National Headquarters
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
National Headquarters
Spark Central , Level 7
42-52 Wil is Street
Wel ington Central
Wel ington 6011
Phone +64 4 496 3600
27 October 2022
L Simpson
By email: [email address].n
Tēnā koe L
Information Request – Communications with Police regarding strike action
I refer to your official information request dated 29 August 2022 asking for the following
information
.
Please provide all written correspondence between Fire and Emergency and New Zealand
Police regarding the taking of 111 during the NZPFU strike action.
Please also include any internal emails involving the communication centre managers
referring to the New Zealand Police taking 111 calls on behalf of Fire and Emergency New
Zealand.
We wrote to you on 25 October to advise of our decision to provide the information you
requested. In accordance with the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982 (“OIA”) please
see the requested information
enclosed. As noted in our response of 25 October, some
information has been withheld under the fol owing sections of the OIA:
− section 9(2)(a), to protect the privacy of people identified in the information. We do not
consider that there is a public interest in the release of the information which outweighs
withholding it.
− Section 9(2)(c), to avoid prejudice to measures protecting the health or safety of members
of the public
− section 9(2)(g)(i), to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and
frank expression of opinions by or between or to Ministers of the Crown or members of an
organisation or officers and employees of any public service agency or organisation in the
course of their duty.
− Section 9(2)(j), to enable a Minister of the Crown or any public service agency or
organisation holding the information to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage,
negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)
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 www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Julia McCook-Weir
Manager, Information Requests
