Simon Bridges appointment
AP made this Official Information request to Ministry of Transport
This request has been reported as needing administrator attention (perhaps because it is vexatious, or a request for personal information)
From: AP
Dear Ministry of Transport,
I request any information held relating to the appointment of Simon Bridges as Chair of the New Zealand Transport Agency. For the avoidance of doubt, this request includes:
- Advice from the Ministry provided to the Minister regarding this appointment
- Any other correspondence between the Minister and the Ministry concerning the appointment
- Any papers taken to Cabinet regarding the appointment
Yours faithfully,
AP
From: OCU
Ministry of Transport
Kia ora AP,
On behalf of the Ministry of Transport, I acknowledge your Official
Information Act request of 14 March 2024 seeking:
“I request any information held relating to the appointment of Simon
Bridges as Chair of the New Zealand Transport Agency. For the avoidance of
doubt, this request includes:
- Advice from the Ministry provided to the Minister regarding this
appointment
- Any other correspondence between the Minister and the Ministry
concerning the appointment
- Any papers taken to Cabinet regarding the appointment”
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and in
any event no later than 15 April 2024 being 20 working days after the day
your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by
then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
The Ministry publishes Official Information Act responses on our website
when there may be wider interest in the information released. This means
the information provided to you might be published after you have received
it.
Ngâ mihi
Harry (He / Him)
Kaitohutohu - Tuhinga Ôkawa|Adviser - Accountability and Correspondence
show quoted sections
From: OCU
Ministry of Transport
Kia ora AP,
This email is to notify you that the Ministry is extending the 20 working
days available to it to respond to your Official Information Act request
pursuant to section 15A(1)(b) of the Act.
We require an additional 17 working days 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”.
You may now expect a full response to your request by 9 May 2024. However,
we will endeavour to respond to your request before this date.
Please note you have the right under section 28(3) of the Act to approach
the Ombudsman about this extension.
Ngâ mihi nui,
Harry Atkins (He / Him)
Kaitohutohu - Tuhinga Ôkawa|Adviser - Accountability and Correspondence
From: OCU <[MOT request email]>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2024 12:07 PM
To: AP <[FOI #26098 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Simon Bridges appointment
OC240267
Kia ora AP,
On behalf of the Ministry of Transport, I acknowledge your Official
Information Act request of 14 March 2024 seeking:
“I request any information held relating to the appointment of Simon
Bridges as Chair of the New Zealand Transport Agency. For the avoidance of
doubt, this request includes:
- Advice from the Ministry provided to the Minister regarding this
appointment
- Any other correspondence between the Minister and the Ministry
concerning the appointment
- Any papers taken to Cabinet regarding the appointment”
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and in
any event no later than 15 April 2024 being 20 working days after the day
your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by
then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
The Ministry publishes Official Information Act responses on our website
when there may be wider interest in the information released. This means
the information provided to you might be published after you have received
it.
Ngâ mihi
Harry (He / Him)
Kaitohutohu - Tuhinga Ôkawa|Adviser - Accountability and Correspondence
show quoted sections
From: AP
Dear OCU,
I have noted the extension to this request until today to undertake consultations. Have these consultations taken place and can I expect a response soon?
Yours sincerely,
A Paul
From: Jono Reid
Ministry of Transport
Dear AP,
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act 1982
request.
Cheers,
Jono Reid
Kaitohutohu Mātāmua, Kāwanatanga | Principal Adviser, Crown Entity
Monitoring
Te Manatū Waka Ministry of Transport
show quoted sections
AP left an annotation ()
The link to the response seems to be having issues. The response is also posted on the Ministry of Transport website https://www.transport.govt.nz/assets/Upl...
From: Jono Reid
Ministry of Transport
Good morning AP,
I am writing to let you know that an error has been spotted in the request
that we provided you. We will issue a new response.
Can you please delete the previous response and let me know when this is
done?
Thanks and Kind Regards,
Jono Reid
Kaitohutohu Mātāmua, Kāwanatanga | Principal Adviser, Crown Entity
Monitoring
From: Jono Reid
Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2024 6:26 PM
To: [FOI #26098 email]
Subject: Your Official Information Act request - OC240267
Dear AP,
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act 1982
request.
Cheers,
Jono Reid
Kaitohutohu Mātāmua, Kāwanatanga | Principal Adviser, Crown Entity
Monitoring
Te Manatū Waka Ministry of Transport
show quoted sections
From: Jono Reid
Ministry of Transport
Good afternoon AP,
As per my email earlier today, please find attached an updated response to
your Official Information Act request.
Cheers,
Jono Reid
Kaitohutohu Mātāmua, Kāwanatanga | Principal Adviser, Crown Entity
Monitoring
Te Manatū Waka Ministry of Transport
show quoted sections
From: Jono Reid
Ministry of Transport
Good afternoon AP,
Attached is Part two of the response.
Cheers,
Jono Reid
Kaitohutohu Mātāmua, Kāwanatanga | Principal Adviser, Crown Entity
Monitoring
Te Manatū Waka Ministry of Transport
show quoted sections
Things to do with this request
- Add an annotation (to help the requester or others)
- Download a zip file of all correspondence (note: this contains the same information already available above).
Requests for personal information and vexatious requests are not considered valid requests for Official Information (read more).
If you believe this request is not suitable, you can report it for attention by the site administrators
Report this request
A Thomas left an annotation ()
I am having difficulty opening this response - are you able to check the link.
Many thanks
AT
Link to this