London, Wednesday, November 3, 2004 Dear Mr Burrows, I am writing to remind you that I am awaiting a
reply to my hand-delivered letter
dated October 14, three weeks ago, in which I
asked for the form that my application for a
special permit to visit your country should take.
Your prime minister the Hon. Helen Clark has
indicated that I must apply for such a permit, in
line with the Act. She is also quoted in the media,
e.g. the Johannesburg
Star, as already stating that she has no
intention of allowing such a permit to be granted.
This indicates bad faith from the very start. My inquiry seems to be simple enough: you must
be inundated with such applications for special
permits; it seems to be an everyday event in the
life of your office. But you have neither
acknowledged my letter nor responded to it. You have also had much time to consider, eleven
years in fact. On checking old records, now that I
am back in the United Kingdom, I note that you in
person informed me on August 9, 1993 (i.e., eleven
years ago) out of the blue, that as I had been
"deported" from
Canada the year before, I was not admissible to
New Zealand without special permission. Since I had
no such travel plans, this slipped my memory;
notwithstanding this, I find that you wrote me
again on October 28, 1993. On February 4, 1994 I
accordingly made formal application for such a
special visa, to spend seven days in New Zealand
from November 1, 1994. Your office did not even
reply. Are you intending not to reply on this occasion
also? If I have not heard within seven business
days of this letter with the information requested,
I shall assume that the only data your office
requires are: purpose of visit; dates of visit;
undertakings that I shall at all times abide by the
prevailing laws of your country, and that I do not
intend to seek paid employment, and that I shall
not become a burden on HM's purse in your country;
and, finally, confirmation that I have no
infectious diseases or criminal record. Mr Burrows, you will be aware that on this
occasion your country's press and broadcast media
are following the progress of this saga with the
keenest interest and engagement, as the steps taken
by your regime so far, and particularly Ms Clark's
publicised remarks, appear to violate the letter
and the spirit of your country's Bill of Rights.
Please therefore respond, as a courtesy, within the
seven days. Yours faithfully, 
David Irving
e-mail: [email protected] - New Zealand Immigration Service
- -- B M Burrows --
- 3rd Floor, New Zealand House,
- 80 Haymarket,
- London SW1 4TE
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