30 October 2019
Tom Williams
[FYI request #11280 email]
REF: OIA-5847
Dear Tom
Official Information Act 1982
I refer to your email of 23 September 2019 to the NZ Transport Agency requesting the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
I would like to request a copy of all of the information as communicated between NZTA
and Chris Bishop on the subject of the Melling Interchange project.
On 26 September 2019, the Transport Agency wrote to you and asked you to clarify the
timeframe to which your request related. On 1 October 2019 you confirmed that your request
covered the period 1 January 2017 to present.
The information that falls within the scope of your request is attached to this response as
Appendices A to
F.
Certain information has been withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Act in order to protect the
privacy of natural persons. With regard to the withheld information I do not consider that there
are any other factors that render it desirable, in the public interest, to make that information
available.
Under section 28 of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review and investigate
this decision. The Office of the Ombudsman can be contacted by phone 0800 802 602, or
online
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. Yours sincerely
Richard May
Senior Manager Government
DOCUMENT SCHEDULE
Reference
Description
Decision
Released in part. Some
Letter to Chris Bishop MP, dated 14
Appendix A
information withheld under
January 2019
s9(2)(a) of the Act
Released in part. Some
Letter to Chris Bishop MP, dated 16 April
Appendix B
information withheld under
2019
s9(2)(a) of the Act
Letter to John Milford, Chris Bishop MP,
Released in part. Some
Appendix C
Ray Wallace and Wayne Guppy, dated 29
information withheld under
May 2019
s9(2)(a) of the Act
Released in part. Some
Official Information Act response to Chris
Appendix D
information withheld under
Bishop MO, dated 23 May 2019
s9(2)(a) of the Act
Released in part. Some
Official Information Act response to Chris
Appendix E
information withheld under
Bishop MP, dated 19 June 2019
s9(2)(a) of the Act
Released in part. Some
Official Information Act 1982 response to
Appendix F
information withheld under
Chris Bishop MP, dated 9 August 2019
s9(2)(a) of the Act