Request for documents concerning the Smith v Fonterra litigation

Details of the request

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Please can you provide the following information?

1. Any documents concerning the Smith v Fonterra litigation.
2. Any documents (including, without limitation, emails, reports, text messages, file notes) concerning:
   1. any response or proposed legislative or regulatory response to the Smith v Fonterra litigation;
   2. the Climate Change (Restriction on Civil Proceedings) Bill or any predecessor or draft of that Bill;
   3. any response or proposed legislative or regulatory response to limit or remove civil right of action (within in the law of tort or otherwise) connected to greenhouse gas emissions or climate change;
   4. correspondence with industry representatives or constituents concerning the Smith v Fonterra litigation.
3. Information as to any discussions, meetings or conversations concerning any responses or proposals to respond to the Smith v Fonterra litigation. Such information should include:
   1. The parties to the discussion/meeting/conversation.
   2. The date of the discussion/meeting/conversation.
   3. A summary of the content of the discussion/meeting/conversation.
4. The minutes of any meetings with the parties to the Smith v Fonterra litigation held within the past 2 years.

Released documents 

1. 16 March 2020 Excerpt - Environment and Climate Change Weekly Updates for week of 16 March 2020 (PDF, 33 KB)
2. Excerpt - Treaty Impact Analysis Template - National Planning Framework (PDF, 172 KB)
3. RE_ Smith v Fonterra - A Parliamentary Response (PDF, 219 KB)
4. CORM-2100 (PDF, 70 KB)
5. Excerpt - Internal memo - Responses to questions from MfE (NCA amendments) (PDF, 161 KB)
6. Excerpt - Horizon Scan 2023 - Te Pūrengi final report (PDF, 141 KB)
7. Human Rights Commission Letter to Ministers for the Environment and Climate Change (PDF, 206 KB)
8. Excerpt - Memo - Court Decisions – Talking Points and Q&A (PDF, 214 KB)
9. 11 February 2024 RE this week milestones (PDF, 195 KB)
10. 12 February 2024 Summary of Supreme Court decision in Smith v Fonterra and implications (PDF, 298 KB)
11. 11. FW_ Smith decision (PDF, 229 KB)
12. [Title partially withheld] Smith v Fonterra [2024] NZSC5 (PDF, 401 KB)
13. 14 March 2024 Ministry's proposed response - RE_ Smith v Fonterra - A Parliamentary Response (PDF, 316 KB)
14. FW_ Climate Action (PDF, 211 KB)
15. 4 June 2024 [email] BRF 4648 - Options for responding to Smith v Fonterra Litigation (PDF, 209 KB)
16. 6 March 2024 BRF-4648 Appendix 1 - Letter from Attorney-General [title partially withheld] (PDF, 106 KB)
17. Fw_ CA404_2022 Michael John Smith v Attorney-General [CLO-DOCS.ENV006.478.FID492848] (PDF, 239 KB)
18. CORM-3702 FW_ Concern re Climate Change (Restrictionon Civil Proceedings) Bill (PDF, 283 KB)
19. CORM-3702 Tort law submission C Luxon 250401 (PDF, 130 KB)
20. CORM-3702 (PDF, 324 KB)
21. CORM-2278 (PDF, 248 KB)

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