PO Box 14001
Christchurch 8544
New Zealand
Telephone (+64 3) 358 5029
christchurchairport.co.nz
25 September 2023
Tracy Mahy
Email: c/-
[FYI request #23968 email]
Dear Tracy,
OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT 1982 (OIA) – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - CHRISTCHURCH
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED (CIAL)
1.
We write further to our email of 28 August 2023, acknowledging receipt of your email of the same
date (via the third party public platform fyi.org.nz) in which you requested information pursuant to
the OIA in relation to the following statement which has appeared on CIAL’s Central Otago Airport
project website (the
Website):
“The aviation industry accounts for 2% of New Zealand’s emissions
and is taking urgent action to address climate change through decarbonisation” (the
Website
Statement).
2.
Your request specifically asks, in relation to the Website Statement,
“what is that source and date of
this statistic, and please provide any correspondence referencing this statistic during 2023” (the
Request).
3.
CIAL acknowledges that the Website Statement which you refer to in your Request did, inadvertently,
appear previously on one page of the Website. However, consistent with other data contained or
referred to on the Website, this should have referred to
global emissions and, as part of CIAL’s
regular updates to its website content, has now been updated. CIAL does not hold any
correspondence referencing the particular statistic you refer to being contained in the Website
Statement during 2023, except for a small amount of internal correspondence generated in the
course of responding to this Request and one previous OIA request CIAL received on similar subject
matter (the response to which is also publicly available on the FYI.org website). We note this
correspondence is legally privileged and withheld under section 9(2)(h) of the OIA.
4.
We trust we have answered your requests for information. If you require any further information or
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]