26 November 2024
Jane Reed
[FYI request #28952 email]
OIA228
Dear Jane
Thank you for your email dated 29 October 2024 requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act), the following information:
1) Are you seeking foreign investment in waste incinerators- or Waste to Energy plants.
2) With Project Kea on the Fast track list, and no appetite by councils to send their waste to
SIRRLs Waimate incinerator, is there consideration for the importation of waste to feed the
plant?
3) Please provide copies of all communications between SIRRL, Renew energy & China
Tianying Ltd.
4) Please provide copies of all communication between Keppel Seghers.
5) Please provide copies of all communication with Grace FU Hai Yien.
6) Please provide copies of all communication with Craig Jepson, regarding Waste to Energy.
Please find below the response to your request:
1. There is no specific proposal or initiative seeking foreign investment into waste incinerators or
waste to energy plants.
2. At this stage there is no consideration for importing waste to feed the plant.
3-6. There is no correspondence with the named parties that falls within scope of your request.
I am
therefore refusing your request for copies of this correspondence under section 18(e) of the Act, as
the document alleged to contain the information requested does not exist or, despite reasonable
efforts to locate it, cannot be found.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Hon Shane Jones
Minister for Resources
Associate Minister for Energy
Minister for Regional Development