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By email 
Shed 39,
 
 2 Fryatt Quay 
Pipit
 
ea, Wellington 6011 
PO Box 1
 
1646 
19 March 2019 
Manners St
 
reet 
Wellingt
 
on 6142 
T  04 384 5708 
 
File Ref: OIAP-7-10113 
F  04 385 6960 
 
www.gw.govt.nz 
 
Hugh Davenport 
 
[FYI request #9630 email] 
 
Dear Hugh Davenport 
Request for information 2019-56 
I refer to your request for information dated 19 February 2019, which was received by Greater 
Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) on 19 February 2019. You have requested the following 
information: 
“I would like to request the licence plate number, and the driver ID number of the following buses. I 
should note that this is a large request, however all these buses have been reported to Metlink prior 
so I would hope that their processes have already gathered this information so this information 
should not be substantial to collate. For clarification, the reports were given to Metlink via email on 
24 Oct 2018, 10 Nov 2018, 24 Nov 2018, and 10 Dec 2018. The buses in this batch are all from the 
folder "Entering on a red light" from each of those reports. None of the other folders have been used 
for this to limit the scope and potential of letting in "not that illegal" results. 
 
All of these buses are likely to clearly have broken the law as per Land Transport (Road User) Rule 
2004, section 3.2 (5). 
 
Videos are available at 
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BXS2n7FQuqT06ZgJjgwMP87JWOL10wqs?usp=sharing, 
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OgnA1xFc7iUgu232PsSyuYcfg_yfns_2, 
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1j5ovgm0BMx7XTo-MGPki5R0N5L-7a9zY, and 
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1txqlKp5g3IcXw0XtG7RSouz7QeIfTTxR. 
 
As the footage of the videos are not of the highest quality, some of the details can't be made out. This 
is shown by question marks surrounding the field (such as route ?2? meaning maybe 2, or route ?? 
meaning unknown (may be NIS)). All of the buses will be travelling through the Willis st intersection 
at Chews Lane. I've made an effort to list either southbound or northbound, but this may be wrong 
due to user error. 
 
If any information is not easily available (due to the time, route, or direction not being accurate), 
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please don't go to too much trouble to collate the information but please also state that you have not 
collated that particular information. 
 
This information is being used to determine whether any bus drivers are repeat offenders. This is 
something that I would have hoped that Metlink have done prior given my reports. If that is the case, 
then the information should be readily available. If that is not the case... I'm sure you will follow up 
with any repeat offenders. 
 
The list of buses are as follows: 
 
Reported 24 Oct 2018 
Oct 11 2018, 10:24am, route 1GV, double, green, north 
Oct 11 2018, 4:39pm, route 1GV, single, green, north 
Oct 18 2018, 5:45pm, route 3, single, green, north 
Oct 16 2018, 3:41pm, route 3, single, yellow, north 
Oct 16 2018, 6:36pm, route 91, single, orange, north 
Oct 23 2018, 1:39pm, route 3, single, blue, north 
Oct 23 2018, 2:25pm, route 1, double, green, south 
Oct 23 2018, 7:06pm, route 52, single, green, north 
Oct 9 2018, 9:36am, route 52, single, green, north 
Oct 10 2018, 3:08pm, route 7, single, green, north 
Oct 10 2018, 3:10pm, route 1GV, single, green, north 
Oct 17 2018, 2:56pm, route 52, single, green, north 
Oct 17 2018, 7:37pm, route 52, single, green, north, cop behind 
Oct 24 2018, 8:06am, route 7, double, green, north 
 
Reported 10 Nov 2018 
Nov 9 2018, 7:13am, route ?26?, single, green, north 
Nov 9 2018, 4:41pm, route 7, single, green, south 
Nov 9 2018, 8:15pm, route ?1?, single, green, north 
Nov 5 2018, 2:35pm, route 1CP, double, green, north 
Nov 8 2018, 9:00am, route 32x, double, green, north 
Nov 7 2018, 5:02pm, route ?32?, single, green, north 
Oct 31 2018, 2:23pm, route 7, single, green, north 
 
