PO Box 14001
Christchurch 8544
New Zealand
Telephone (+64 3) 358 5029
christchurchairport.co.nz
6 September 2023
April Dickson
Email: [FYI request #23746 email]
Tēnā koe Ms Dickson
OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT 1982 (OIA) – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION -
CHRISTCHURCH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED (CIAL)
1.
We write further to our email of 10 August 2023, acknowledging receipt of your OIA
request (the
Request) of 09 August 2023 seeking information (if held by CIAL) in
relation to visitor numbers to the South Island.
Request: Received 09 August 2023 – Visitor numbers to the South Island
“Could I please have copies of all documents held by Christchurch Airport around
visitor numbers to the South Island?
Please include in this any surveys and modelling on tourist numbers, arrivals and
travel patterns in the South Island? Both actual and projected?
Plus also any documents, data, analyses or research into visitor/tourist
opinions/views about travel to or around New Zealand. Including any analysis then
undertaken by CIAL.”
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. This Request covers a large
raft of correspondence which would need to be extracted from numerous sources and
places internally. To do so, would involve the diversion of personnel for a substantial
period of time to go through and collate the information you are requesting, with no
defined period included.
Therefore, your Request is refused under Section 18(f) of the OIA.
2.
In addition, if we were to comply with this Request (which will have a significant impact
on CIAL’s ability to carry out its commercial operations), please be mindful about our
ability to charge you for the time involved to extract the level of information you are
requesting (as per Section 15(1A) of the OIA).
3.
We trust we have answered your Request for information. If you require any further
information or if we have in some way misinterpreted your requests, please let us
know.
4.
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]