535 (2024). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

Written Question
Published date: 26 Feb 2024
535 (2024). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: What reports, briefings, memos, aides-memoire, notes or written advice, if any, did the Minister receive concerning the AUKUS trilateral security pact between 24 November 2023 and 12 February 2024 (both dates inclusive), by title and date?
Rt Hon Winston Peters: My predecessor received the following briefings: Forthcoming joint leaders' statement from the AUKUS partners, dated 15 September 2023. Briefing for call with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong: AUKUS, 9 March 2023 Aide Memoire: AUKUS Leaders’ announcement and New Zealand’s response, 12 March 2023 Briefing for call with UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Rt Hon James Cleverly, 13 March 2023 Aide Memoire: AUKUS, 10 April 2023 AUKUS: Trilateral Enhanced Security Partnership – Implications for New Zealand, 12 October 2021 A joint submission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Ministry of Defence, AUKUS: Updating New Zealand’s Approach, 7 March 2023. In my capacity as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, I have received the following joint briefings from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Ministry of Defence: Joint briefing note: [title partially withheld under section 6.a of the Official Information Act 1982]: Background and New Zealand Messaging, dated 30 November 2023 Joint submission: AUKUS: Managing New Zealand’s Strategic Interests, dated 24 January 2024. I have also received the following joint briefing from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Ministry of Defence, and the New Zealand Defence Force: Master brief: ANZMIN 2+2 Melbourne 1 February 2024, dated 31 January 2024.