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50 Victoria Street 
Private Bag 6995 
 
Wellington 6141 
 
New Zealand 
 
T 64 4 894 5400 
F 64 4 894 6100 
 
www.nzta.govt.nz 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8 September 2021 
 
 
 
 
 
 
James Sullivan 
[FYI request #16385 email] 
REF: OIA-8646 
 
Dear James 
 
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982 
 
Thank you for your email of 11 August 2021 requesting the following information under the Official 
Information Act 1982 (the Act): 
 
I would like copies of any research conducted or funded by the NZTA related to the brightness 
of headlights on vehicles operating on public NZ roads. Within the past 10 years.  
 
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has not conducted or funded any research related to headlight 
brightness within the past 10 years. Therefore, I am refusing your request under section 18(e) of the 
Act because the document alleged to contain the information requested does not exist.   
 
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to refuse 
this request. The contact details for the Ombudsman can be located at 
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. 
 
If you would like to discuss this reply with Waka Kotahi, please contact Davey Uprichard, Manager, 
Vehicle Standards, by email to [email address]. 
 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
Hayley Evans 
Senior Manager, Systems Integrity