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Dear James,

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act
request dated Sunday, 16^th April 2023 You have requested the following
information:

 

"As per your interview on NZ Q+A dated 17th April 2023, you stated “We
went and got further advice” in relation to balance sheet separation and
the previous model of entities.

Under the OIA please provide this advice, when the advice was provided,
when the advice was requested, if this advice has been peer reviewed, by
whom and the date of review.

Please provide the full costs of the Affordable Water Reform since
November 2022 to 16th April 2023.

Please provide all of the advice received under the Affordable Water
Reform in relation to stopping the entities getting into unsustainable
debt."

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than Monday, 15 May 2023, being 20 working days after
the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your
request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

Kind regards,

Eva

 

  The Office
of Hon.
[1]https://www.colfo.org.nz/images/governem... Kieran
McAnulty
MP for
Wairarapa
|  Minister
for
Emergency
Management
| Minister
of Local
Government
|
Minister
for Racing
| Minister
for Rural
Communities
 | Deputy
Leader of
the House
Private Bag
18041 |
Wellington
6160 | New
Zealand

 

 

 

 

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Dear James,

 

Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act 1982,
received on (DAYE). You requested:

 

“As per your interview on NZ Q+A dated 17th April 2023, you stated “We
went and got further advice” in relation to balance sheet separation and
the previous model of entities.

Under the OIA please provide this advice, when the advice was provided,
when the advice was requested, if this advice has been peer reviewed, by
whom and the date of review.

Please provide the full costs of the Affordable Water Reform since
November 2022 to 16th April 2023.

Please provide all of the advice received under the Affordable Water
Reform in relation to stopping the entities getting into unsustainable
debt.”

 

 

I believe the requested information is more closely connected to the
functions of the Department of Internal Affairs. Accordingly, I have
decided under section 14(b)(ii) of the Act to transfer your request to the
Department.

 

The Department has 20 working days from receipt of this transfer to make a
decision on your request.

 

 

Ngā mihi nui,

Eve

 

  The Office
of Hon.
[1]https://www.colfo.org.nz/images/governem... Kieran
McAnulty
MP for
Wairarapa
|  Minister
for
Emergency
Management
| Minister
of Local
Government
|
Minister
for Racing
| Minister
for Rural
Communities
 | Deputy
Leader of
the House
Private Bag
18041 |
Wellington
6160 | New
Zealand

 

 

 

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Tēnā koe James

 

The response to your OIA request of 16 April that the Department of
Internal Affairs received on 1 May is attached.

 

Have a good evening

 

Ngā mihi

 

Dee

Water Services Reform Programme

Ue Te Hinātore | Local Government Branch

Te Tari Taiwhenua | The Department of Internal Affairs