Tasman Fires State of Emergency - Debriefs
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From: Alan Thompson
Dear Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management,
In Feb 2019 the Tasman District experienced significant fires. The largest of these (the Pigeon Valley fire) burnt some 2400 hectares and resulted in significant evacuations and the declaration of a state of emergency.in the district. Under this declaration the Nelson-Tasman CDEMG, with support from the Ministry, managed the response to the emergency and coordinated the actions of all of the emergency services (eg FENZ, Police, etc). I am advised by the Minister (the Hon Kris Faafoi) that the Ministry is undertaking a thorough debrief in relation to its work during this emergency.
Under the terms of the Official Information Act I request from the Ministry CD&EM a copy of the debrief report as prepared by MCDEM. This should include all records of the debrief meetings held, the analysis, the findings and the recommendations resulting from the debriefs.
Yours faithfully,
Alan Thompson
Lower Hutt
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From: Alan Thompson
Ms Sarah Stuart-Black
Ministry of CD&EM
Dear Ms Stuart-Black,
On June 13th you replied to my OIA request advising that it was refused under Section 18(d) of the Act as the information would "soon" be publicly available. This is now some 8 weeks since you refused my request.
I have recently checked your website but was unable to locate any publications that related to a debrief of the Tasman wildfires civil emergency. Could you please advise where I might locate that debrief documents.
In the event tat you have not published these yet I request that you provide these documents to me as requested. Please note that the Ombudsman has previously ruled that he does not consider that 8 weeks is "soon" with respect to Section 18(d). I refer you to the following guideline as published by the Ombudsman:
"To justify refusal, the agency must be reasonably certain that the requested information will be published in the near future. Ombudsmen have accepted that release 8 and 14 working days from refusal is ‘soon’ (see 466794 and 467630), as was 23 working days (see 397547), 6 weeks (see W42042) and 8 weeks (see 377971). By contrast, release more than 12 weeks after refusal was not ‘soon’ (see 443738, 12-16 weeks, 440225, 13 weeks, and 374966, 14-16 weeks). As a general rule of thumb, release more than 8 weeks after the refusal is unlikely to be considered ‘soon’."
Yours sincerely,
Alan Thompson
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Second sending of this request - No Reply Received
From: Alan Thompson
July 31, 2019
Ms Sarah Stuart-Black
Ministry of CD&EM
Dear Ms Stuart-Black,
On June 13th you replied to my OIA request advising that it was refused under Section 18(d) of the Act as the information would "soon" be publicly available. This is now some 8 weeks since you refused my request.
I have recently checked your website but was unable to locate any publications that related to a debrief of the Tasman wildfires civil emergency. Could you please advise where I might locate that debrief documents.
In the event tat you have not published these yet I request that you provide these documents to me as requested. Please note that the Ombudsman has previously ruled that he does not consider that 8 weeks is "soon" with respect to Section 18(d). I refer you to the following guideline as published by the Ombudsman:
"To justify refusal, the agency must be reasonably certain that the requested information will be published in the near future. Ombudsmen have accepted that release 8 and 14 working days from refusal is ‘soon’ (see 466794 and 467630), as was 23 working days (see 397547), 6 weeks (see W42042) and 8 weeks (see 377971). By contrast, release more than 12 weeks after refusal was not ‘soon’ (see 443738, 12-16 weeks, 440225, 13 weeks, and 374966, 14-16 weeks). As a general rule of thumb, release more than 8 weeks after the refusal is unlikely to be considered ‘soon’."
Yours sincerely,
Alan Thompson
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Kia ora Alan,
Please see the attached letter regarding your recent OIA request.
Ngā mihi,
Anna.
Ministerial Coordinator
Ministerial Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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