7 June 2023
Mr Shane Gibson
Email: [FYI request #22742 email]
Dear Shane
Official Information Act 1982 (“Act”) request for:
Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited Accounts Payable Summary 2021/2022
We refer to your official information request dated 9 May 2023 for the annual amount
spent by Airways with its suppliers for the 2021/2022 financial year.
We have decided to grant your request in part. Please find
enclosed a list of Airways suppliers
for the period requested.
Redactions have been applied for the following reasons:
1) Airways provides air traffic control services for a large area of the South Pacific and for
New Zealand for which the security of our air traffic systems are paramount. The
supplier security services and software enables Airways to provide uninterrupted safe
air traffic management for the safety of aircraft and for the travelling public. We have
redacted the suppliers associated with the security of these Airways systems. (in
accordance with Section 6(a) and 6(d) of the Act);
2) Airways, as a State Owned Enterprise, is required to engage suppliers on a
commercially competitive basis. Disclosing the amounts spent on each supplier would
unreasonably prejudice the commercial position of both Airways and the suppliers (in
accordance with Section 9 (2)(b)(ii) of the Act); and
3) Airways is required to protect the privacy of natural persons engaged as suppliers and
the supplier list has had personal names redacted where appropriate (in accordance
with Section 9(2)(a) of the Act).
Additional Airways financial and operational information can be view in Airways’ annual
report for the period requested. The information can be viewed online at
: Airways-Integrated-
Annual-Report-2021-2022-FINAL.pdf.
You have also requested the supplier NZBN numbers. This information is publicly available at
the New Zealand Companies Office website:
New Zealand Companies Register
(companiesoffice.govt.nz).
Airways
Level 2 | 6 Leonard Isitt
Drive
Auckland Airport | Auckland
2022
PO Box 53093 | Auckland
Airport
Auckland 2150 | New
Zealand
Phone +64 9 257
7500
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this
decision. 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.
Yours sincerely
Richard House
Legal Counsel
Airways
Level 2 | 6 Leonard Isitt
Drive
Auckland Airport | Auckland
2022
PO Box 53093 | Auckland
Airport
Auckland 2150 | New
Zealand
Phone +64 9 257
7500