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12 July 2023
Cody C
[FYI request #23126 email]
REF: OIA- 12896
Dear Cody
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email of 14 June 2023 requesting the fol owing information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
•
the most recent internal progress update on the National Ticketing Solution.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is extending the 20 working days available to us to respond to your
request, as allowed for under section 15A of the Act. We need eight more working days to respond to
your request. We wil send you our response on or before 25 July 2023.
We are extending the deadline because the consultations required for Waka Kotahi to respond to your
request are such that a decision could not be made within 20 working days. It wil take us more than
20 working days to thoroughly respond to your request.
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to complain to the Ombudsman about the extension.
More information about the Ombudsman is available online at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
If you would like to discuss the extension with Waka Kotahi, please email Ministerial Services at
[NZTA request email].
Yours sincerely
James Sorensen
Manager Ministerial Services – Enterprise