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Dear Mr Harris

 

Please see attached acknowledgement of your OIA request received 9 March
2015.

 

Kind regards,
Cameron

 

Cameron Oldfield | Private Secretary | Office of Hon Simon Bridges | MP
for Tauranga

Deputy Leader of the House | Minister of Energy and Resources | Minister
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Harris [mailto:[OIA #2561 email]]
Sent: Monday, 9 March 2015 4:02 p.m.
To: S Bridges (MIN)
Subject: Official Information Act request - Advice on 10 Bridges Programme

 

Dear Minister of Transport,

 

Today the government announced that it would upgrade ten single-lane
bridges in the Northland electorate ("National tries to upstage Winston
Peters with pledge to replace 10 bridges", Stuff, 9 March 2015). I would
like to request the following information under the OIA:

 

* All advice and communications relating to the decision to upgrade these
northland bridges. I am particularly interested in learning when
development of the policy began, when the decision was made, and any
cost-benefit analyses.

 

I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about this
request will be automatically forwarded to me by the fyi.org.nz website.

 

With regards to s12 of the OIA, I am an NZ citizen and in NZ.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Alex Harris

 

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Good Afternoon

 

Please find attached correspondence from the office of Hon Simon Bridges
regarding your Official Information Act request.

 

Kind regards

 

Michelle Witkowski | Private Secretary - Administration

Office of Hon Simon Bridges |  Minister of Transport   

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Dear Mr Harris

 

Please see attached response to your email of 15 April 2015.

 

Kind regards,
Cameron

 

Cameron Oldfield | Private Secretary | Office of Hon Simon Bridges | MP
for Tauranga

Deputy Leader of the House | Minister of Energy and Resources | Minister
of Transport

Associate Minister for Climate Change Issues | Associate Minister of
Justice

5.1R Executive Wing | Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings |
Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

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

From: Alex Harris
[[5]mailto:[FOI #2561 email]]

Sent: Wednesday, 15 April 2015 12:11 p.m.

To: Michelle Witkowski

Subject: Re: Official Information Act Response from Hon Simon Bridges

 

Dear Michelle Witkowski,

 

Thanks for your response. You'll note that i asked for "All advice and
communications relating to the decision to upgrade these northland
bridges". While I accept that you've given me all advice, you've only
given me communications _from_ NZTA. Those communications make clear
references to communications from the Minister _to_ NZTA, which clearly
fall within the scope of the request. Those communications should have
been released as well, unless there was good reason for withholding them.

 

Please let me know promptly whether you will be releasing communications
from the Minister to NZTA which were covered by the request, and if not,
the reason why they have been withheld. Otherwise, I'm off to the
Ombudsman.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Alex Harris

 

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

 

Good Afternoon

 

 

 

Please find attached correspondence from the office of Hon Simon Bridges 
regarding your Official Information Act request.

 

 

 

Kind regards

 

 

 

Michelle Witkowski | Private Secretary - Administration

 

Office of Hon Simon Bridges |  Minister of Transport   

 

Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand 

 

 

 

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