New Zealand Ministry of 
 
Foreign Affairs and Trade 
Manatū Aorere   
30 November 2023 
195 Lambton Quay 
Private Bag 18−901 
 
Wellington 6160 
 
New Zealand 
 
Mr Robinson 
T    +64 4 439 8000 
[FYI request #24770 email]  
F    +64 4 472 9596 
 
OIA 28900 
 
Tēnā koe Mr Robinson 
 
I refer to your email of 16 November 2023 in which you request the following under the Official 
Information Act 1982 (OIA): 
‘Is NZ still a member of The Environmental Modification Convention (ENMOD) - formerly 
known as The Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any other Hostile Use of 
Environmental Modification Techniques?’ 
 
New Zealand is still a member of The Environmental Modification Convention (ENMOD) - 
formerly known as The Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any other Hostile Use of 
Environmental Modification Techniques. 
 
All treaties that New Zealand is a member of can be viewed on the New Zealand Treaties Online 
website: www.treaties.mfat.govt.nz/  
 
Please note that it is our policy to proactively release our responses to official information 
requests where possible. Therefore, our response to your request (with your personal information 
removed) may be published on the Ministry website: www.mfat.govt.nz/en/about-us/contact-
us/official-information-act-responses/  
 
If you have any questions about this decision, you can contact us by email at: 
[email address]. You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the 
Ombudsman of this decision by contacting www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 
0800 802 602. 
 
Nāku noa, nā 
 
Sarah Corbett 
for Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade 
 
e   [MFAT request email]  
w   www.mfat.govt.nz 

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