National Headquarters
Level 12
80 The Terrace
PO Box 2133
Wel ington
New Zealand
Phone +64 4 496 3600
30 June 2022
John Luke
By email: [FYI request #19205 email]
Dear John
Information Request – Board Minutes from 1 January 2019
I refer to your official information request dated 25 April 2022 asking for meeting minutes of the
Fire and Emergency New Zealand Board from 1 January 2019 to the date of your request.
On 22 May 2022, we wrote to you advising of an extension to the timeframe for deciding on your
request due to the consultations that were needed.
Your request has been assessed in accordance with the provisions of the Official Information Act
1982 (“OIA”). A decision has been made to release the minutes to you with some redactions made
in accordance with section 9 of the OIA. We do not consider that there is a countervailing public
interest in the redacted information that outweighs the reasons to withhold the information.
I
enclose the Board meeting minutes covering the period 29 March 2019 to 2 September 2019.
The remaining minutes are being prepared for release and will be provided to you in tranches at
the earliest possible time.
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
freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Nicky Chilton
Director, Office of the Chief Executive
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