Crown Infrastructure Partners Ltd
L10, HSBC Tower, 188 Quay Street
Auckland Central
PO Box 105 321, Auckland 1143
Telephone: +64 9 912 1970
[Crown Infrastructure Partners request email]
www.crowninfrastructure.govt.nz
3 October 2023
Barry Murphy
By Email: [FYI request #23575 email]
Dear Mr Murphy
Official Information Act request – Questions regarding Teitei Drive “Ohakune Social Housing project”
We refer to your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (
OIA), received by
Crown Infrastructure Partners (
CIP) on 6 September 2023, as below:
“I have received a copy of the agreements for the Teitei Drive "Ohakune Social Housing project" -Kāinga Ora stated $2.1m was allocated to Ruapehu District Council for the build of 6 units in Moore Street,
Ohakune. Documentation from CIP shows $2.405m agreed for 6 council social housing units in a form of a grant
be agreed. It is also referred to as $2.175m +$230k contingency It was also agreed to approve the release of $5.2m of Crown funds to MHUD and Käinga Ora as a grant for the
delivery of the Ohakune Social Housing Project -This includes the sale of 14 dwellings 'in one line' with a tag on
the title requiring this housing stock to remain in the local, long-term rental market for a minimum period - Ohakune 24 families /individual applicants on the MSD's social housing register, who have been waiting for
between 57 and 1096 days -The land development will be mostly funded by the CIP funding. RDC will fund all
overcosts required to complete the subdivision, site works and infrastructure services (roading, and 3 waters) and
deliver 44 build ready lots for Käinga Ora to purchase. -RDCs' milestones will include provision of the required infrastructure, site earthworks, civil works and provision of
subdivided, individual, serviced lots suitable for house construction My Questions 1./ How much did RDC receive in the end for the Moore street project? 2./ Did council have to return any funds that were surplus as the project came in under budget. 3./ There is claim 24 families were waiting homes in ohakune, this is currently 12, can you confirm the date of
your data stating 24 and source. 4./ Can you confirm that RDC will have to pay any overcosts over the $5.2m 5./ Can you confirm KO will be sold all
44 LOTS and for what price? 6./ Will RDC recoup any overcosts from question 5 during the sale? 7./ It is stated legal (on both sides) has looked over the project, was it determined that RDC had followed the LGA,
their policy of significance, and advertised the disposal of council land in their LTP, or that council had adequately
consulted on the sale of the land? 8./ Costing by Cheal had been done in 2020, were any cost increases factored in for inflation and the
subterranean rocks / volcanic nature of the ground? 9./ Is it councils responsibility to sell the 14 dwellings in one line, or Kāinga Ora? 10./ If council is not able to sell the 14 dwellings, or makes a loss of doing so, who is responsible? 9./ Did anyone review the Public and Affordable Housing Asset and Tenancy Management Strategy to ensure the
exercise is cost neutral to the rate payer, especially when large cost over runs are to be expected, pointed out by
developers that have built the neighbouring Snowmass subdivision.
10./ Who came up with the project name "Ohakune Social Housing project" 11./ Is Kāinga Ora only purchasing the Stage 1 land, or the entire block (including stage 2 & 3). 12./ Do ministers & CIP, believe that with the community backlash, petition accepted into parliament, etc; that
this project should still proceed without any consultation with the public?”
In relation to the above request, CIP responds with the following:
• The information you are seeking in questions 4-6 and 9-11 is not held by CIP and has been
transferred to Kāinga Ora.
• The information you are seeking in questions 3 and 7-10 is not held by CIP and has been
transferred to Ruapehu District Council.
• Regarding questions 1-2, the relevant documents have been previously provided to you in
response to your request for information dated 4 September 2023. Please refer to our letter to
you dated 27 September 2023 relating to the Moore Street Funding Agreement.
• Regarding question 12, there are no documents held by CIP.
The OIA enables people to request official information from Ministers and agencies, including CIP.
However, the OIA only applies to information that is already held by CIP. There is no obligation on CIP to
create information in order to respond to your request.
Kāinga Ora or Ruapehu District Council will reply to you directly in relation to your questions that have
been transferred (as outlined above).
CIP notes that you are entitled to make a complaint to the Office of the Ombudsman under section 28(3)
of the OIA.
Yours sincerely
Tanya Hansen
Crown Infrastructure Partners
