File ref: IRC-5117
6 July 2023
Brooklyn Resident
[FYI request #23291 email]
Kia ora
Thank you for your request made under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings
Act 1987 (the Act), received on 26 June. You requested the following information:
• all correspondence from Naomi Steenkamp (260 Southernthread Road) and Pam Olver
(380 Hawkins Hil Road) to better understand the amount of time and expense that has
had to be spent unnecessarily by Council processing and/or fol owing up vindictive,
frivolous and vexatious complaints about any neighbor of theirs in the Long
Gully/Southernthread Road/Hawkins Hill Road Brooklyn community, and the impact it has
had on their victims.
Wellington City Council has
refused your request for information.
The information you have requested has not been provided under section 7 (2)(a) of the Act
because the withholding of the information is necessary to protect the privacy of natural persons.
You are welcome to resubmit a request with a designated time frame and request information
specific to addresses and we can consider releasing information to you. Please note that any
documents released would likely be redacted in line with privacy provisions in the Act.
Right of review
If you are not satisfied with the Council’s response, you may request the Office of the Ombudsman
to investigate the Council’s decision. Further information is available on the Ombudsman website,
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Thank you again for your request, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Kind regards
Amber Smith
Official Information