19 September 2024
File Ref: IRC-6900
Long Gully Rate Paying Resident
[FYI request #28013 email]
Tēnā koe
Thank you for your email of 11 August 2024 to Te Kaunihera o Pōneke | Wellington City Council (the
Council) requesting information regarding property classifications in the Long Gully are. Your request
has been considered under the Local Government Of icial Information and Meetings Act 1987
(LGOIMA). Please find my response below.
1. How many productive properties are there within Long Gully?
The Council does not hold this information; therefore, I am refusing this portion of your request
pursuant to section 17(g)(i) of the LGOIMA, as the information requested is not held by the local
authority and the person dealing with the request has no grounds for believing that the information is
held by another local authority or department or Minister of the Crown or organisation.
2. How many rural lifestyle properties are there within Long Gully?
The Council does not recognise or use this term to classify properties, therefore we are do not hold
any information on it. For this reason, I am refusing this portion of your request pursuant to section
17(g)(i) of the LGOIMA, as the information requested is not held by the local authority and the person
dealing with the request has no grounds for believing that the information is held by another local
authority or department or Minister of the Crown or organisation.
3. Are there any other properties of a different category and if what classification?
Al properties in the Long Gully area are zoned as ‘Rural’.
You have the right, by way of complaint under section 28(1) of the LGOIMA, to request an
investigation and review of the Council’s decision to withhold information by the Ombudsman.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
If you require further information, please contact
of [email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Danika Morris-Brown
Senior Advisor Official Information
Complaints & Information Assurance
Wellington City Council