Reported 24 Nov 2018 
Nov 12 2018, 8:49pm, route 23e, single, green, north 
Nov 12 2018, 9:02am, route 24, single, green, north 
Nov 12 2018, 4:15pm, route ??, single, green, north 
Nov 15 2018, 8:59am, route 36, single, green, north 
Nov 15 2018, 10:11am, route 1, double, green, south 
Nov 15 2018, 1:38pm, route 52, single, green, north 
Nov 15 2018, 4:12pm, route 60e, single, green, north 
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Nov 22 2018, 9:25am, route 2, single, green, north 
Nov 22 2018, 1:51pm, route 25, single, green, north 
Nov 22 2018, 2:54pm, route ??, single, yellow, north 
Nov 22 2018, 6:23pm, route 7, single, green, north 
Nov 22 2018, 5:05pm, route 24, single, green, north 
Nov 22 2018, 5:14pm, route 56, single, green, north 
Nov 22 2018, 6:10pm, route 52, single, green, north 
Nov 20 2018, 4:36pm, route 56, single, green, north 
Nov 20 2018, 4:43pm, route 57, single, green, north 
Nov 14 2018, 5:34pm, route 2, single, green, north 
 
Reported 10 Dec 2018 
Dec 3 2018, 3:43pm, route 14, single, yellow, north 
Dec 4 2018, 7:23am, route 24, single, green, north 
Dec 4 2018, 8:37am, route 83, single, yellow, north 
Dec 4 2018, 9:28am, route ?2?, single, yellow, south 
Dec 4 2018, 10:27am, route 1CP, double, green, north 
Dec 4 2018, 12:11pm, route 52, single, green, south 
Dec 4 2018, 12:26pm, route 24, single, green, south 
Dec 4 2018, 1:31pm, route 1, double, green, south 
Dec 4 2018, 3:53pm, route 25, single, green, north 
Dec 5 2018, 3:38pm, route 32x, single, green, south 
Dec 5 2018, 4:38pm, route 56, single, green, north 
Dec 5 2018, 9:18pm, route ??, single, green, south 
Dec 6 2018, 7:13am, route ??, single, green, north 
Dec 6 2018, 7:40am, route 1, double, green, south 
Dec 6 2018, 8:38am, route ??, single, green, south 
Dec 6 2018, 9:28am, route 25, single, green, south 
Dec 6 2018, 11:48am, route ??, single, yellow, north 
Dec 6 2018, 11:57am, route 7, double, green, north 
Dec 6 2018, 5:09pm, route ??, single, yellow, north 
Dec 6 2018, 6:05pm, route ?29e or 23e?, single, green, south 
Dec 6 2018, 6:12pm, route 29e, single, green, south 
Dec 6 2018, 6:58pm, route 23e, double, green, south 
Dec 7 2018, 8:05am, route 81, single, green, south 
Dec 7 2018, 10:44am, route 91, single, orange, north 
Nov 29 2018, 3:51pm, route 14, single, green, north” 
 
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GWRC’s response follows: 
Request for detailed information 
You have asked for the licence plate number and the driver identification for the buses you have 
identified in your 24 October through to 10 December 2018 reports. To answer your request we 
would need to carry out extensive research using several systems to locate, retrieve and compare the 
information that we have available about buses operating within the bus network at the times 
identified in your requests. This would necessitate a substantial amount of work for a staff member 
with the required technical skills resulting in significant impact on the public transport team. Even if 
we were to locate the bus operating within the network at the times you have requested in many 
cases we would not be able to identify with any certainty the bus (and bus driver) involved with the 
specific incident that you have provided information about. I have therefore decided to refuse your 
request under section 17(f) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act, 1987. 
In making this decision I have considered whether fixing a charge or extending the time limit would 
enable the request to be granted. I do not believe either of these options would enable the request to 
be granted. 
GWRC Metlink’s approach driver behaviour and red light incidences 
GWRC officials met with you on 24 January 2019 and discussed your emails with bulk video 
footage of alleged bus red light running. As previously advised these emails were handled and raised 
with the Bus operators at a strategic level. They were not dealt with on an individual basis. GWRC 
Metlink raises bus driver behaviour issues with bus operators on a regular basis for them to manage 
with their drivers as part of their employer/ employee relationship. GWRC does not collect and 
record details about repeat incidences relating to individual drivers. Any issues would be part of the 
ongoing employer/ employee relationship between the Bus operator and their monitoring of staff 
performance. 
If you have any concerns with the decision(s) referred to in this letter, you have the right to request 
an investigation and review by the Ombudsman under section 27(3) of the Local Government 
Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.  
Yours sincerely 
 
Greg Pollock 
General Manager, Public Transport 
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