2 May 2024
N. S Hudson
By email: [FYI request #26155 email]
Dear Mr Hudson
Re: Official information request for Communications Regarding "Joint-Chiefs-UAP-Directive-May-
2023"
I refer to your official information request dated 19 March 2024 for any communications,
agreements, or collaborations between the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), New Zealand Aviation
Security Service (NZAS), and any New Zealand agency that would receive or disseminate information
contained in the document titled "Joint-Chiefs-UAP-Directive-May-2023.
1. We made inquiries within the CAA, and we advise that we do not hold the information that you
have requested. CAA has not received a copy of the document you have referenced in your
request.
2. I am therefore refusing your request under section 18(g) of the OIA because the information is
not held.
3. You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
4. If you want to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact me a
t [CAA request email].
Yours sincerely
Ngā mihi
Talia Rachel Zachariah (she/her)*
Of icial Information Advisor | Kaitohutohu
Legal Services Unit | LSU
Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand | Aviation Security Service
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