Can I still enter the UK after my EEA Family Permit has been denied?

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If I were you, I would just submit a new application for the family permit, including the passport copy. The application is free of charge, after all.

Your refusal even implies that you should do this (emphasis added):

whilst your application falls for refusal on the grounds of no sponsor ID I am satisfied that you are in a durable relationship akin to marriage in accordance with regulation 8 of the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2016.

It's basically saying that the only reason they refused the application was the absence of the passport copy.

You can also fly to the UK and present your evidence at the border, as you suggest. I suppose the chance of success is high, but the potential cost of failure is also high: you could be sent back to New Zealand. That's why it seems best to me to reapply.

To answer your specific questions:

As a New Zealand citizen, technically I can enter the UK for 6 months as a visitor. However, now I have been denied my EEA Family Permit, will this affect my right to enter?

Not automatically, but it could cause an immigration officer to doubt that you are a genuine visitor. And that's only reasonable, because you aren't; you intend to stay in the UK. Because you intend to stay in the UK, you shouldn't enter with the visa-free entry available to visitors; instead, you should enter as a partner of an EEA national. You can do that without an EEA family permit, by submitting the same evidence at the border. But, as mentioned above, this is somewhat more risky than just reapplying for the EEA family permit.

I know as the unmarried partner of an EEA National, I legally am not required to even obtain a EEA Family Permit to join him in the UK, however, a friend advised me to. Do you recommend I simply go on my booked flight as planned, with all of my evidence and a copy of his passport I failed to put inside and present my case at the border with all evidence and the previous letter? My partner will meet me at the airport anyway.

As mentioned above, you can do this, and it will probably work, but I can't see any good reason for doing so in the information you've posted. There could be factors that might tip the balance in favor of this approach, such as time constraints.

Is there a way to quickly appeal this decision? They state I have no right to appeal, but combing the forums, it says I have ‘a limited right to appeal’. How do I go about appealing? Do I simply resubmit a new form? I was told this would likely be denied if I didn’t follow the correct procedure, but after dozens of phone calls and much question asking, no one has given me a direct answer as to what the “correct” procedure is.

The point of an appeal is to overturn an incorrect decision. You can't usually introduce new evidence at an appeal. So an appeal of this decision would fail, because, in light of the missing passport copy, the decision was correct. On top of that, appeals cost money, while a new application would be free of charge.

The best course of action is to submit a new application.

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