Kia ora Stephen

Thank you for your official information request to the Department of
Conservation (DOC), received on 13/01/2024. We are currently processing
your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). 

Your reference number for your request is OIAD-3708.

Please note that over the up-coming holidays there is a three-week period
for agencies, subject to the OIA, where three weeks count as one working
day.

The holiday period is from 25 December 2023 to 15 January 2024 inclusive.
This impacts OIA requests received on or after 27 November 2023. As such,
requests received on or after 27 November 2023, will be due after 16
January 2023. 

We endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and no later
than 13/02/2024, being 20-working days after the day DOC received your
request. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of the timeframe.

A tool that automatically calculates the 20-working day response period to
OIA requests is available on the Ombudsman’s website at the following
link:
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The calculator accounts for the three-week OIA holiday.

If you have any queries, please email us at
[2][email address] and quote your reference number. 

Ngā mihi

Government Services

Department of Conservation

Te Papa Atawhai

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Kia ora Stephen,

 

Thank you for your request of January 13 2024 in which you asked to be
provided with DOC internal and external correspondence covering the
decision by DOC to vote as a creditor at the RAL watershed meeting. For
reference number assigned to this matter is OIAD-3708

 

The purpose of this email is to clarify and refine your request under
section 15(1AA) and 18B of the OIA. This is because your request, as
currently framed would likely involve substantial collation and research
to the extent that we are considering refusing your request under section
18(f) of the OIA.

 

Regarding correspondence covering the Decision by DOC to vote as a
creditor at the RAL watershed meeting could you please confirm the
following:

 a. Whether you are seeking all substantive correspondence associated with
the Departments decision to partake in the vote as a creditor or
 b. Whether you are seeking all substantive correspondence associated with
the vote decision made by the Department at the Watershed meeting and
what informed it

 

Additionally, so we can locate the most relevant documents to your request
in a timely manner (once clarification is received), we are seeking your
agreement to refine your request to:

o Exclude any draft documents, emails discussing draft documents, or
emails of an administrative nature.

 

Thank you for your time. Please get back to us regarding the clarification
sought and let us know if you are comfortable with the suggested
refinement (as outlined above) by close-of-business 26 January 2024 to
ensure we can continue processing your request.

 

Ngā mihi

Government Services
Department of Conservation
Te Papa Atawhai

 

 

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Kia ora Stephen

 

Thank you for your request received on 13/1/2024 to the Department of
Conservation.

 

We are advising you that we are extending the 20 working day period to
respond to your request, as allowed under section 15A(1) of the Official
Information Act 1982. Please see attached letter for details.

 

If you have any queries email us at [1][email address] and
quote your reference number OIAD-3708.

 

Ngā mihi

Government Services

Department of Conservation

Te Papa Atawhai

 

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Kia ora Stephen,

 

Thank you for your request received on 13 January 2024 to the Department
of Conservation.

 

We are advising you that under section 15(1)(a) of the Official
Information Act, we have decided to grant your request however additional
time is required to prepare the response and associated material for
release. Subsequently we expect to be able to provide you with the final
documentation no later than 5 March 2024. For further information please
refer to the attached Decision Letter.

 

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

If you have any queries email us at [1][email address]. 

Ngā mihi

Government Services
Department of Conservation
Te Papa Atawhai

 

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Kia ora Stephen

 

Thank you for your request received on 24/01/2024 to the Department of
Conservation.

 

Please find attached our response to your request.

 

If you have any queries email us at [1][email address]. 

 

Ngā mihi

 

Government Services

Department of Conservation

Te Papa Atawhai

 

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