22 July 2021
Alan Thompson
[FYI request #14756 email]
Reference: OIA-2020/21-0704
Dear Alan Thompson
Official Information Act request relating to feedback on the application of the Coordinated
Incident Management System: Whakaari Event
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request received on 25 June 2021. You
requested:
1. “Please confirm whether the data capture in preparing the report was as stated on Pages
6 and 13 of the report or was it as you quite differently state in this OIA response.
2. Please provide copies of the communication that went out to participating agencies
inviting them to the meetings on 25 and 27 of February as advised in your OIA response
and a list of the agencies that attended each of the debriefs; and
3. Please provide a copy of the communication(s) that went out to agencies in mid-
December 2019 requesting that they submit their reviews, debriefs and feedback from
the Whakaari/White Island event to LessonNZ (as stated in the report).”
I have decided under section 15A of the Act to extend the time limits for deciding on your request by
an additional 20 working days. Consequently, the extended due date for your response will be
20 August 2021.
The extension is required because of the consultations needed to make a decision on your request.
Despite the extension, a response will be sent to you as soon as possible.
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under section 28(3)
of the Act.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Corbett
Manager, Ministerial and Business Services
Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011
4408703
64 4 817 9700 Facsimile 64 4 472 3181 www.dpmc.govt.nz