45 Pipitea Street, Thorndon, Wel ington 6011
25 May 2022
PO Box 805, Wel ington 6140
Phone +64 4 495 7200
Brian Warburton
Ema
il [email address]
[FYI request #19284 email]
Website
www.dia.govt.nz
Tēnā koe Mr Warburton
Your Official Information Act request OIA2122-0754
Thank you for your email of 8 May 2022 requesting the following information under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
“I understand Porirua City Council has approached the Department and/ Community
Matters in relation to its intention to apply for funding associated with PCC's draft
project known as the "Wi Neera to Onepoto Shared Pathway & Coastal Resilience
Project … copies of all correspondence (to and from PCC) along with all meeting notes,
that relate to this matter.”
There are eight documents that fal within scope of your request. These are attached as
Appendix A.
Some information has been withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Act. This section of the Act
al ows information to be withheld to protect the privacy of an individual.
As is required by section 9(1) of the Act, I have considered whether the grounds for
withholding information from the documents provided with this response outweigh other
considerations which would make it desirable, in the public interest, to make that
information available. In this instance, I do not consider that to be the case.
We intend to publish our response to your request on www.dia.govt.nz. This letter, with
your personal details removed, wil be published in its entirety. Publishing responses
increases the availability of information to the public and is consistent with the Act’s
purpose of enabling more effective participation in the making and administration of laws
and policies and promoting the accountability of Ministers and officials.
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the Act, to seek an investigation and review of my
decision by the Office of the Ombudsman. The postal address of the Office of the
Ombudsman is PO Box 10152, Wellington. Alternatively, you can phone 0800 802 602 or
email [email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Anita Balakrishnan
Tumuaki I Director Ministerial, Monitoring, and Capability Group
Appendix A: Documents for release
# Name of document
Document date
Summary of contents
Release or withhold
1. We Neera to Onepoto- Shared pathway & Coastal
17 November 2020 Images of proposed project
Release
Resilience Project (illustrative view)
2. Advisory contact record
23 November 2020 Detail of activity when contacting Porirua City Council
Release
3. Email exchange from Porirua City Council
3 December 2020 Email contact
Partial
9(2)(a)
4. Advisory contact record
17 December 2020 Detail of activity when contacting Porirua City Council
Partial
9(2)(a)
5. Notification email to Porirua City Council
21 December 2021 Email contact
Release
6. Expression of Interest for Lottery Significant Project 2021
Record of expression of interest
Release
Fund- from Porirua City Council
7. Email exchange from Porirua City Council
2 March 2021
Email contact
Partial
9(2)(a)
8. Advisory contact record
16 August 2021
Detail of activity when contacting Porirua City Council
Release
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