File ref: IRC-3822
5 October 2022
Roger Calkin
[FYI request #20481 email]
Kia ora Roger
Death by Drowning
Thank you for your request made under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings
Act 1987 (the Act), received on 7 September 2022. You requested the fol owing information:
1. Copies of all correspondence/reports/emails/text messages relating to the death of
Sandy Calkin held by the Wel ington City Council (the Council), and its staff.
2. All reports, recommendations, and upgrades to safety made to Queens Wharf and its
surrounding areas made in response to the death of my son, Sandy Calkin on 10 July 2021.
3. All reports, recommendations, and upgrades to safety made to Queens Wharf and its
surrounding areas made in response to the death of Finbar Clabby in 2015. This should
include all camera system upgrades and increases in coverage.
4. All incident reports held by the Wel ington City Council in respect of al accidents, near
misses, fatalities and injuries where people have fallen into the water or come close to
fal ing into the water on or about Queens Wharf and the surrounding waterfront area since
the death of Finbar Clabby in 2015.
Wellington City Council has
granted your request for information. However, it will take us some
time to prepare the information for release which includes redacting or withholding information in
accordance with the Act. I hope to provide you with a response by 19 October 2022, if not sooner.
As per my earlier email on 15 September 2022, could you please confirm that you want information
about your son to be published publicly online or if you prefer to have the information sent directly
to you.
Right of review
If you are not satisfied with the Council’s response, you may request the Office of the Ombudsman
to investigate the Council’s decision. Further information is available on the Ombudsman website,
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Thank you again for your request, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Kind regards
Asha Harry
Official Information
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