50 Victoria Street
Private Bag 6995
Wel ington 6141
New Zealand
T 64 4 894 5400
F 64 4 894 6100
24 June 2019
www.nzta.govt.nz
Shane Gibson
[FYI request #10416 email]
REF: OIA-5225
Dear Shane
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email of 30 May 2019 requesting the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
NZTA currently provides a number of open data sets, one which contains raw vehicle make and
model details and one which contains the vehicle make and model details where incorrect
spelling of the models has been cleansed.
I would like a copy of the mappings for cleansing the model details.
Ideally I would like it a csv file in the format of:
Make, raw model, cleansed model
However I am happy to receive the information in what ever format is easiest for the agency to
produce. I would be happy to receive the code that is executed to undertake this cleansing if
that is all that is readily available.
I am refusing your request under section 18(d) of the Act because the information requested will soon
be publicly available. Within the next six weeks the information will be published on our Open Data
Portal
https://opendata-nzta.opendata.arcgis.com/. Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to refuse
your request. You can find the contact details for the Ombudsman at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
If you would like to discuss this reply with the NZ Transport Agency, please contact Henry Pretorius,
Manager, Business Intelligence Direction, by email to
[email address] or by phone on 04
894 6492.
Yours sincerely
Tracy Mellor
Senior Manager, Data & Information