6 Henderson Valley Road, Henderson, Auckland 0612
Private Bag 92250, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Ph 09 355 3553
Fax 09 355 3550
13 August 2013
Alex Burgess
[FYI request #1048 email]
Dear Mr Burgess
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA)
CAS – 61319 – W3P1D4
Thank you for your email dated 5 August 2013, which Auckland Transport received on the same date, requesting
CCTV footage and quoted as follows:
“Recently at Te Mahia station, a woman was left behind after her children had boarded the train, as
reported in the New Zealand Herald
(http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10908263).
I would like to request any CCTV footage relevant to this incident - specifically, from the train's
arrival at the station to the time the woman left the station after the train departed.”
Auckland Transport provides CCTV footage to the NZ Police where it is required to assist with investigation of
criminal behaviour. However, Auckland Transport is also required to protect our customers’ privacy.
Accordingly, we propose to refuse your request for CCTV footage under S7 (2) (a) of the LGOIMA whereby the
withholding of information is necessary to protect the privacy of natural persons and also under the Privacy Act
1993, S29 (1) (a), as to do so would involve the unwarranted disclosure of the affairs of another individual.
Should you believe that we have not responded appropriately to your request, you have the right in accordance
with section 27(3) of the LGOIMA to make a complaint to the Office of the Ombudsmen to seek an investigation
and review of the decision.
If you have any further queries please contact Auckland Transport on 355 3553 quoting Official Information
request number CAS – 61319 – Z2F4P4.
Yours sincerely
Mark Lambert
Group Manager Public Transport
www.aucklandtransport.govt.nz
www.aucklandtransport.govt.nz