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Have the Te Urewera Board or the Tuhoe people denied DOC staff access to Te Urewera in 2021?

Marc Smith made this Official Information request to Department of Conservation

The request was successful.

From: Marc Smith

Dear Department of Conservation,

I refer to question 3 of my request made to your Department on 28 November 2021. The link to my request and your response is here: https://fyi.org.nz/request/17741-te-urew...

Question 3 was about the legal basis for the Te Urewera Board to deny DOC staff access into Te Urewera to do maintenance work. The below press article stated: "Sources have told Stuff that Tūhoe haven’t been letting DOC staff into the area to do maintenance work, preferring to have their young people upskilled to do it."

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3004562...

As you will be aware, you transferred question 3 of my request dated 28 November 2021 to the Te Urewera Board. However, I am asking a different question now. My question is:

Have the Te Urewera Board or the Tuhoe people denied DOC staff access to Te Urewera in any month of 2021? A simple 'yes' or 'no' is sufficient. I believe DOC must have this on record as it is a significant event for DOC staff to be denied access to an area they have a right to access.

This question cannot be transferred to the Te Urewera Board under section 14 of the Act as it directly relates to DOC and its staff.

Yours faithfully,

Marc Smith

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Kia ora Marc

Thank you for your official information request to the Department of
Conservation, received on 22/02/2023. 

Your reference number is OIAD-2796.

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From: Marc Smith

Dear Department of Conservation,

Hereby I request a statement on why the Department has not responded to my request in time.

I also request that the response to my request be delivered without further delay.

Yours faithfully,

Marc Smith

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Marc

Please find attached the response that was sent on 20 March 2023 to the FYI email address.

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