Wellington Office
Private Bag 6995
Wellington 6141
New Zealand
www.nzta.govt.nz
7 January 2018
Shana Bonalos
[FYI request #9203 email]
REF: OIA-4508
Dear Shana
Thank you for your email of 6 December 2018, requesting CCTV footage of a driving incident which
occurred on 3 December 2018 under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). As the applicable
CCTV cameras are maintained by the NZ Transport Agency, your request was referred to our office for
response by Auckland Transport on 10 December 2018.
In particular, you have requested the fol owing information:
There was an accident that occurred December 3 (Monday) around 8:55AM-9:05AM in Green
Lane East coming from the Southern Motorway. A white lory truck hit an orange Honda Fit
while at the giveway area near the roundabout. The police will be making the arrangements
for the CCTV footage as a report is already filed. Thank you for your assistance.
The CCTV system is designed to overwrite existing footage every three to seven days, depending on
location. Unfortunately, as the Transport Agency received your request more than seven days after the
time of the incident, the relevant footage has not been retained. Your request has therefore been
refused under section 18(e) of the Act as the information does not exist.
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to refuse
this request. The contact details for the Ombudsman can be located at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
If you would like to discuss this reply with the Transport Agency, please contact Nerys Pennington,
Senior Customer Access Representative, by email to [email address] or by phone on
0800 822 422.
Yours sincerely
Neil Walker
Senior Manager Journey Management Centre