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44 Bowen Street 
Private Bag 6995 
 
Wellington 6141 
New Zealand 
 
T 64 4 894 5400 
 
F 64 4 894 6100 
 
www.nzta.govt.nz 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22 January 2025 
 
 
 
  
Lewis T 
[FYI request #29537 email]  
REF: OIA-17217 
 
Dear Lewis 
 
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982 
 
Thank you for your email of 12 December 2024 requesting the fol owing information under the Official 
Information Act 1982 (the Act): 
 
If possible, I request the current timeline for the introduction of digital drivers licences and the 
latest documents related to digital drivers licences from 1/11/2024. 
 
I am withholding this document under the fol owing sections of the Act: 
•  9(2)(f)(iv) to maintain the constitutional conventions for the time being which protect the 
confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the Crown and officials  
•  and 9(2)(j) to enable a Minister of the Crown or any department or organisation holding the 
information to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial 
and industrial negotiations) respectively. 
 
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to 
withhold this information. The contact details for the Ombudsman can be located at 
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. 
 
If you would like to discuss this reply with NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA), please contact 
Ministerial Services by email to [NZTA request email]. 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
Liz Maguire 
Chief Digital Officer