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Kaipara te Oranganui | Kaipara District Council, Private Bag
1001, Dargaville 0340
Freephone: 0800 727 059 | 09 439 7059
[1][IMG] [2][Kaipara District Council request email] | [3]www.kaipara.govt.nz
Dargaville Office: 42 Hokianga Road, Dargaville 0310
Mangawhai Office: Unit 6, The Hub, 6 Molesworth Drive, Mangawhai
0505
Opening Hours:  Monday - Friday 8 am to 4.30 pm

 
 
 
 

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Kia ora Ryan  

Thank you for your request for information which will be treated under the
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.  Pursuant to
the Act you will receive a response within 20 working days.  Your response
is due 30 March 2020. 

Detailed information regarding official information requests can be found
on our website [1]here.
If you require any further assistance please contact the Kaipara District
Council email [2][Kaipara District Council request email], telephone 0800 727 059 or visit
our website [3]www.kaipara.govt.nz

Ngā mihi

Customer Services 

[4][IMG] Mary Manuel | Kaitiaki Kiritaki | Customer Services

Kaipara te Oranganui | Kaipara District Council, Private Bag
1001, Dargaville 0340

Freephone: 0800 727 059 | 09 439 7059

[5][Kaipara District Council request email]| [6]www.kaipara.govt.nz

Dargaville Office: 42 Hokianga Road, Dargaville 0310

Mangawhai Office: Unit 6, The Hub, 6 Molesworth Drive, Mangawhai
0505

Opening Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8am to 4.30pm
and Wednesday 9am to 4.30pm

 

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Hello Mr Potts

 

Thank you for your information request received 4 March 2020, under the
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA).

 

Your requested asked for:

 

“all correspondence including but not limited to emails, letters, meeting
notes, phone records and transcripts between the Kaipara District Council
and the Minister for Regional Economic Development, his staff or any
persons acting on his behalf in relation to the Provincial Growth Fund
since 26 October 2017.”

 

Council has considered your request and advises that it is not possible to
answer this request as it is worded.  Council believes your current
request involves thousands of emails and numerous files which will involve
substantial research and collation and our Council does not have the
resources available to do this.  The impact on the Council’s operations
would be severely disruptive.

 

Council has considered whether to fix a charge under section 13 of the
LGOIMA, or whether an extension under section 14 of the LGOIMA would help
with the substantial collation and research.  However Council still
believes the impact on the Council’s operations would be severely
disruptive.

 

Therefore, Council has decided to refuse your request as it stands. This
decision is made under section 17(f) of the LGOIMA, as the information
requested cannot be made available without substantial collation or
research.

 

You may wish to refine the scope of the request and this would need to be
quite specific as to what you are requiring.  If you would like to discuss
ways to do this please call me on 094391174.

 

Under section 27 you have the right to seek a review or investigation by
the Ombudsman regarding Council’s decision to refuse your request as it
stands.

 

Regards Linda

 

[1]KDC Logo Linda Osborne | Administration Manager
test June 2015
Kaipara District Council, Private Bag 1001, Dargaville 0340

Freephone: 0800 727 059 | 09 439 3123

[2][Kaipara District Council request email] | [3]www.kaipara.govt.nz

 

 

 

From: Council <[4][email address]>
Sent: Friday, 6 March 2020 2:12 PM
To: Administration Requests <[5][email address]>
Subject: ID041826 Official Information request - Contact with the Minister
for Regional Economic Development

 

Tçnâ koe

This LGOIMA request has been received in the Council inbox and forwarded
to you for action and reply. Customer has been advised response is due 30
March 2020.

Ngâ mihi

Customer Services

[6][IMG] Mary Manuel | Kaitiaki Kiritaki | Customer Services

Kaipara te Oranganui | Kaipara District Council, Private Bag
1001, Dargaville 0340

Freephone: 0800 727 059 | 09 439 7059

[7][Kaipara District Council request email]| [8]www.kaipara.govt.nz

Dargaville Office: 42 Hokianga Road, Dargaville 0310

Mangawhai Office: Unit 6, The Hub, 6 Molesworth Drive, Mangawhai
0505

Opening Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8am to 4.30pm
and Wednesday 9am to 4.30pm

 

 

 

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Hello Ryan

 

Thank you for your clarification.  Our team have advised this is more
achievable, however it will still involve the research and collation of
several hundred emails, possibly in the early thousands.

 

While the disruption on Council activities is much less in this new form
we believe a charge will still apply.   We are guessing this will require
at least an hour’s work from possibly 12-15 staff members and
consultants.  Council uses the Ministry of Justice’s guidelines when
charging for LGOIMA requests.  Our estimate for the time taken is 14 hours
at $76.00 per hour totaling $1,064.00.  If you would like to proceed with
your request please can you let me know and I will arrange for an invoice
to be sent to you.  If the information can be gathered within a lesser
timeframe I will arrange for a refund on any charges paid.

 

Under section 27 of LGOIMA you have the right to seek a review or
investigation by  the Ombudsman regarding Council’s decision to charge a
fee in order to respond to your request.

