National Headquarters
Level 12
80 The Terrace
PO Box 2133
Wellington
New Zealand
Phone +64 4 496 3600
20 October 2017
Alan Thompson
Lower Hutt
By email: [FYI request #6733 email]
Dear Alan
Information Request – Rural Fires for the financial reporting periods of 2015/16 and 2016/17
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your information request, dated 20 October 2017 regarding
Rural Fires for the financial reporting periods of 2015/16 and 2016/17.
In accordance with section 15 of the Official Information Act 1982 we will try to respond to your
request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 20 working days after the day your
request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of
an extension of that timeframe.
We will contact you if we require further information to clarify, or to enable us to process, your
request. If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not
hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken into account.
Yours sincerely
Louise Robinson
Ministerial Services Coordinator, Office of the Chief Executive