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24 May 2023
Phone 0800 25 78 87
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B White
fyi-request-22450-
[email address]
Tēnā koe B White
Your Official Information Act request, reference OIA 2223-0792
Thank you for your email of
14 April 2023 , which was transferred to Te Tari Taiwhenua the
Department of Internal Affairs (the Department), on
27 April 2023. In your email, you request
the fol owing information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
May I please have documents used to create the information contained within the table
label ed "Average Household Costs in 2054 (2022 prices)" in the Affordable Water
Financial Benefits document attached to the release linked below.
In particular I am looking for:
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financial models used to generate the figures quoted
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source documents for inputs and assumptions to the financial models
After careful consideration, the Department has made the decision to refuse your request in
reliance of s18(d) of the Act, because
the information requested is or wil soon be publicly
available. The Department is currently working through the process necessary to publish this
information to our website, as there is a high degree of public interest.
Once we have published the information to our website, we wil notify you and provide you
with a link to the location of the information.
In the meantime, the Department encourages you to review the previous model ing, which
also helped to inform the refined modelling for 10 Water Services Entities. That information is
on our website, as part of the National Evidence Base, located here:
www.dia.govt.nz/three-waters-reform-programme-national-evidence-base
Information used in the development of the original modelling was in part from the
Department’s Request for Information (RfI) process. Further information regarding this can
also be found on our website here:
www.dia.govt.nz/Archived-Three-Waters-Reform-Programme-information#RFI
Te Tari Taiwhenua
Department of Internal Affairs
In relation to the future publication of the information refused above, certain information
may be withheld under the principles of one or more of the fol owing sections of the Act:
• 9(2)(a) to
protect the privacy of natural persons;
• 9(2)(b)(ii) because it
would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position
of… the subject of the information;
• 9(2)(ba), to
protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence…where
the making available of the information (i) would be likely to prejudice the supply of
similar information, and
• 9(2)(ba)(ii)
would be likely otherwise to damage the public interest; and
• s9(2)(f)(iv), to
maintain the constitutional conventions for the time being which
protect— the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the Crown and officials.
Certain decisions are still under consideration by the Minister.
• 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
• 9(2)(j) to
enable a Minister of the Crown or any public service agency or organisation
holding the information to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations
(including commercial and industrial negotiations).
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
Water Services Reform Programme