Ref: DOIA 20-085
14 November 2019
E Robertson
By email: [FYI request #11262 email]
Dear E Robertson
Thank you for your official information request received on 20 September 2019
regarding insight into national geospatial leadership and geospatial standards
development and promotion.
Some of the information you have requested is provided as listed in the table below.
However, you will note that some information has been withheld and the various reasons
for this are also detailed in the table. We are of the view that the withholding of the
information is not outweighed by other considerations which render it desirable in the
public interest to make that information available.
We note your interest in LINZ’s role with respect to national geospatial leadership and
standards and, given the historical nature of the documents you have requested, we
would welcome the opportunity to discuss with you in more detail our forward-looking
strategic direction. For example, we are currently considering the
Integrated Geospatial
Information Framework1 developed by the United Nations Committee of Experts on
Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM), which we see as the next
evolution of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure previously led by the New Zealand
Geospatial Office.
If you wish to discuss the future direction of LINZ’s geospatial leadership and standards
roles, or the OIA decisions within this letter, please feel free to contact me directly on
(04) 498 3840 or
[email address]. You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this OIA
decisions set out in this letter. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Jan Pierce
Deputy Chief Executive, Location Information
1 http://ggim.un.org/meetings/GGIM-committee/8th-Session/documents/Part%201-IGIF-Overarching-Strategic-Framework-
24July2018.pdf
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Summary table of responses to information requested:
Information requested
OIA request decision
1. Please provide the final copies of:
Please find the Hill report within the attached “Feedback Document”
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the report 'Geospatial Function Review' undertaken by Deidre
dated 07 August 2018.
Hill, February-September 2018
Plus any accompanying and associated reports, appendices or
The Hill report did not have any accompanying and associated reports,
annexes.
appendices or annexes. Therefore, this request has been refused under
section 18(g) of the Official Information Act because the information is
not held. Please note, we have considered documents and other
information which were inputs into this report as out of scope for this
request.
2. Please provide the final copies of:
Please find the Palmer report attached within the “Feedback Document”
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the associated report on "Geospatial Standards and
dated 07 August 2018. Details of some interviewees (page 33) have
Interoperability" (Author: Palmer, 2018).
been withheld under section 9(2)(ba)(i) of the Official Information Act
because its release may prejudice the supply of confidential information
and its future availability. One redaction on page 22 has been made
under section 9(2)(g)(i) which relates to free and frank expression of
opinion.
Plus any accompanying and associated reports, appendices or
The Palmer report did not have any accompanying and associated
annexes.
reports, appendices or annexes. Therefore, this request has been
refused under section 18(g) of the Official Information Act because the
information is not held. Please note, we have considered documents
and other information which were inputs into this report as out of scope
for this request.
3. Please provide copies of all feedback, in any form (email,
Feedback received during the writing of the Hill and Palmer reports was
oral, etc), received on these reports during both the writing of the
provided orally and no records (ie, meeting minutes) were made.
reports AND after their publication.
Therefore, this request is refused under section 18(g) of the Official
Information Act because the information is not held.
Feedback received after the publication of the Hill and Palmer reports
(which were published together as the “Feedback Document” (07 August
2018)) is attached. Some identifying details (ie, names, job titles etc)
and other information have been withheld under section 9(2)(ba)(i) of
the Official Information Act because their release may prejudice the
supply of confidential information and its future availability.
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Information requested
OIA request decision
4. Please provide copies of any revisions of these reports that arose
The Hill and Palmer reports (published together within the “Feedback
from incorporating any feedback received and copies of
Document” (07 August 2018)) were not revised as a result of any
subsequent feedback on the revised version(s) of the reports.
feedback received. Therefore, this request is refused under section
18(g) of the Official Information Act because the information is not held.
While the Hill and Palmer reports themselves were not revised as a
result of the feedback received, they were used to inform the
subsequent “Consultation Document” (dated 26 September 2018) which
is attached for your information.
5. Please provide the final copies of:
All information requested in relation to the Greenland report is currently
under active consideration, therefore, this request is refused under
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the report on standards and interoperability led by Greenland
section 9(2)(f)(iv) of the Official Information Act. We anticipate that
(2019)
any actions and/or decisions in relation to this report will be made by
early 2020.
Plus any accompanying and associated reports, appendices or
annexes.
Please provide copies of all feedback, in any form (email, oral,
etc), received on these reports during both the writing of the
reports AND after their publication.
Please provide copies of any revisions of these reports that arose
from incorporating any feedback received and copies of
subsequent feedback on the revised version(s) of the reports.
6. Please provide any report(s), information or evidence that:
In 2017, the decision to overtly integrate the principles of the
New Zealand Geospatial Strategy (2007) into LINZ’s core location
1. laid the foundations for the decision to close the New
information activities was made as part of a broader organisation
Zealand Geospatial Office (NZGO)
realignment. Please find attached the Consultation Document
(29 May 2017) and the Decision Document (15 June 2017). Please
note, we have considered documents and other information which were
inputs into the Consultation Document as out of scope for this request.
Please provide any report(s), information or evidence:
As noted in the documents provided, the key principles of the New
Zealand Geospatial Strategy and the functions of the NZGO were
2. on any meetings or communications that took place around integrated into the Location Information business group, so a specific
establishing a successor to the NZGO.
successor to the NZGO has not been established. Therefore, this
request has been refused under section 18(g) of the Official Information
Act because the information is not held.
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