PO Box 14001
Christchurch 8544
New Zealand
Telephone (+64 3) 358 5029
christchurchairport.co.nz
13 September 2023
Matt Barnett
Email: [FYI request #23856 email]
Tēnā koe Mr Barnett
OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT 1982 (OIA) – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION -
CHRISTCHURCH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED (CIAL)
1.
We write further to our email of 18 August 2023, acknowledging receipt of your OIA
request (the
Request) of 16 August 2023 to CIAL seeking the following information:
Request - Received 16 August 2023 – Correspondence with MPs
“A copy please of all correspondence since January 2020 with any member of
parliament re Central Otago Airport.”
2.
This letter is to advise you that CIAL is respectfully extending the 20 working days
available to respond to your request, as allowed under section 15A of the Official
Information Act. We will require an additional 10 working days from when our
response to you would have been due (13 September 2023). The team who is largely
involved regarding this matter, is working against various stringent timeframes and
cannot currently respond to this request. We will send you a response by
27
September 2023.
3.
This deadline is being extended because consultations necessary to make a decision
on your request cannot be reasonably made within the original time limit, as allowed
for by section 15A(1)(b).
4.
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]