OIAD-3708
21 February 2024
Stephen Prendergast
[FYI request #25387 email]
Tēnā koe Stephen
Thank you for your request to the Department of Conservation, received on 13 January
2024, in which you asked for:
‘DOC internal and external correspondence covering the decision by DOC to vote as
a creditor at the RAL watershed meeting. I would also expect this to include, but not
be limited to, advice received by Penny Nelson referenced in her email to Treasury
15 June.’
On 24 January we sought clarification of your request which was then refined to:
‘Al substantive correspondence associated with the Departments decision to partake
in the vote as creditor’.
This letter is to advise you that we are extending the 20 working day period to respond to
your request, as allowed under section 15A(1) of the Official Information Act 1982. We
require an additional 6
days to respond to your request. We wil send you a response no later
than 01 March 2024, earlier if possible.
The extension of time is necessary as the consultations necessary to make a decision on the
request mean that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the
original time limit.
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the Of icial Information Act to make a complaint to
an Ombudsman about the extension.
If you wish to discuss this response to your request, please contact
[email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Stacey Wrenn
Senior Manager Regulatory Delivery
Department of Conservation
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