This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'All email communications referencing a 2022/3 opening date for Transmission Gully'.

   
50 Victoria Street 
Private Bag 6995 
 
Wellington 6141 
 
New Zealand 
 
T 64 4 894 5400 
F 64 4 894 6100 
 
www.nzta.govt.nz 
 
 
1 March 2022 
 
 
 
 
 
Rex Tillington 
 
[FYI request #18387 email] 
 
 
 
REF: OIA-9435 
 
Dear Rex 
 
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982 
 
Thank you for your email of 31 January 2022 requesting the following information under the Official 
Information Act 1982 (the Act): 
 
a copy of all email communications which discuss specific 2022 or 2023 opening dates for 
Transmission Gully 

 
Following receipt of your request, Waka Kotahi has undertaken a sweep of the email account of one 
staff member associated with the Transmission Gully project using a number of keywords associated 
with your request. This returned approximately 4,000 emails that would then require a manual review 
to determine which fall within the scope of your request.  
 
If this search was extended to all staff associated with the Transmission Gully project, we estimate that 
in excess of 5,000 documents would need to be assessed in order to determine if they are scope of 
this request. As such I am refusing your request under section 18(f) of the Act, as the information 
requested cannot be made available without substantial collation or research. 
 
Waka Kotahi will continue to keep the community updated with project news and the opening date on 
the project page. Our most recent update can be found at: www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/wellington-
northern-corridor/transmission-gully-motorway/about-the-project/project-news/transmission-gully-
update-28-january-2022/. 
 
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to refuse 
this information. The contact details for the Ombudsman can be located at 
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. 
 
If you would like to discuss this reply with Waka Kotahi, please contact us by email to 
[NZTA request email]. 
 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
Andrew Thackwray 
National Manager, Commercial