27 September 2022
Harry Peterson
[FYI request #19806 email]
Dear Harry
I refer to your request transferred to my office on 24 August 2022, requesting the fol owing
under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
“Al documents and Cabinet Papers mentioning Whangārei in relation to infrastructure
and health funding decisions from the date beginning October 2017”
Twelve documents fal within the scope of your request. One is being released to you in ful ,
another one is being released with some information withheld, and the remaining 10 are being
refused, in accordance with the fol owing sections of the Act:
9(2)(b)(i )
to protect information where the making available of the information
would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the
person who supplied or who is the subject of the information
18(d)
the information requested is already publicly available.
The Document Schedule attached as Annex 1 provides more detail about these documents
and how they are being treated under the Act.
With regard to the information that has been withheld under section 9 of the Act, I am satisfied
that the reasons for withholding the information at this time are not outweighed by public
interest considerations that would make it desirable to make the information available.
Final y, an additional two papers taken to Cabinet by the then Minister for Regional Economic
Development have been identified as within scope of your request. It is my understanding that
the Minister for Economic and Regional Development, Hon Stuart Nash, wil be providing you
with a decision on the release of these papers as part of his response to your request. These
papers are:
Provincial Growth Fund: Regional Rail Investments in 2019/20
Provincial Growth Fund: Upper North Island Supply Chain Strategy and Northland Rail
Investment
You have the right to seek an investigation and review of this response by the Ombudsman,
in accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. The relevant details can be found on the
Ombudsman’s website www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
Yours sincerely
Hon Michael Wood
Minister of Transport
Annex 1 - Document Schedule
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Document
Decision on release
The New Zealand Upgrade
Refused under Section 18(d).
Programme - an update on
1
programme options
The document can be found here:
www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/Roads-and-Rail/20-
011/nz-upgrade-programme-an-update-on-
programme-options-20210531.pdf
New Zealand Upgrade
Refused under Section 18(d).
Programme: Report Back: CAB-
2
21-MIN-0374.01
The document can be found here:
www.transport.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/Cabinet-
Paper-New-Zealand-Upgrade-Programme-
Report-Back-for-Release-v2.pdf
The New Zealand Upgrade
Refused under Section 18(d).
Programme: Update on
3
Programme Options: CAB-21-
The document can be found here:
MIN-0192
www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/Roads-and-Rail/20-
011/cab-21-min-0192-nz-upgrade-programme-
update-on-programme-options-20210531.pdf
4
Upper North Island Supply
Refused under Section 18(d).
Chain Strategy: Final Report
Information about UNISCS, including these
5
Upper North Island Supply
Chain Strategy: Interim Report
documents and more, can be found on the
Sapere’s Report on the UNISCS Ministry of Transport’s website at:
Independent Working Group
www.transport.govt.nz/area-of-
6
Findings and Officials’ Work
interest/infrastructure-and-investment/upper-
Programme to 2021
north-island-supply-chain-strategy/
Attachment 1: Analysis of the
Upper North Island Supply
7
Chain Strategy Working Group
Options for moving freight from
the Ports of Auckland
Attachment 2: Upper North
8
Island Supply Chain Strategy:
Report on Treaty Partner
Perspectives
Attachment 3: Upper North
9
Island Supply Chain Strategy:
Report on Stakeholder
Perspectives
Publication of the New Zealand
Refused under Section 18(d).
Rail Plan
10
The document can be found here:
www.transport.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/Cabinet/C
ab-paper-Publication-of-the-New-Zealand-Rail-
Plan.pdf
11
Options for Supporting Regional Released with some information withheld under
Air Connectivity
Sections 9(2)(b)(i ).
12
Joint Venture Airports:
Released in ful .
Appropriation Issues
Minimum Wage Review 2021
Refused under Section 18(d).
13
The document can be found here:
https://www.mbie.govt.nz/dmsdocument/18690-
minimum-wage-review-2021
Minimum Wage Review 2020
Refused under Section 18(d).
14
The document can be found here:
https://www.mbie.govt.nz/dmsdocument/12566-
minimum-wage-review-december-2020-redacted