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16 October 2023
Darren Conway
[FYI request #22912 email]
REF: OIA-12765
Dear Darren
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email
of 25 May 2023 requesting the fol owing information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
I am seeking the fol owing types of documents produced or updated 2023 for the Ngā Ūranga
to Pito-One Shared Cycle way:
• Health & Safety in Design Register
• Design Reviews
• Design Safety Audits and Assessments
• Meeting minutes where safety aspects of the design was recorded, and/or decisions made
that might affect safety.
As advised in the decision we made on your request on 13 July 2023, I am today providing you with
the Health and Safety in Design Register, Design Safety Audits and Assessments and Meeting
minutes involving safety aspects of the project.
Your request for Design Reviews was withheld under section 9(2)(g)(i) of the Act in our decision of 13
July 2023, in order to maintain the ability for project staff to have free and frank expression of opinions
during the review process. I am pleased to advise that the review process has now been completed in
a number in instances and those documents are able to be released to the public. These wil be
published on the project’s webpage at: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/te-ara-tupua/publications.
The documents which fal in scope of your request are attached as follows:
• Attachment 1 - OIA-12765 Ngā Ūranga ki Pito-One Shared Health and Safety in Design
Register including meeting minutes as at 6 October 2022
• Attachment 2 - OIA-12765 Ngā Ūranga ki Pito-One Shared Path 30% Detailed Design 5
September 2023
• Attachment 3 - OIA-12765 Crime Prevention through Environmental Design Assessment 21
July 2023.
Please note the following caveats regarding these documents:
• Attachment 1 is a living document therefore the information we are providing is a snapshot of
this document as at Friday 6 October 2023.
• Attachment 2 is a draft document. A final version of this document wil be made available
publicly on the project page in due course.
• Attachments 2 and 3 were produced for specific stages of the project, as indicated by their
dates.
Certain information has been withheld from each of the three documents under section 9(2)(a) of the
Act to protect the privacy of natural persons.
With respect to the information that has been withheld, I do not consider there are any other factors
which would render it desirable, in the public interest, to make the information available.
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to
withhold this information refuse this request. The contact details for the Ombudsman can be located at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
In line with Waka Kotahi policy, this response wil soon be published on our website, with personal
information removed.
If you would like to discuss this reply with Waka Kotahi, please contact Ministerial Services by email to
[NZTA request email].
Yours sincerely
Mark Kinvig
National Manager Infrastructure Delivery
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