Half price fares for Total Mobility card holders
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From: Michael Brenndorfer
Dear New Zealand Transport Agency,
Your agency had announcing ongoing half price public transport fares for multiple groups, including Total Mobility card users.
However, Auckland Transport has returned Total Mobility subsidies to only 40% of standard adult fares, and have stated on their website and in social media replies that the half price fares does not apply to Total Mobility card users.
I am requesting the communications that have been sent by NZTA to the regional transport authourities relating to the half price fares, and in particular in relation to their application to Total Mobility card users.
Yours faithfully,
Michael Brenndorfer
From: Official Correspondence
New Zealand Transport Agency
Kia ora Michael
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Official Information Act 1982.
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August 2023.
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From: Official Correspondence
New Zealand Transport Agency
Kia ora Michael
Please find attached the response to your request of 7 July 2023 for
information under the Official Information Act 1982.
Ngā mihi
Ministerial Services
Te Waka Kōtuia | Engagement & Partnerships
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
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From: Michael Brenndorfer
Dear Official Correspondence,
Thank you for your clarification regarding this issue.
I would like to send a subsequent request in relation to this in the context of the provided answer.
- Did Waka Kotahi undertake consultation with the disability community/disability advocacy groups and/or with the Ministry of Disabled People while making a decision to not include Total Mobility card holders in the extension of half price fares for public transport?
- If so, can you please send through the reponses provided which guided Waka Kotahi to exclude Total Mobility Card holders from the half price fares scheme for public transport.
- Can you please send through relevant documents or information which highlights the rationale Waka Kotahi relied upon when making the decision to exclude Total Mobility card holders from the half price fares for public transport scheme
(No need to trawl through emails, I am hoping for things like discussion documents, meeting minutes etc that display the information Waka Kotahi relied upon when making this decision, and any discussion documented which explains what line of thinking resulted in the exclusion of disabled people from this half price fares for public transport scheme despite the fact that disabled people were explicitely referenced during the public consultation meetings I had observed)
Yours sincerely,
Michael Brenndorfer
From: Official Correspondence
New Zealand Transport Agency
Kia ora Michael
This email acknowledges your below request for information made under the
Official Information Act 1982.
Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate section of Waka Kotahi
NZ Transport Agency for response. They will contact you if they require
clarification of your request, more time to respond, or if your request
has been transferred to another organisation to respond to. Unless more
time is required, Waka Kotahi will send a response to you within 20
working days of receiving your request – in this instance on or before 5
September 2023.
Lastly, the information you have requested may contain the names and
contact details of our staff. Please let us know whether you require these
names and contact details. We may need to consult our staff before
deciding whether we can release this information, and this may take a bit
more time. If we do not hear from you we will assume that you do not
require staff names and contact details.
If you would like to discuss your request with Waka Kotahi, please contact
us by email at [1][NZTA request email].
Ngâ mihi
Ministerial Services
Te Waka Kôtuia | Engagement & Partnerships
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
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From: Michael Brenndorfer
Dear Official Correspondence,
Thank you for your acknowledgement of this request.
In regards to names/contact details of staff - no thank you, I do not require that information.
I am primarily interested in the information relied upon to make the decision to exclude Total Mobility card holders from the half price fares on public transport scheme, and the decision making process that led to this exclusion. No personal details are required for that.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Brenndorfer
From: Official Correspondence
New Zealand Transport Agency
Kia ora Michael
Transferring the request you made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email below requesting information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act).
The information you have requested is more closely connected with the
functions of Te Manatû Waka Ministry of Transport than with Waka Kotahi NZ
Transport Agency. Therefore, Waka Kotahi is transferring your request to
Te Manatû Waka Ministry of Transport under section 14 of the Act.
The time limit for their response to you is 20 working days from 14 August
2023 so you can expect a response from Te Manatû Waka Ministry of
Transport on or before 11 September 2023.
