Thank you for your information request Craig.

A decision on your request will be made within 20 working days of the date of receipt. We will notify you closer to that time if this timeframe requires extension.

Our response to your request, including your name, may be proactively released on the Hutt City Council website.

Kind regards, Susan

Ngā mihi

Susan Sales
Ringa Āwhina Tāhūhū ki Te Koromatua | Senior Advisor
Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi | Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
Paetukutuku: www.huttcity.govt.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Innes <[FOI #23943 email]>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2023 2:04 PM
To: Information Management Team <[Hutt City Council request email]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Official Information request - GIS Data for 'Ecosites'

Tena koe,

I made a request for information under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 on 24 August 2023. I have not received an acknowledgment of this request. Please acknowledge that you have received my request and confirm that you are acting upon it.

Naku noa, na,

Craig Innes

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Kia ora Craig

Thank you for your information request below, regarding GIS data for Ecosites.

In 2017/2018, Hutt City Council’s District Plan team (the predecessor of its Policy Planning team) was undertaking work on its Ecology and Landscapes Project. The purpose of this project was to identify areas of significant indigenous biodiversity (Significant Natural Areas or SNAs) and landscape areas (Outstanding Natural Landscapes, Outstanding Natural Features and High Coastal Natural Character Areas). The Ecology and Landscapes Project ended in November 2018, with Council deciding not to proceed with this work.

Please note that the term 'Ecosites' is no longer used by the Hutt City Council, however we still have datasets from the Ecology and Landscapes Project (current as at November 2018), as follows:
• Significant Natural Areas,
• Outstanding Natural Landscapes,
• Outstanding Natural Features, and
• Coastal Natural Character Areas.

Please advise us if you want any of these datasets from November 2018.

Kind regards, Susan

Ngâ mihi
 
Susan Sales
Ringa Âwhina Tâhûhû ki Te Koromatua | Senior Advisor
Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi | Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
Paetukutuku: www.huttcity.govt.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Innes <[FOI #23943 email]>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2023 4:12 PM
To: Information Management Team <[Hutt City Council request email]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - GIS Data for 'Ecosites'

Tena koe,

This is a request for information under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.

Please provide the GIS data formerly accessible via the following link:

http://gisweb.huttcity.govt.nz/html5view...

Naku noa, na,

Craig Innes

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Morena Craig

Further to your email of 18 September 2023, please find attached the GIS datasets for the following:
• Significant Natural Areas
• Outstanding Natural Landscapes
• Outstanding Natural Features
• Coastal Natural Character Areas

Hutt City Council does not hold information about when the http://gisweb.huttcity.govt.nz/html5view... link was last active. Accordingly, we are refusing this part of your request under section 17(g) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act.

This response to your request, including your name, may be published on Hutt City Council's website.

You have the right to complain to the Office of the Ombudsman about this response. Contact details for the Office of the Ombudsman are available on www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/.

Regards, Susan

Ngā mihi
 
Susan Sales
Ringa Āwhina Tāhūhū ki Te Koromatua | Senior Advisor
Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi | Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
Paetukutuku: www.huttcity.govt.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Innes <[FYI request #23943 email]>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 1:37 PM
To: Information Management Team <[Hutt City Council request email]>
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - GIS Data for 'Ecosites'

Kia ora Susan,

Please provide each listed dataset.

Please also indicate when the following link was last active:

http://gisweb.huttcity.govt.nz/html5view...

Nga mihi,

Craig Innes

-----Original Message-----

Kia ora Craig

Thank you for your information request below, regarding GIS data for Ecosites.

In 2017/2018, Hutt City Council’s District Plan team (the predecessor of its Policy Planning team) was undertaking work on its Ecology and Landscapes Project. The purpose of this project was to identify areas of significant indigenous biodiversity (Significant Natural Areas or SNAs) and landscape areas (Outstanding Natural Landscapes, Outstanding Natural Features and High Coastal Natural Character Areas). The Ecology and Landscapes Project ended in November 2018, with Council deciding not to proceed with this work.

Please note that the term 'Ecosites' is no longer used by the Hutt City Council, however we still have datasets from the Ecology and Landscapes Project (current as at November 2018), as follows:
• Significant Natural Areas,
• Outstanding Natural Landscapes,
• Outstanding Natural Features, and
• Coastal Natural Character Areas.

Please advise us if you want any of these datasets from November 2018.

Kind regards, Susan

Ngâ mihi
 
Susan Sales
Ringa Âwhina Tâhûhû ki Te Koromatua | Senior Advisor Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi | Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
Paetukutuku: www.huttcity.govt.nz

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Morena Craig

Thank you for your email of 1 October 2023.

