PO Box 14001
Christchurch 8544
New Zealand
Telephone (+64 3) 358 5029
christchurchairport.co.nz
29 August 2023
Alex Guichard
Email: [email address]
Tēnā koe Alex
OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT 1982 (OIA) – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION -
CHRISTCHURCH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED (CIAL)
1. We write further to our email of 02 August 2023, acknowledging receipt of your OIA
request of 01 August 2023 seeking information (if held by CIAL) in relation to CIAL
correspondence with National Party members or MPs.
We have answered your request in this letter and for completeness, we set out your
request below.
Request: Received 01 August 2023 -
Correspondence with national MPs or
party members:
“I’d like to request copies of all correspondence or meeting documentation (minutes,
agendas, presentations and notes) with National MPs or national party members,
since July 2020.”
2. From the outset, we consider your request too broad in scope and therefore, we will
be unable to provide you with this level of information. As a large-scale organisation,
CIAL meets with numerous members of parliament from various political parties (as
it is entitled and would be expected to do as a significant and strategic business at
both a local and national level). To provide you with every single interaction CIAL
has had (including less formal engagements) would be near impossible. As you may
know, CIAL is involved in select committee meetings, consultation processes, public
events, and many other engagements where it meets or interacts with members of
parliament.
3. In addition, we would never be able to outline all interactions with ‘National Party
members’ or members of other political parties. This is personal information we do
not collect or retain.
4. We trust we have answered your requests for information. If you require any further
information or if we have in some way misinterpreted your requests, please let us
know.
5. You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of the
decisions contained in this letter. Information about how to contact the Ombudsman
or make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone
0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
CIAL LEGAL TEAM
Email: [Christchurch International Airport Limited request email]