29 November 2023
Barry Murphy
[email address] Dear Mr Murphy
OFFICIAL INFORMATION REQUEST
I refer to your official information request dated 31 October 2023 Number of complaints received
regarding Teitei Drive. This response also relates to request dated 13 September Q1 complaints
regarding the Teitei Drive development and supplementary question dated 10 October 2023 also
provide the count of complaints in total council has received (just for council) for the past 12 months.
Ruapehu District Council has received many of enquiries from the public in relation to the Teitei Drive
development, via Facebook, emails and in person meetings. Due to the substantial amount of work
that would be required to research, manually check and collate what could be considered as a
complaint, we are refusing your request under section 17(f) of the LGOIMA.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Maggie Flonk
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT MANAGER