Ngâ mihi
Ministerial Services
Te Waka Kôtuia | Engagement & Partnerships
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
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From: OCU
Kia ora Michael,
On behalf of the Ministry of Transport, I acknowledge your Official
Information Act request which was transferred to us from Waka Kotahi New
Zealand Trasnport Agency, on 14 August 2023 seeking:
“- Did Waka Kotahi undertake consultation with the disability
community/disability advocacy groups and/or with the Ministry of Disabled
People while making a decision to not include Total Mobility card holders
in the extension of half price fares for public transport?
- If so, can you please send through the reponses provided which guided
Waka Kotahi to exclude Total Mobility Card holders from the half price
fares scheme for public transport.
- Can you please send through relevant documents or information which
highlights the rationale Waka Kotahi relied upon when making the decision
to exclude Total Mobility card holders from the half price fares for
public transport scheme”
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and in
any event no later than 11 September 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.
The Ministry publishes Official Information Act responses on our website
when there may be wider interest in the information released. This means
the information provided to you might be published after you have received
it.
Ngâ mihi
Harry (He / Him)
Kaitohutohu - Tuhinga Ôkawa|Adviser, Official Correspondence
From: Official Correspondence <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2023 2:19 PM
To: [FOI #23419 email]
Subject: OIA-13299 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER
Kia ora Michael
Transferring the request you made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email below requesting information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act).
The information you have requested is more closely connected with the
functions of Te Manatû Waka Ministry of Transport than with Waka Kotahi NZ
Transport Agency. Therefore, Waka Kotahi is transferring your request to
Te Manatû Waka Ministry of Transport under section 14 of the Act.
The time limit for their response to you is 20 working days from 14 August
2023 so you can expect a response from Te Manatû Waka Ministry of
Transport on or before 11 September 2023.
Ngâ mihi
Ministerial Services
Te Waka Kôtuia | Engagement & Partnerships
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
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Tçnâ koe Michael,
Please find attached correspondence from Ministry of Transport.
Ngâ mihi,
Matt Skinner
Kaiwhakahaere | Manager
Ngâ Momo Neke me ngâ take Haumaru | Mobility & Safety
Te Manatû Waka Ministry of Transport
E: [1][email address] | [2]transport.govt.nz
From: OCU <[3][email address]>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2023 4:33 PM
To: [4][FOI #23419 email]
Subject: OC230718 RESPONSE
Kia ora Michael,
On behalf of the Ministry of Transport, I acknowledge your Official
Information Act request which was transferred to us from Waka Kotahi New
Zealand Trasnport Agency, on 14 August 2023 seeking:
“- Did Waka Kotahi undertake consultation with the disability
community/disability advocacy groups and/or with the Ministry of Disabled
People while making a decision to not include Total Mobility card holders
in the extension of half price fares for public transport?
- If so, can you please send through the reponses provided which guided
Waka Kotahi to exclude Total Mobility Card holders from the half price
fares scheme for public transport.
- Can you please send through relevant documents or information which
highlights the rationale Waka Kotahi relied upon when making the decision
to exclude Total Mobility card holders from the half price fares for
public transport scheme”
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and in
any event no later than 11 September 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.
The Ministry publishes Official Information Act responses on our website
when there may be wider interest in the information released. This means
the information provided to you might be published after you have received
it.
Ngâ mihi
Harry (He / Him)
Kaitohutohu - Tuhinga Ôkawa|Adviser, Official Correspondence
From: Official Correspondence <[5][email address]>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2023 2:19 PM
To: [6][FOI #23419 email]
Subject: OIA-13299 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER
Kia ora Michael
Transferring the request you made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email below requesting information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act).
The information you have requested is more closely connected with the
functions of Te Manatû Waka Ministry of Transport than with Waka Kotahi NZ
Transport Agency. Therefore, Waka Kotahi is transferring your request to
Te Manatû Waka Ministry of Transport under section 14 of the Act.
The time limit for their response to you is 20 working days from 14 August
2023 so you can expect a response from Te Manatû Waka Ministry of
Transport on or before 11 September 2023.
Ngâ mihi
Ministerial Services
Te Waka Kôtuia | Engagement & Partnerships
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
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