9 May 2023
Malia Gaumeir
By email: [FYI request #22490 email]
Tēnā koe Malia
Official information request regarding e-scooters on Campus
I refer to your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act)
dated 19 April 2023:
“I would like to request information regarding the use of hireable e-scooters on
the Te Herenga Waka Kelburn Campus grounds.
More specifically -
a)
Why is the entirety of the Kelburn Campus geofenced as a "no go zone" by
both Beam and Flamingo, when neither the Massey or Otago campuses in
Wellington are? Was this a decision made by Te Herenga Waka, or by
Beam/Flamingo?
b)
What was the motivation to not work directly with these companies to
provide e-scooter parking near the boundaries of this "no-go zone" like
Massey and Otago provide by their campuses?
c)
Was any consultation done with the wider student/staff body regarding
the use of e-scooters as their primary form of transport?
d)
Is any future consultation with the student/staff body regarding e-
scooters on campus planned, or alignment with local e-scooter
companies?”
Part of the information to which your request relates, namely information regarding the
creation of a geo-fenced area for e-scooters around the Kelburn campus and the decision
to not provide e-scooter parking near the boundaries is not held by us but is believed to
be held by Wellington City Council. In these circumstances, we are required by section 14
of the the Act to transfer your request.
As such, we have transferred those parts of your request to Wellington City Council. You
will hear further from Wellington City Council concerning those parts of your request.
Wellington City Council can be contacted at [email address].
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of the
decisions made regarding this request. Information about how to make a complaint is
available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact me at
[VUW request email].
Ngā mihi nui
Blair Doherty
Senior Advisor, Official Information and Privacy
Legal Services
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Encl copy of notification of transfer to Wellington City Council dated 9 May 2023.
