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
27 September 2023
Barry Murphy
Email: [FYI request #23575 email]
Dear Mr Murphy
Official information request – Information regarding conflicts of interest in projects in the Ruapehu
region.
We refer to your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), received by
Crown Infrastructure Partners (
CIP) on 7 September 2023, as below:
I note this is a requirement under 3.8 of your agreement (Funding Agreement – Crown Infrastructure
Partners Limited)
(a) the Recipient (or any of its personnel or contractors) becomes aware of, or subject to, a Conflict of
Interest; or
(b) the Recipient becomes aware of any matter that could reasonably be expected to have an adverse
effect on a Project, or result in a Termination Event or a breach of any term of this Agreement by the
Recipient.
I also note under "Summary of CIP Review Report", Conflicts of interest, two are noted:
Note the Recipient Chief Executive called the Minister for Infrastructure mid 2020 to thank him for the
initial in-principle funding.
Note the Recipient Chief Executive wrote a letter to IRG Ministers to express concern that the original
scope had not been supported by CIP.
CIP provided to the relevant Ministerial offices, some context to the letter when received.
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Were any other Conflicts of interest registered fol owing these two?
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If so, please provide copies of the COI's and the dates they were officially registered.
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Please provide copies of COI's and dates they were registered in ANY Ohakune projects.
The answers to your questions are as fol ows:
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Were any other Conflicts of interest registered fol owing these two?
CIP holds no information regarding this question.
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If so, please provide copies of the COI's and the dates they were officially registered.
CIP holds no information regarding this question.
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Please provide copies of COI's and dates they were registered in ANY Ohakune projects.
CIP holds no information regarding this question.
Please note, as previously advised, other questions in this request were transferred to Kāinga Ora or
Ruapehu District Council and they wil reply to you directly on those questions.
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
