File Ref: 230201
19 April 2023
Grace
[FYI request #22072 email]
Tēnā koe Grace
Thank you for your email of 11 March 2023, to Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa | WorkSafe New Zealand,
requesting the following information:
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Could I please have all reports and 'Summary of Evidence' for all speedway accidents,
injuries, and deaths.
Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA).
Please find attached documentation in response to your request. We have identified two reports in
the scope of your request which are being released to you in part. Some information is being
withheld under the following sections of the OIA:
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9(2)(a), to protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural
persons; and
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9(2)(g)(i), to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank
expression of opinions by or between or to Ministers of the Crown or members of an
organisation or officers and employees of any public service agency or organisation in the
course of their duty.
As per section 9(1) of the OIA, I do not consider that, in the circumstances of this request, the
withholding of information under the section 9 withholding grounds referred to above is
outweighed by other considerations which render it desirable in the public interest to make the
information available.
You have the right, by way of complaint under section 28(3) of the OIA, to request an
investigation and review of WorkSafe’s decision to withhold information by the Ombudsman.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
If you require any further information, please contact
[email address]. Nāku noa, nā
Catherine Gardner
Head of Specialist Interventions
Level 6, 86 Customhouse Quay
PO Box 165, Wellington 6140