Thank you for your OIA request, asking for information on KiwiRail and
grazing rights.

 

We received your request on 22/12/2020. We will endeavour to respond to
your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than
11/02/2021, i.e. 20 working days after the day your request was received.
If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of
an extension of that timeframe.

I will be looking after your request, any questions please get in touch
with me at his email – or on the number below.

Cheers

Dave

Dave Allard  | Government Relations Advisor

DDI: +64 4 498 3218
Level 4, Wellington Railway Station, Bunny Street, Wellington 6011 | PO
Box 593, Wellington 6140, New Zealand

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[2]www.kiwirail.co.nz

 

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Good afternoon

 

On 22 December 2020, you asked under the OIA;

 

Could I please request the following

1 - a list of locations owned by Kiwirail where livestock grazing occurs

2 - the grazing contracts/licenses for each of the locations

3 - a list of the cattle grazed on land owned by Kiwirail (if possible).

 

Please be advised that we are declining your request under Section 18(e)
and 18(f) i.e. the information you have requested does not exist, and/or
cannot be made available without significant research.

To explain, KiwiRail has issued approximately 1,800 grazing licences
nationwide on land owned by KiwiRail.  These can be issued for land
adjacent to the rail corridor, or for parcels of land owned by KiwiRail,
designated for rail purposes – but not currently developed (for example
land where mothballed lines once ran).

 

Providing locations for these leases is difficult, as they are throughout
the national corridor and we often do not hold street addresses.

We are also unable to advise which of these grazing licences are used for
livestock or cattle as the use is up to the tenant – providing the use is
within the permitted use outlined in the licence agreement.

 

Apologies we are unable to assist further.  You have the right to seek an
investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information
about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or by calling free-phone 0800 802 602.

 

Kind regards

 

Dave

 

Dave Allard  | Government Relations Advisor

DDI: +64 4 498 3218
Level 4, Wellington Railway Station, Bunny Street, Wellington 6011 | PO
Box 593, Wellington 6140, New Zealand

[1]www.kiwirail.co.nz

 

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1. http://www.kiwirail.co.nz/