This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'Funding for Local Government'.
   
44 Bowen Street 
Private Bag 6995 
 
Wellington 6141 
New Zealand 
 
T 64 4 894 5400 
 
F 64 4 894 6100 
 
www.nzta.govt.nz 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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