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Tēnā koutou katoa,

Thank you for your email in which you submitted an Official Information Act request as follows:

"1. Please provide a copy of all communications, file notes etc between RDC and yourself and any other Minister in relation to i-iii above.
2. As Minister:
a) Does it concern you that RDC is/has ignored the statutory provisions of the Reserves Act for the above 3 items
b) What steps are you to take to ensure RDC comply with the provisions of the Act (and other Acts if applicable) for the above 3 items."

Minister Potaka is considering your request in accordance with the Act, and you can expect a response by 20 January 2025.

Ngā mihi,

Teana Macdonald
Private Secretary (Administration)
Office of Hon Tama Potaka
Minister for Māori Development | Minister for Whānau Ora | Minister of Conservation |
Minister for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti | Associate Minister of Housing

DDI: 04 817 6811 | EW4.5L
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ohakune Ratepayers and Residents' Society Inc <[FOI #29394 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 30 November 2024 1:09 PM
To: Tama Potaka (MIN) <[email address]>
Subject: OIATP-180 Official Information request - To Minister of Conservation - Ruapehu District Council (RDC) apparent disregard for compliance

Dear Tama Potaka,

We are forwarding this OIA Request to you as Minister of Conservation as it involves, in our view, the Ruapehu District Council (RDC) apparent disregard for compliance with the provisions of the Reserves Act, being:

A.Not having a Reserves Management Plan for the (gazetted) Ohakune Domain, aka Carrot Park, Rockfort Park Reserve.
B.During around 2017/18 carrying out the following physical works, within the aforesaid Reserve, without the proper legislative consents, including it would appear from yourself and/or another Minister.
i) Constructing a public road formation.
ii) Constructing a carpark,
iii) Constructing a Toilet Block.

Our OIA Request is;
1. Please provide a copy of all communications, file notes etc between RDC and yourself and any other Minister in relation to i-iii above.
2. As Minister:
a) Does it concern you that RDC is/has ignored the statutory provisions of the Reserves Act for the above 3 items
b) What steps are you to take to ensure RDC comply with the provisions of the Act (and other Acts if applicable) for the above 3 items.

Yours faithfully,

Ohakune Ratepayers and Residents' Society Inc

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