31 October 2022
Harry Peterson
[FYI request #19806 email]
Dear Harry
Thank you for your Official Information Act request, received on 24 August 2022. You requested:
…all documents and Cabinet papers mentioning Whangārei in relation to infrastructure and health
funding decisions from October 2017.
Your request was transferred to several agencies by the Cabinet Office on 24 August 2022, and was
extended by 50 days on 21 September 2022.
Your initial request was substantial in scope. The Treasury contacted you on the 27 September 2022 and 17
October 2022 asking if you would consider refining your request to the following:
All health-related infrastructure documents mentioning Whangārei, during the period of the current
Government.
I am advised that the Treasury have not received a response from you on this matter. Therefore, due to the
substantial scope of the original request, I am refusing your request under section 18(f) of the Official
Information Act - that the information requested cannot be made available without substantial collation or
research.
I have included some information that is publicly available which relates to the information requested that
may be of use to you.
Information publicly available
The following information is publicly available on the Treasury website:
Item Date
Document Description
Website Address
1.
11 August 2022
Budget 2022 Information Release
https://www.treasury.govt.n
(Health Portfolio)
z/publications/information-
release/health-portfolio-
budget-2022-information-
Notably T2022/286.
release
This reply addresses the information you requested. You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate
and review my decision.
Yours sincerely
Hon Grant Robertson
Minister of Finance