New Zealand Legislation: Acts

7 Special reasons for withholding official information related to the Cook Islands, Tokelau, or Niue, or the Ross Dependency

• Good reason for withholding information exists, for the purpose of section 5, if the making available of the information would be likely—

  • (a) to prejudice the security or defence of—

    • (i) the self-governing State of the Cook Islands; or

    • (ii) the self-governing State of Niue; or

    • (iii) Tokelau; or

    • (iv) the Ross Dependency; or

  • (b) to prejudice relations between any of the Governments of—

    • (i) New Zealand:

    • (ii) the self-governing State of the Cook Islands:

    • (iii) the self-governing State of Niue; or

  • (c) to prejudice the international relations of the Governments of—

    • (i) the self-governing State of the Cook Islands; or

    • (ii) the self-governing State of Niue.