You have already been provided with the four datasets associated with the 'Ecosites' project, these being for:
• Significant Natural Areas,
• Outstanding Natural Landscapes,
• Outstanding Natural Features, and
• Coastal Natural Character Areas

There are no other datasets associated with this project.

The teams involved on the project do not know when the link http://gisweb.huttcity.govt.nz/html5view... was removed from our website or why. However, I will enquire more and let you know if we can provide you with any further detail about this.

Regards, Susan

Ngā mihi
 
Susan Sales
Ringa Āwhina Tāhūhū ki Te Koromatua | Senior Advisor
Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi | Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
Paetukutuku: www.huttcity.govt.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Innes <[FOI #23943 email]>
Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2023 11:17 AM
To: Information Management Team <[Hutt City Council request email]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Official Information request - GIS Data for 'Ecosites'

Tena koe,

Please clarify what dataset or datasets were available through the following link:

http://gisweb.huttcity.govt.nz/html5view...

Did this link show one or more of the datasets you have provided? Did it show another dataset that has not been provided to me?

You state that the Council does not have a record of when the link became dead. This would be a fundamental question in relation to the issue of the publication of information. Please recheck your records and provide clarification on this point.

Naku noa, na,

Craig Innes

-----Original Message-----

Morena Craig

Further to your email of 18 September 2023, please find attached the GIS datasets for the following:
• Significant Natural Areas
• Outstanding Natural Landscapes
• Outstanding Natural Features
• Coastal Natural Character Areas

Hutt City Council does not hold information about when the http://gisweb.huttcity.govt.nz/html5view... link was last active. Accordingly, we are refusing this part of your request under section 17(g) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act.

This response to your request, including your name, may be published on Hutt City Council's website.

You have the right to complain to the Office of the Ombudsman about this response. Contact details for the Office of the Ombudsman are available on www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/.

Regards, Susan

Ngā mihi
 
Susan Sales
Ringa Āwhina Tāhūhū ki Te Koromatua | Senior Advisor Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi | Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
Paetukutuku: www.huttcity.govt.nz

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Kia ora Craig

Further to my email below, we have managed to find that map link on Hutt City Council's old website. We can determine that this map link was removed when a content update was made to the website on 25/02/2021.

Kind regards, Susan

Ngā mihi
 
Susan Sales
Ringa Āwhina Tāhūhū ki Te Koromatua | Senior Advisor
Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi | Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
Paetukutuku: www.huttcity.govt.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: Information Management Team
Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 10:32 AM
To: Craig Innes <[FOI #23943 email]>
Subject: Official Information request - GIS Data for 'Ecosites'

Morena Craig

Thank you for your email of 1 October 2023.

You have already been provided with the four datasets associated with the 'Ecosites' project, these being for:
• Significant Natural Areas,
• Outstanding Natural Landscapes,
• Outstanding Natural Features, and
• Coastal Natural Character Areas

There are no other datasets associated with this project.

The teams involved on the project do not know when the link http://gisweb.huttcity.govt.nz/html5view... was removed from our website or why. However, I will enquire more and let you know if we can provide you with any further detail about this.

Regards, Susan

Ngā mihi
 
Susan Sales
Ringa Āwhina Tāhūhū ki Te Koromatua | Senior Advisor Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi | Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
Paetukutuku: www.huttcity.govt.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Innes <[FOI #23943 email]>
Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2023 11:17 AM
To: Information Management Team <[Hutt City Council request email]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Official Information request - GIS Data for 'Ecosites'

Tena koe,

Please clarify what dataset or datasets were available through the following link:

http://gisweb.huttcity.govt.nz/html5view...

Did this link show one or more of the datasets you have provided? Did it show another dataset that has not been provided to me?

You state that the Council does not have a record of when the link became dead. This would be a fundamental question in relation to the issue of the publication of information. Please recheck your records and provide clarification on this point.

Naku noa, na,

Craig Innes

-----Original Message-----

Morena Craig

Further to your email of 18 September 2023, please find attached the GIS datasets for the following:
• Significant Natural Areas
• Outstanding Natural Landscapes
• Outstanding Natural Features
• Coastal Natural Character Areas

Hutt City Council does not hold information about when the http://gisweb.huttcity.govt.nz/html5view... link was last active. Accordingly, we are refusing this part of your request under section 17(g) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act.

This response to your request, including your name, may be published on Hutt City Council's website.

You have the right to complain to the Office of the Ombudsman about this response. Contact details for the Office of the Ombudsman are available on www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/.

Regards, Susan

Ngā mihi
 
Susan Sales
Ringa Āwhina Tāhūhū ki Te Koromatua | Senior Advisor Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi | Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
Paetukutuku: www.huttcity.govt.nz

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