National Headquarters
Level 12
80 The Terrace
PO Box 2133
Wellington
New Zealand
Phone +64 4 496 3600
30 September 2022
Mark Montgomery
By email: [FYI request #20661 email]
Tēnā koe Mark
Information Request – Progress with Fire and Emergency Projects
We are writing in relation to your request dated 25 September 2022 for information on projects
that have been commenced since the formation of Fire and Emergency New Zealand. Specifically,
you have asked for the following:
1. How many projects have been started since the formation of FENZ?
a) The title of each project commenced
b) The goal of each project
c) Who was the owner of each project
d) The initial budget of each project
2. The number of projects that have been completed?
a) The title of each of these projects
b) The outcome/s of each project that has been completed
c) How did the outcome/s match the original goals
d) The difference between the initial budget and the final costs for the competed
projects
3. How many projects have been started since the formation of FENZ have been
abandoned as incomplete?
a) The titles of each project that was not completed
b) The goal of the each project that was not completed
c) Who was the owner of each project that was not completed
d) The total cost of each project that was abandoned
Your request is for a very large amount of information. We estimate it will take between 30 and 50
hours to research and collate the answers to your questions in the way you have asked them. We
will need to consider whether to charge for responding to the request, extend the time to respond
or refuse your request because of the substantial research and collation required.
However, we hope that we can work with you to amend your request so we can provide
information to you. As a starting point, some of the information you are asking for is publicly
available in answers to the Select Committee. In particular, we refer you to answers to questions
13, 14 and 15:
2017/18 Select Committee Answers:
da9db749d48c9aad20c906b831d626272dc4d42b (www.parliament.nz)
2018/2019 Select Committee Answers:
130285fae4ed8e1b4451b4fffb098329060359c3 (www.parliament.nz)
2019/2020 Select Committee Answers
5cc12f0e440097a11cd14d6685be7c1dc533b27b (www.parliament.nz)
2020/2021 Select Committee Answers
aeb86ec27f6fde21e29237a79925b20ab44f14bf (www.parliament.nz)
Please could you look at the information provided to the Select Committee and let us know if this
would satisfy your request.
If you still want additional information to that provided to the Select Committee, please let us
know. We invite you to amend your request to enable us to provide the information without
charging. For example, if there are specific projects you are interested in, or a more limited time
frame for your request, we may be able to respond without delay or a charge. Information since
2020 will be more accessible than for previous years.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Nāku noa nā
Julia McCook-Weir
Manager, Information Requests