29 January 2024
File ref: IRC-5839
Bruce
[FYI request #25289 email]
Kia ora Bruce
Official Information request – Protest parking fines
Thank you for your request made under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings
Act 1987 (the Act), received on 23 December 2023. You requested the fol owing information:
• Evidence that elements of the protest were being funded in the manner of parking fines
being paid by people other than the registered owners would have been supplied to the
IPCA by the WCC. Consequently, I would like al documents that refer to parking fines
being paid in such a manner.
Wellington City Council has refused
your request for information.
Wellington City Council (WCC) has previously provided a publicly released information request
regarding the protest at Parliament in 2022. You can find the publicly released information on our
website.
This information request covers the statistics of the infringements issued, the infringements paid
by date and also contains the communications regarding the protest.
We are unable to provide further information on individual infringements as this would breach
privacy, therefore your request has been refused under section 7(2)(a) of the Act, as it contains
personal information about private individuals.
Right of review
If you are not satisfied with the Council’s response, you may request the Office of the Ombudsman
to investigate the Council’s decision. Further information is available on the Ombudsman website,
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Please note, we may proactively release our response to your request with your personal
information removed.
Thank you again for your request,
Kind regards
Chelsea McHugh
Official Information