Reference: 20230415
12 September 2023
Nikki McKay
[FYI request #23887 email]
Dear Nikki
Thank you for your Official Information Act request, received on 19 August 2023. You
requested:
...all correspondence, briefings, notes and dates of the meetings with
Christchurch Airport regarding the proposed Central Otago Airport.
Information publicly available
The Treasury has been involved in discussion with Christchurch Airport about the
proposed Central Otago Airport since 1 January 2017. Information within scope of your
request from 1 January 2017 to 26 July 2023 is or will soon be publicly available on the
Treasury website:
Item
Date
Website Address
1. 1 January 2017 – 25
Official Information Act Response 20210442 - Information on
September 2021
the Tarras investment project/Tarras Airport development
proposal - Received 25 Sep 2021 - Published Apr 2022 - The
Treasury
2. 26 September 2021 –
Official Information Act Response 20220535 - Information on
9 December 2022
Tarras airport development - Received 9 Dec 2022 -
Published Apr 2023 - The Treasury
3. 10 December 2022 –
Will soon be available at:
26 July 2023
https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/other-official-
information/responses-official-information-act-requests
Accordingly, I have refused your request for the above information under section 18(d)
of the Official Information Act:
•
the information requested is or will soon be publicly available.
1 The Terrace
PO Box 3724
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
tel. +64-4-472-2733
https://treasury.govt.nz
Some relevant information has been removed from documents listed in the above table
and should continue to be withheld under the Official Information Act, on the grounds
described in the documents.
Information being released
One section in
Christchurch International Airport Ltd: Financial & Operational Update
Q4 FY23 to 30 June 2023 is covered by your request for information from 27 July 2023.
I have decided to release this relevant section, which is set out below, in full.
CENTRAL OTAGO
Project Oscar remains a long-term project under the “Expand our Horizons”
dimension of H30. The prima facie case established and verified by PwC in 2019
has been strengthened by the work undertaken subsequently which establishes a
series of “irrefutable facts”.
•
CIAL continues to engage with a specific stakeholder & community
engagement workstream. Activity for the quarter includes:
- Several information papers have been completed and posted on the
Central Otago Airport website to help inform people about different aspects
of the project
- CIAL & CCHL will provide an update to Council in early August in a public-
excluded meeting
•
CIAL is currently finalisation the planning and documentation for a public
release of further information and community days in Central Otago –
expected to happen by the end of August
Please note that this letter (with your personal details removed) may be published on
the Treasury website.
This reply addresses the information you requested. You have the right to ask the
Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision.
Yours sincerely
Juston Anderson
Acting Manager, Commercial and Institutional Performance
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