Mataara Mai Correspondence

Response

Sent: Wednesday, 9 April 2025 9:01 am
Subject: LGOIMA Request - Mataara Mai Correspondence

Kia ora,

I refer to your Official Information request of 2 April 2025, regarding the below requests.

Your request has been processed under the Official Information and Meetings Act.

1: All records of communications between Mayor Tania Tapsell and ministers or between Mayor Tania Tapsell and other central government officials in relation to Mataara Mai, a Rotorua-based indigenous roopu formed to advocate for tangata whenua rights.
2: All records of communications between Mayor Tania Tapsell and ministers or between Mayor Tania Tapsell and other central government officials in relation to Palestine, including Israel and Gaza.

Please find attached the following documents - (PDF, 2.9MB)

• Email from Office of the Mayor to Mataara Mai acknowledging emails
• Email from Office of the Mayor to Minister Peters and the Officials of the Foreign Affairs and Trade, containing two letters sent to the Office of the Mayor
• Email from the Foreign Affairs Private Secretary (Office of Rt Hon Winston Peters ) containing a letter from the Rt Hon Winston Peters to Mataara Ma