45 Pipitea Street
Wellington
17 October 2022
Phone 0800 25 78 87
dia.govt.nz
J Bruning
[FYI request #20641 email]
Tēnā koe J Bruning
Your Official Information Act request, reference OIA 22/23– 0252
Thank you for your email of 22 September 2022 to the Department of Internal Affairs (the
Department), requesting the following information under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act):
Please supply all costs/renumeration paid to strategy and management
consultancy firms and staff for services rendered, including PWC/Deloitte/Boston
Consulting Group/McKinsey concerning information and advice supplied to the
DIA from July 1 2018 - July 1 2022.
This is for information relating to Three Waters. This includes the Review and
services endered [sic]
for advice relating to three waters management (such as,
but not restricted to, infrastructure upgrades, the Taumata Arowai – Water
Services Regulator Bil , and the Water Services Bil for safe drinking water and the
Water Services Entities Bill.
Please separate costs by firm and by year.
The Department is extending the time available to respond to your request under sections
15A(1)(a) and 15A(1)(b) of the Act, as your request necessitates a search through a large
quantity of information and meeting the original time limit would unreasonably interfere with
the operations of the Department. Additional y, consultations necessary to make a decision
on the request are such that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made
within the original time limit.
The timeframe for response has been extended by
30 working days to 5 December 2022. The
Department wil endeavour to provide you with a response prior to this date, if possible.
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the Act, to seek an investigation and review of this
decision by the Office of the Ombudsman. The postal address of the Office of the Ombudsman
is PO Box 10152, Wel ington. Alternatively, you can phone 0800 802 602 or email
[email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Rashad Saeedi
Manager, Ministerial Services
Three Waters Reform Programme