PO BOX 12-209 GOVERNMENT Wellington 6144 COMMUNICATIONS $33333; 33%} SECURITY BUREAU TE TIRA TIAKI A154S49S 1 March 2017 Matt Nippert NZ Herald Matt.Nippert@nzherald.co.nz Dear Mr Nippert, 1 refer to your email dated 31 January 2017 in which you request the following information: 7. The amount spent by your organisation on goods or services provided by Palantir Technologies for each of the most recent eight financial years for which you have data available. 2. If the answer to the above is non-zero, a brief description of what goods and services were purchased from Palantir Technologies. 3. A list, including dates and location an all documentation recording what was discussed, of any meetings between Palantir founder Peter Thie/ and members of your organisations?senior management team that took place over the past eight years. in response to your first and second question, i neither confirm nor deny whether the Government Communications Security Bureau (the GCSB) has received products and/or services from Palantir. To do so would be likely to prejudice the interests protected by section 6(a) of the Official information Act 1982 (the Act), namely the security or defence of New Zealand. In response to your third question, I can advise that no information is held relevant to your question. Accordingly, this part of your information request is refused under section 18(g) of the Act [information not held]. in accordance with section 19 ofthe Act, you have the right to seek an investigation and review of this response by way of complaint to an Ombudsman under section 28(3). Yours sincerely Andrew Director