By email
Shed 39, 2 Fryat Quay
17 February 2020
Pipitea, Wellington 6011
PO Box 11646
File Ref: OIAP-7-13947
Manners Street
Wellington 6142
Tony Randle
T 04 384 5708
By email:
[FYI request #12044 email]
F 04 385 6960
www.gw.govt.nz
Dear Mr Randle
Request for information OIA 2020-005
I refer to your email dated 17 January 2020 which was received by Greater Wellington Regional
Council (GWRC) on 17 January 2019. You have requested the following information following
GWRC’s response to your request for information OIA 2020-005:
‘Information Requested: I understand that information that was previously withheld is
not longer deemed Commercial in Confidence due to the implementation of the new
PTOM contracts for bus and passenger rail services. I am interested in be provided with
a complete copy of these Transport Rates calculation spreadsheets.
A) Can a copy of the spreadsheets used to calculate the detailed Transport Rates that
support the GWRC 2007/08 Annual Plan please be provided ?
B) Can a copy of the spreadsheets used to calculate the detailed Transport Rates that
support the GWRC 2008/09 Annual Plan please be provided ?
C) Can a copy of the spreadsheets used to calculate the detailed Transport Rates that
support the GWRC 2010/11 Annual Plan please be provided ?
D) Can a copy of the spreadsheets used to calculate the detailed Transport Rates that
support the GWRC 2011/12 Annual Plan please be provided ?
E) Can a copy of the spreadsheets used to calculate the detailed Transport Rates that
support the GWRC 2013/14 Annual Plan please be provided ?
F) Can a copy of the spreadsheets used to calculate the detailed Transport Rates that
support the GWRC 2014/15 Annual Plan please be provided ?
G) Can a copy of the spreadsheets used to calculate the detailed Transport Rates that
support the GWRC 2016/17 Annual Plan please be provided ?
G) Can a copy of the spreadsheets used to calculate the detailed Transport Rates that
support the GWRC 2017/18 Annual Plan please be provided ?
It is preferred that the requested information is provided in its complete and original
spreadsheet format. It is further requested that any spreadsheets linked to the main
calculation spreadsheet are also provided as part of this request.’
RESPONSE TONY RANDLE - OIA-2020-005 V2005
GWRC’s response follows:
‘Information Requested: I understand that information that was previously withheld is
not longer deemed Commercial in Confidence due to the implementation of the new
PTOM contracts for bus and passenger rail services. I am interested in be provided with
a complete copy of these Transport Rates calculation spreadsheets.
Implementation of the new PTOM contracts for bus and passenger rail services does not
automatically mean that commercial grounds for withholding information no longer apply.
However, we are prepared to release to you a version of each of the spreadsheets used to
calculate the Transport Rate Model that you have requested. Note that the information that will
be released to you with redactions, so that the information you receive will align with the
information provided to you in relation to your request for the 2018/19 calculations behind the
Transport Rate Model. Please refer to OIA-2019-325 provided to you in response to your
request for the 2018/19 calculation. The grounds in the OIA-2019-325 letter will be relied on
in respect of the documents requested above.
We will release the information that you have requested as soon as practicable. Note that due
to the size of your request this may take some time.
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 Act.
Yours sincerely
Samantha Gain
General Manager Corporate Services
RESPONSE TONY RANDLE - OIA-2020-005 V2
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