Tēnā koe F. Jones

I acknowledge receipt of your request for information about Crown entity monitoring. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

Ngā mihi

Ministerial Services
Organisational Performance
www.hud.govt.nz | 7 Waterloo Quay, Pipitea, Wellington 6011

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Dear F Jones,

 

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act 1982
(the Act) request of 20/04/22:

 

I wish to request - under the Official Information Act - a copy of:

•             all reports and/or advice commissioned by the Ministry in
relation to its Crown entity monitoring function since 1 January 2021; and

•             the framework(s) currently used by the Crown entity
monitoring team to assess the performance of Kainga Ora Homes and
Communities.

 

As with all requests, You have the right to seek an investigation and
review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a
complaint is available at [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz  or freephone
0800 802 602.

 

Regards

 

Ministerial Services
                                                                                                                                                

Organisational Performance

[2]www.hud.govt.nz | 7 Waterloo Quay, Pipitea, Wellington 6011

 

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Dear F. Jones

Thank you for your email to Te Tûâpapa Kura Kâinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (the Ministry) dated 19 May 2022, regarding our recent response to your OIA request.

You have expressed your opposition to our decision to withhold one document in full, titled Large Scale Projects Cost Validation, under section 9(2)(b)(ii), and the title of another under section 9(2)(f)(iv).

I have detailed the reasoning for each decision below:

The decision to withhold the document titled Large Scale Projects Cost Validation in full under section 9(2)(b)(ii) was made because the document provides detailed information about land development and infrastructure costs, as well as revenue breakdowns for these large-scale projects. Releasing this commercially sensitive information would significantly undermine Kâinga Ora’s ability to negotiate with its Alliance and Build partners, as it would negatively influence the costings provided by them. We believe this risk outweighs the public interest in releasing the document to you.

The decision to withhold the title of one paper under section 9(2)(f)(iv) was made as the report will be used to support policy decisions that have not yet been made, and we do not believe the public interest in this title outweighs the need to withhold it, as releasing the title would undermine the confidentiality of advice tendered that remains subject to active consideration.

If you are unsatisfied with our decision, I encourage you to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman, as is your right under section 28(3) of the Act.

Kind regards

Ministerial Services
Organisational Performance
[email address]
www.hud.govt.nz | Level 6, 7 Waterloo Quay, Wellington City 6011

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