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Ref: 12836
29 January 2024
Alan Thompson
[FYI request #25100 email]
Tēnā koe Alan
Thank you for your email of 9 December 2023, to Fire and Emergency New Zealand, requesting a
copy of the following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):
•
Under the provisions of the Official Information Act, I request a copy of any reports or other
written advice that resulted from the Operational Review for the Jan 6th 2020 Tangoio fire
as advised to the Select Committee.
I can advise that the only report or written advice that has resulted from the Tangoio fire
Operational Review is the Tangoio fire Operational Report. This report has not yet been finalised,
as there is still further work to be done to prepare it for publication (quality assurance). However,
we expect that it wil be published on our website no later than 29 February 2024. Therefore, your
request is being refused pursuant to 18(d) of the OIA, as the information requested is or will soon
be publicly available.
You have the right, by way of complaint under section 28(3) of the OIA, to request an investigation
and review of Fire and Emergency’s decision to refuse information by the Ombudsman.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Aidan Saunders
Manager, Information Requests