PO Box 14001
Christchurch 8544
New Zealand
Telephone (+64 3) 358 5029
christchurchairport.co.nz
18 September 2023
Tracy Mahy
Email: c/-
[FYI request #23925 email]
Dear Tracy,
OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT 1982 (OIA) – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - CHRISTCHURCH
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED (CIAL)
1.
We write further to our email of 24 August 2023, acknowledging receipt of your email of 22 August
2023 (via the third party public platform fyi.org.nz) in which you requested the following information
pursuant to the OIA:
“Could I please have all documentation, including emails, about electric vehicles at Christchurch
Airport, in the last 12 months.
”
(the “
Request”).
2.
From the outset, we consider your Request too broad in scope and therefore, we will be unable to
provide you with this level of information. The breadth of your Request means that it would cover a
large raft of correspondence, documents and emails which would need to be extracted from
numerous sources and places internally – for example, as currently drafted your request would even
extend to: (a) internal records of usage by CIAL staff around the campus of its electric vehicle fleet
(and associated booking forms); (b) any correspondence or documentation which might relate to
electric vehicles owned (and driven at CIAL) by rental car companies/taxi operators/passenger
service vehicle operators; (c) any correspondence or documentation which might relate to any
incidents at CIAL involving electric vehicles (whether owned by CIAL, members of the public, our
contactors, tenants or business partners). Responding to the Request as currently drafted would
involve the diversion of personnel for a substantial period of time to go through and collate the
information you are requesting and, in any event, we caution that much of this internal
correspondence is likely to be withheld under sections 9(2)(a), 9(2)(b)(ii), 9(2)(ba) and/or 9(2)(i)
of the OIA.
3.
In order to best assist you, we ask that you refine or clarify your Request above. If you are unable
to do so, your Request shall be refused under Section 18(f) of the OIA. At this stage we would also
like to point you to the following publicly available information in relation to electric vehicles at CIAL:
a. General information regarding electric vehicle technology at CIAL, available on CIAL’s
website at
https://www.christchurchairport.co.nz/about-us/sustainability/energy/
b. Media release regarding the purchase by CIAL of a Rosenbauer Electric Fire Truck to operate
at
Christchurch
Airport,
available
on
CIAL’s
website
at
https://www.christchurchairport.co.nz/about-us/who-we-are/media/2023/new-
paanother-world-first-for-christchurch-airportge/)
c. General information regarding CIAL’s “Kowhai Park” project available on CIAL’s website at
https://www.christchurchairport.co.nz/globalassets/about-us/sustainability/kowhai-
park/kowhai-park-sustainably-powering-the-next-generation-2023.pdf
4.
We trust we have answered your requests for information. If you require any further information or
we have in some way misinterpreted your requests, please let us know.
5.
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]
