OIAD-568
Sean Marshall
[FYI request #21969 email]
Dear Sean Marshall
Thank you for your email of 2 March 2023 requesting the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Please provide copies of all correspondence between the Ministry (or any agent of the
ministry) and the Christchurch City Council between 20 August 2022 and today [2
March 2023]
regarding or in any way relating to the Council's intensification planning
instrument.
This includes, but is not limited to, records of any phone calls, minutes or summaries of
any meetings, physical correspondence and electronic communications.
The Ministry for the Environment (the Ministry) has identified 26 documents in scope of your
request, including attachments, as listed in the attached document schedule. Some
information within three of these documents has been withheld under the following sections
of the Act:
9(2)(a)
to protect the privacy of natural persons.
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.
The remaining 23 documents have been released to you in full.
In terms of section 9(1) of the Act, I am satisfied that, in the circumstances, the withholding
of this information is not outweighed by other considerations that render it desirable to make
the information available in the public interest.
Please note the Ministry has excluded administrative correspondence between the Ministry
for the Environment and Christchurch City Council (CCC) in relation to a request CCC
received under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA).
While we have not included the administrative correspondence, we have included the
document that was attached to those emails within the scope of that previous LGOIMA
request.
Subsequent to this request under the Act, CCC has notified its intensification planning
instrument, Plan Change 14, on 17 March 2023. It is now open for public submissions until 3
May 2023.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Office of the Ombudsman of
my decision to withhold information relating to this request, in accordance with section 28(3)
of the Act. The relevant details can be found on their website at:
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Please note that due to the public interest in our work the Ministry for the Environment
publishes responses to requests for official information on our
OIA responses page shortly
after the response has been sent. If you have any queries about this, please feel free to
contact our Ministerial Services team:
[email address].
Yours sincerely
Electronically approved.
Lesley Baddon
Director - Urban and Infrastructure Policy
Document schedule
No.
Content
Decision
OIA Section/s
applied
1
Email – Revised Terms of Reference
Release in full
N/A
1.1
Attachment to Document 1 - CCC -
Release in full
N/A
S24A Investigation - TOR revised
1.11.22
2
Email – Iwi feedback on PC14
Release in full
N/A
2.1
Attachment to Document 2 - MKT
Release in full
N/A
Memo Draft Housing and Business
Choice Plan Change
2.2
Attachment to Document 2 -
Release in full
N/A
Mahaanui Advice PC14
3
Email - Updating you on plan
Release in full
N/A
changes 13 and 14
4
Email - District Plan Change webinar
Release in full
N/A
- Recording and other
supplementary information Feb 23
5
Email - Housing and Business
Release in full
N/A
Choice Plan Change - webinar
records
6
Email: RE_ MDRS _ NPS-UD
Release in part
9(2)(a)
Implementation Catch Up (CCC MfE
HUD)
6.1
Attachment to Document 6 - Draft
Release in full
N/A
ŌCP A3
7
Email - CCC PC14 resolution details
Release in full
N/A
7.1
Attachment to Document 7 - Final
Release in full
N/A
PC14 Draft mayor resolution
7.2
Attachment to Document 7 – Map 1
Release in full
N/A
7.3
Attachment to Document 7 – Map 2
Release in full
N/A
No.
Content
Decision
OIA Section/s
applied
7.4
Attachment to Document 7 - final
Release in full
N/A
councillors resolutions
8
Email - MDRS Clarification (and a
Release in full
N/A
well done for yesterday!)
9
Email - Response to query on non-
Release in full
N/A
notification of IPI
9.1
Attachment to Document 9 - CCC
Release in full
N/A
Approval to Notify PC13 and 14 (IPI)
at 8 Sept 2022
10
Email - MfE, HUD, CCC meeting
Release in part
9(2)(a)
11
Email - LGOIMA - Resource
Release in full
N/A
Management (Enabling Housing
Supply and Other Matters) Act
12
Email – Initial meeting with CCC on
Release in full
N/A
non-notification of intensification plan
change
12.1
Attachment to document 12 –
Release in full
N/A
Meeting note: CCC non-notification
of intensification plan change
13
Email – Updated talking points for
Release in full
N/A
conversation with Ngāi Tahu re Chch
non-notification
14
Email – FW_ Meeting notes for the
Release in full
N/A
meeting with CCC CE and Mayor on
Tuesday morning
15
Email - Points Janine's call with CCC
Release in full
N/A
on Thursday 17 November
16
Combined - Question 1 - Meetings -
Release in part
9(2)(a), 9(2)(g)(i)
with MfE redactions