National Headquarters
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
National Headquarters
Spark Central, Level 7
42-52 Willis Street
Wel ington Central
Wel ington 6011
Phone +64 4 496 3600
Ref: 13716
3 April 2024
Nighthawk 8291
[FYI request #25954 email]
Tēnā koe Nighthawk 8291
Thank you for your original request of 1 March 2024, to Fire and Emergency New Zealand
requesting the following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):
1. I would like a transcript and copy of all communications between Trevor Booth ( fire force
controller) and members of the voluntary Wakari brigade between starting his role as fire
force controller up until the present time
2. I would also like a disclosure on the number of disciplinary incidents he has be involved
with in his time as fire force control er in comparison with previous fire force controllers
Thank you for providing evidence that you meet the criteria under section 12 of the OIA on
6 March 2024. On 30 March 2024, you wrote to us providing:
I have refined my request. Please acknowledge and advise me if you require an extension.
If you do not respond I will believe that you do not require an extension and I will pursue
the matter further with the Ombudsman
We understand from this message that you may have expected our response to you. However, as
evidence of you meeting the criteria was received on 6 March 2024, this means that the statutory
time limit for us to provide our response to you is due no later than 5 April 2024.
As you say, we also wrote to you on 21 March 2023 to seek refinement of your request. Thank you
for confirming that you are requesting the following information:
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I would like to refine my request further, to correspondence between March 2024
and January 2022. Communications relating to training attendance and operational
requirements.
This letter is to advise that Fire and Emergency needs to extend the timeframe of our response to
your request by 20 working days, pursuant to section 15A(1)(a) of the OIA, as consultations
necessary to make a decision on the request are such that a proper response to the request
cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit. For this reason, you can expect to
receive our response no later than 3 May 2024. We will endeavour to respond sooner than this
date if possible. If you no longer require this information, please let us know.
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review our decision, and further
information is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Aidan Saunders
Manager, Information Requests