PO Box 14001
Christchurch 8544
New Zealand
Telephone (+64 3) 358 5029
christchurchairport.co.nz
01 September 2023
James Kirk
Email: [FYI request #23703 email]
Tēnā koe Mr Kirk
OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT 1982 (OIA) – REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION -
CHRISTCHURCH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED (CIAL)
1. We write further to our email of 08 August 2023, acknowledging receipt of your OIA
request of 04 August 2023 seeking information (if held by CIAL) regarding search
queries relating to the Central Otago Airport project.
We have answered your request in this letter and for completeness, we set out your
request below.
Request: Received 04 August 2023 – Search queries relating to Central
Otago Airport project
Provide the queries currently used for daily, weekly or other periodically scheduled
media or social media search including google alerts related to the Central Otago
airport project.
Where queries may disclose identifiable information which could be withheld under
OIA please provide a summary including:
1. Number of established search queries related to a person
2.Number of established search queries related to organisations including
Government
3. Number of queries related to a person or people who have property or normally
resides in the Tarras area as defined by CIAL on page 4 of this document
4. The role titles within the project who receive results of the searches (either in the
first instance, or ultimately)
2. From the outset, CIAL has set out below the requested information where it is able.
It is pertinent to note that CIAL is under no legal obligation to consult in relation to
Central Otago Airport Project (‘the Project’). To assist public understanding of the
context of the Project and CIAL’s decisions, CIAL has committed to, and does,
proactively publish information as it completes pieces of work which is likely to be in
the public interest to receive on its dedicated Project website at
https://ww.centralotagoairport.co.nz/. Until work is completed, it is not capable of
being released. Over time, this will see more information voluntarily released.
3. In respect to your request, we respond in two parts as follows:
Request:
(a) Provide the queries currently used for daily, weekly or other periodically scheduled
media or social media search including google alerts related to the Central Otago
airport project.
The responsibilities of the CIAL communications team (1 FTE) include researching,
tracking and responding to media coverage of CIAL, the sectors it operates in, and
other areas of interest to CIAL. This public coverage and comment on projects it is
undertaking, includes the Project. CIAL engages the services of a third-party media
monitoring agency to provide it with copies of such publicly available media articles.
That agency does so electronically through the use of search terms applied across
media databases. Those search terms are
attached.
(b) Where queries may disclose identifiable information which could be withheld
under OIA please provide a summary including:
1. Number of established search queries related to a person
2. Number of established search queries related to organisations including
Government
3. Number of queries related to a person or people who have property or normally
resides in the Tarras area as defined by CIAL on page 4 of this document
4. The role titles within the project who receive results of the searches (either in the
first instance, or ultimately)
CIAL has addressed this under (a) above.
4. We trust we have answered your requests for information. If you require any further
information or if we have in some way misinterpreted your requests, please let us
know.
5. Please note you have the right to seek an investigation and review by the
Ombudsman of the decisions contained in this letter. Information about how to
contact
the
Ombudsman
or
make
a
complaint
is
available
at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
CIAL LEGAL TEAM
Email: [Christchurch International Airport Limited request email]
Search terms:
Albert Town Community Association
Alexandra Airport
Auckland International Airport
Christchurch Airport Board Members
Christchurch Airport Executive Leadership Team (in their capacity as individuals)
ChristchurchNZ
Destination Queenstown
Dunedin Airport
Extinction Rebellion
FlightPlan 2050
Frankton Community Association
Hawea Community Association
Ignite Wānaka
Wānaka Chamber of Commerce
Invercargill Airport
Kelvin Peninsula Community Association
Kia Ora South
Lake Wānaka Tourism
Luggate Community Association
Masterplan
Mount Barker Residents' Association
Ngāi Tahu
Otago Regional Council
Project Wānaka
Queenstown Airport
Queenstown Airport Corporation aka QAC
Queenstown Chamber of Commerce
Queenstown Lakes District Council
Stop Central Otago Airport
Sustainable Tarras
Tarras
Tarras Community Trust aka TCT
Tarras International Airport
Tourism Central Otago
Tourism Industry Association
Tourism NZ
Wānaka Airport
Wānaka Airport Action Group
Wānaka Community Board
Wānaka Stakeholders Group
Wellington Airport