Dear Ruapehu District Council,

We have obtained a copy of the agreement for Teitei Drive which can be located here - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/uqed71ky2...

There are many locations which say RDC is to pay for cost overruns but to save you time, I copy paste from the last page "Cost overruns RDC has to fund any shortfall."

To date, we have been told that this will be a cost neutral exercise, the land is the contribution, and that Kāinga Ora would fund the difference; some in video, some in emails, so I wish to clarify.

1./ Who bears the cost overruns for the development of the land?
2./ Documents state estimates were provided in 2020, have you obtained more up to date estimates?
3./ Please provide copies of the estimates
4./ Have rate payers been advised of the risk?
5./ Are all councillors aware of the risks?
6./ Why has it been communicated to date via email and zoom, that there is no cost to ratepayers, hiding the fact there is a high potential risk that it will
7./ Do any further contracts exist to remove this risk from RDC? i.e. backed with Kāinga Ora?
8./ Did council understand and discuss the risk with ministers (after being told to keep it confidential) regarding the LGA obligations Council had to dispose of land and to consult with the community?

Yours faithfully,

Barry Murphy

Dear Info,

This OIA was due on the 6th October, please advise

Yours sincerely,

Barry Murphy

Dear Info,

Please update me on the status of this OIA, to date I have received nothing and was supposed to receive a response by October 05, 2023

Yours sincerely,

Barry Murphy

Dear Info,

This request is still unanswered

Yours sincerely,

Barry Murphy

Dear Info,

Please provide an update, this OIA is past due

Yours sincerely,

Barry Murphy

Dear Info,

Just a reminder this OIA was due for response 6 October.
While some items have been answered and some may be perceived as opinion, I would still like a response.

Yours sincerely,

Barry Murphy

Dear Info,

I received acknowledgement on 8th September that I would receive a response by 6 October, however I've had no further communications even after following up numerous times. This case has been referred to the Ombudsman

Yours sincerely,

Barry Murphy

Dear Info,

We are writing to advise that this OIA has still not been responded to, we submitted our request on 7th September and received an acknowledgement from council on 8th September stating the due date for response would be 6th October, being 20 working days.

Since then we have not received a single response and we have followed up on
11th October
17th October
26th October
30th October
14th November
28th November
And again today.

Please advise when we can expect a response. the question posed was:
1./ Who bears the cost overruns for the development of the land?
2./ Documents state estimates were provided in 2020, have you obtained more up to date estimates?
3./ Please provide copies of the estimates
4./ Have rate payers been advised of the risk?
5./ Are all councillors aware of the risks?
6./ Why has it been communicated to date via email and zoom, that there is no cost to ratepayers, hiding the fact there is a high potential risk that it will
7./ Do any further contracts exist to remove this risk from RDC? i.e. backed with Kāinga Ora?
8./ Did council understand and discuss the risk with ministers (after being told to keep it confidential) regarding the LGA obligations Council had to dispose of land and to consult with the community?

Yours sincerely,

Barry Murphy