government department, MPs and their office staff, or any employee of the Government in regards to this agreement with the World Economic Forum;

Reimagining Regulation for the Age of AI: New Zealand Pilot Project

Which is available at this website;
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Reimagining_Regulation_Age_AI_2020.pdf

I also want all the financial details of this agreement including payments made up until today, 27th December 2021 from WEF or their partners to the New Zealand Government or its agencies and from the New Zealand Government or its agencies to the WEF or their partners.

You have 20 normal working days to provide this information so do not come back to me at the end of January with claims that Parliament was not sitting as I don't care if it was sitting or not.

Your response is therefore due on the 28th January 2022.

Kind Regards
Richard Seager

A Citizen of New Zealand

It is in regards to this;

Reimagining Regulation for the Age of AI: New Zealand Pilot Project (link updated)

Here’s a picture of the piece of shite

Update: An Automatic reply was received.

Kia ora

Thank you for taking the time to get in touch with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

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