 

Regards Linda

 

[1]KDC Logo Linda Osborne | Administration Manager
test June 2015
Kaipara District Council, Private Bag 1001, Dargaville 0340

Freephone: 0800 727 059 | 09 439 3123

[2][Kaipara District Council request email] | [3]www.kaipara.govt.nz

 

 

 

  

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Hi Ryan

 

Thank you for your further clarification.  This will be much easier to
manage.  Staff are telling me it may still possibly take 2-3 hours but we
will not charge you for the time.  If the time taken to collate the emails
does exceed 3 hours then there will be a charge of $76/hour after the 3
hours.  I will let you know.

 

Meanwhile your response is due 11 May 2020.

 

Regards Linda

 

[1]KDC Logo Linda Osborne | Administration Manager
test June 2015
Kaipara District Council, Private Bag 1001, Dargaville 0340

Freephone: 0800 727 059 | 09 439 3123

[2][Kaipara District Council request email] | [3]www.kaipara.govt.nz

 

 

 

 

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Hi Ryan

 

Your response to your information request is due today.  While I have all
the information Council holds its taking me longer than I thought to go
through it all.  There are some external and third party names that I am
required to redact. 

 

I also need to advise MBIE (out of courtesy only) that I have prepared
your response and will be releasing it shortly.  I’m still not keen on
charging you for our time but would like to extend the request for a
couple of days.  I will have the information available by this Wednesday. 
I hope that is ok.

 

Regards Linda

 

[1]KDC Logo Linda Osborne | Administration Manager
test June 2015
Kaipara District Council, Private Bag 1001, Dargaville 0340

Freephone: 0800 727 059 | 09 439 3123

[2][Kaipara District Council request email] | [3]www.kaipara.govt.nz

 

 

 

From: Administration Requests <[4][email address]>
Sent: Monday, 20 April 2020 2:38 PM
To: [5][FOI #12375 email]
Cc: Administration Requests <[6][email address]>
Subject: FW: FW: FW: ID041826 Official Information request - Contact with
the Minister for Regional Economic Development

 

Hi Ryan

 

Thank you for your further clarification. This will be much easier to
manage. Staff are telling me it may still possibly take 2-3 hours but we
will not charge you for the time. If the time taken to collate the emails
does exceed 3 hours then there will be a charge of $76/hour after the 3
hours. I will let you know.

 

Meanwhile your response is due 11 May 2020.

 

Regards Linda

 

[7]KDC Logo Linda Osborne | Administration Manager
test June 2015
Kaipara District Council, Private Bag 1001, Dargaville 0340

Freephone: 0800 727 059 | 09 439 3123

[8][Kaipara District Council request email] | [9]www.kaipara.govt.nz

 

 

 

 

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Hi Ryan

 

Further to your information request please find attached documentation
relating to the Dargaville Pontoon under the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act.

 

The names and contact details of some external parties have been redacted
under section 7(2)(a) of the Act to protect the privacy of natural
persons.  Also the agreements have been withheld under section 7(2)(i) due
to commercial sensitivity.  I have considered the wider public interest in
withholding the information and believe that is not outweighed by the
commercial sensitivity.  It is possible that in the future the final
agreement will be publicly available. 

 

Going through this information has taken some time so I apologise for some
double up’s of emails.

 

Regards Linda

 

[1]KDC Logo Linda Osborne | Administration Manager
test June 2015
Kaipara District Council, Private Bag 1001, Dargaville 0340

Freephone: 0800 727 059 | 09 439 3123

[2][Kaipara District Council request email] | [3]www.kaipara.govt.nz

 

 

 

From: Administration Requests <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, 11 May 2020 1:39 PM
To: [FOI #12375 email]
Cc: Administration Requests <[email address]>
Subject: FW: FW: FW: ID041826 Official Information request - Contact with
the Minister for Regional Economic Development

 

Hi Ryan

 

Your response to your information request is due today. While I have all
the information Council holds its taking me longer than I thought to go
through it all. There are some external and third party names that I am
required to redact.

 

I also need to advise MBIE (out of courtesy only) that I have prepared
your response and will be releasing it shortly. I’m still not keen on
charging you for our time but would like to extend the request for a
couple of days. I will have the information available by this Wednesday. I
hope that is ok.

 

Regards Linda

 

[4]KDC Logo Linda Osborne | Administration Manager
test June 2015
Kaipara District Council, Private Bag 1001, Dargaville 0340

Freephone: 0800 727 059 | 09 439 3123

[5][Kaipara District Council request email] | [6]www.kaipara.govt.nz

 

 

 

From: Administration Requests <[7][email address]>
Sent: Monday, 20 April 2020 2:38 PM
To: [8][FOI #12375 email]
Cc: Administration Requests <[9][email address]>
Subject: FW: FW: FW: ID041826 Official Information request - Contact with
the Minister for Regional Economic Development

 

Hi Ryan

 

Thank you for your further clarification. This will be much easier to
manage. Staff are telling me it may still possibly take 2-3 hours but we
will not charge you for the time. If the time taken to collate the emails
does exceed 3 hours then there will be a charge of $76/hour after the 3
hours. I will let you know.

 

Meanwhile your response is due 11 May 2020.

 

Regards Linda

 

[10]KDC Logo Linda Osborne | Administration Manager
test June 2015
Kaipara District Council, Private Bag 1001, Dargaville 0340

Freephone: 0800 727 059 | 09 439 3123

[11][Kaipara District Council request email] | [12]www.kaipara.govt.nz

 

 

 

 

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