NZTA Board Minutes and CEO Reports (2019/05/27 Request)
Nicholas Lee made this Official Information request to New Zealand Transport Agency
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      From: Nicholas Lee
      
    
    Dear New Zealand Transport Agency,
1. 
Please provide copies of the Board Minutes and CEO's report to the board for the following meetings:
2019/Apr/18 
2019/May/8
2.
List of all board papers from these meetings.
3. 
Please also provide copies of board papers from these meetings related to the East West Link and Auckland LRT projects.
Yours faithfully,
Nicholas Lee
        From: Official Correspondence
        New Zealand Transport Agency
      
    
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From: Nicholas Lee <[FYI request #10388 email]>
Sent: Monday, 27 May 2019 3:59 PM
To: Official Correspondence <[NZTA request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - NZTA Board Minutes and CEO Reports
 (2019/05/27 Request)
 
Dear New Zealand Transport Agency,
 
1.
Please provide copies of the Board Minutes and CEO's report to the board
 for the following meetings:
 
2019/Apr/18
2019/May/8
 
2.
List of all board papers from these meetings.
 
3.
Please also provide copies of board papers from these meetings related to
 the East West Link and Auckland LRT projects.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Nicholas Lee
 
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        From: Official Correspondence
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    Dear Nicholas
 
Please find attached the response to your request of 27 May 2019 for
 information under the Official Information Act 1982.
 
Regards
_________  _____________________________________________   
 
Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief Executive
National Office / Victoria Arcade, 50 Victoria Street,
 Private Bag 6995, Wellington 6141, New Zealand 
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Find the latest transport news, information, and advice on our website:
[5]www.nzta.govt.nz
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      Luke,
See the following: https://twitter.com/stateless/status/114...
    
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Luke C left an annotation ()
They don't specifically address your part of the request for the chief executive's report, but I assume that the report will be considered as part of the proactive release of the minutes.
I do wonder what the withheld title is. It is odd that releasing the _title_ would breach legal professional privilege. Any withholding has to be 'necessary' in term of the Act. It is not mandatory to withhold information just because it may breach privilege, it has to be necessary to withhold it. And, they could decide to waive the privilege, especially if NZTA is the owner of that privilege. Withholding the title denies the public knowledge if the existence of that document and surely that can't be in the public interest. I would ask the Ombudsman to investigate the withholding of the title.
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