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15 March 2024
Chris McCashin
[FYI request #25745 email]
REF: OIA-14704
Dear Chris
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email
of 16 February 2024 requesting the fol owing information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Please provide the following
Total Funding provided to local and regional councils across New Zealand since 2010
For example
Greater Wellington Regional Council
Payments Made
Dates payments made
What the funding was for
Please provide this in excel format for each of the councils across New Zealand
Wel ington City Council, South Wairarapa etc etc etc
Please find attached a copy of
2009-12 spend on a national level.xlsx, and
2012-23 spend on a
national level.xlsx for the information requested on the total funding provided to local and regional
councils across New Zealand from 2010 to 2023
.
Due to number of payments that are made throughout a financial year, and over a 10-year period, the
information requested on payment dates cannot be made available without substantial col ation or
research. We have considered consulting, charging, or extending in order to assist your request
however would stil require representatives to manual y search through every invoice to obtain the
payment date across a number of road control ing authorities over the ten year timeframe.
Therefore, I am declining this part of your request under section 18(f) of the Act because the
information requested cannot be made available without substantial col ation or research.
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to refuse
this part of your request. The contact details for the Ombudsman can be located at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Note that all councils submit claims for the National Land Transport Programme contribution to project
spend via Transport Investment Online (TIO). Our terms of trade require that these claims are
authorised by our regional representative and wil be paid within 10 days of submission. Further details
can be found on the NZTA website attached:
https://nzta.govt.nz/planning-and-investment/planning-and-investment-knowledge-base/202124-
nltp/2021-24-nltp-managing-programmes-and-activities/claiming-via-transport-investment-online-
processes-and-rules/#over-claims-and-refunds
If you would like to discuss this reply with NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA), please contact
Martin Shearman, Manager, Treasury and Cash Flow, by email to [email address]
Yours sincerely
James McHardy
Senior Manager, Funding & Finance
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