Waikoukou
22 Boulcott Street
PO Box 1021
Wel ington 6140
New Zealand
P 64 4 495 7000
F 64 4 495 6968
www.transpower.co.nz
19 August 2021
F Smith
via the FYI website: [FYI request #16386 email]
Dear F Smith
Request for information about the power outage on 9th August 2021 and communications
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request, dated 11 August 2021,
for the following:
• all internal information of which includes communication eg verbal, emails, text etc.
Including any documents and other relevant information for the incident of the
power outage across the country on Monday 9th August 2021; and
• information as to why the general public was not notified until after the power was
cut off, and specifically why was there absolutely no prior communication or warning
before the outage took place.
We are currently experiencing a high volume of information requests. We will endeavour to
respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 8 September
2021, being 20 working days after your request was received. If we are unable to respond
to your request by then, we wil notify you of an extension of timeframe.
Please note, as currently framed, we anticipate your request could require substantial
collation, which we would al ow us to decline the request under section 18(f) of the OIA. If
you are willing to amend or clarify your request, we could more helpfully, easily and
promptly respond to it. I am happy to discuss this directly with you if that would help.
Kind regards
Charlotte Edwards
Corporate Counsel