Kia ora Tui,
 
Thank you for taking the time to email us.
 
Your enquiry has been treated as a Official Information Request under the
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.
 
We will be in touch with you shortly.  Should you need to contact us
regarding this matter, please quote RFS 630594.
 
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Please feel free to contact us on 07 348 4199 or [2][email address]
(Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm) and a Customer Advisor will assist you.
Kind Regards,

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Kimiora Savage

Customer Advisor
Customer Solutions, Rotorua Lakes Council
P: [3]07 3484199 | F: 07 3463143
E: [4][email address] | W: [5]rotorualakescouncil.nz
A: 1061 Haupapa St, Private Bag 3029, Rotorua Mail Centre, Rotorua 3046,
New Zealand

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I acknowledge your request under the Local Government Official Information
and Meetings Act for a map of all sanctioned and known unsanctioned MTB
trails in the Whakarewarewa Forest.

 

As per the Act, you will receive a response as soon as reasonably
practicable, and no later than 20 working days from the date of receipt.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

 

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Kim McGrath     Tîheru Ohu Toihautû |
Executive Support Officer, Chief
Executive’s Office
Waea: [2]07 351 8142  | Waea
pûkoro: [3]0276288045 [6]http://images.rotoruaNZ.com/stationery/r...
Îmera: [4][email address]
 | Ipurangi: [5]rotorualakescouncil.nz
Taunga: 1061 Haupapa St, Private Bag
3029, Rotorua Mail Centre, Rotorua
3046, New Zealand
[7]http://dev.rotoruaNZ.com/stationerycreat...

 

 

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I refer to your Official Information request of 23 July 2022 for:

 

1.       A map of the Whakarewarewa Forest including all sanctioned MTB
trails.

2.       A map of the Whakarewarewa Forest including known un-sanctioned
MTB trails.

 

Please find attached a map of the current sanctioned MTB trails in the
Whakarewarewa Forest. These tracks are developed/maintained by the Rotorua
Trails Trust and other track building contractors in conjunction with
Rotorua Lakes Council (RLC) and Timberlands (as the property owners).

 

RLC does not record un-sanctioned MTB trails.  Timberlands have provided a
confidential map to RLC which included, amongst other information,
un-sanctioned MTB trails discovered by Timberlands while inspecting their
forest blocks.  This map is withheld by Council under the following
sections of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act:

-        Section 7(2)(b)(ii) – would be likely unreasonably to prejudice
the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject
of the information;

-        Section 7(2)(c) – protect information which is subject to an
obligation of confidence … (i) would be likely to prejudice the supply of
similar information, or information from the same source, and it is in the
public interest that such information should continue to be supplied;

-        Section 7(2)(d) – avoid prejudice to measures protecting the
health or safety of members of the public.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. The Ombudsman’s Office can be contacted by calling 0800 802
602, emailing [1][email address], online at
[2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz, or by post to The Ombudsman, PO Box 10152,
Wellington 6143.

 

 

Regards

 

 

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Craig Tiriana     Manahautū Te Tira
Hautū | Deputy Chief Executive, Chief
Executive’s Group
Waea: [4]07 348 4199  | Waea
pūkoro: [5]027 838 9961 [8]http://images.rotoruaNZ.com/stationery/r...
Īmera: [6][email address]
 | Ipurangi: [7]rotorualakescouncil.nz
Taunga: 1061 Haupapa St, Private Bag
3029, Rotorua Mail Centre, Rotorua
3046, New Zealand
[9]http://dev.rotoruaNZ.com/stationerycreat...

 

 

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