Official Information Act Request to the NZ Defence Force on the Five Eyes Inaugural UAP Caucus at the Pentagon (24 May 2023): Records Sought and Acknowledgment Status

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Andrew Arkins filed an Official Information Act request with the New Zealand Defence Force seeking detailed information about New Zealand’s participation in the Five Eyes Inaugural UAP Caucus Working Group at the Pentagon on 24 May 2023, including the NZ representative’s role and affiliations, invitations, agendas, briefing papers, meeting notes, and related communications with DoD, AARO, DPMC, the Ministry of Defence, GCSB, NZSIS, MFAT, and other Five Eyes partners, plus records of subsequent meetings and data-sharing, internal file references and management locations, the purpose of attendance, and a search for UFO/UAP terms from 1 January 2023 to the present, with provisions for redactions or transfer under section 14, and a note that receipt was acknowledged on 18 June 2026 with a decision due by 15 July 2026 and a plan to publish information of wider public interest on the NZDF website, while the request remains in progress.

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Official Information Act request: Five Eyes UAP Caucus participation and related records - a Official Information Act request to New Zealand Defence Force

Andrew Arkins filed an Official Information Act request with the New Zealand Defence Force seeking a comprehensive set of records about New Zealand’s participation in the Five Eyes Inaugural UAP Caucus Working Group at the Pentagon on 24 May 2023, including the NZ representative’s position, role, unit, service and agency affiliation (with any grounds for withholding noted and redacted versions preferred if applicable), as well as invitations, agendas, terms of reference, attendance lists, meeting programmes, briefing materials, notes, minutes, summaries, reports, action items, intelligence reports or post‑meeting briefings created during or after the meeting, and communications with the DoD, AARO, DPMC, the Ministry of Defence, GCSB, NZSIS, MFAT, any Five Eyes partner, and records showing whether NZDF leadership, Ministers or other government entities were briefed; plus records about subsequent meetings or data-sharing arising from the Five Eyes UAP Caucus, internal file references, document-management locations, the stated purpose of attendance (ranging from aviation safety to national security), and searches for variants of related terms such as UFO and UAP within a window from 1 January 2023 to the present, with any information that is withheld stated with the grounds, a preference for redacted versions where possible, and transfer to another agency under section 14 if held elsewhere; noting a prior confirmation of attendance in a previous response (OIA-2024-5215, 10 December 2024), and that the NZDF’s Ministerial Services acknowledged receipt on 18 June 2026 with a decision due no later than 15 July 2026 and that information in the wider public interest will be published on the NZDF website, while the request’s status remains unknown pending further action by the requester.