OIAD-4073 
14 June 2024  
 
Stephen Prendergast 
 
[FYI request #26832 email] 
   
 
Tēnā koe Stephen 
 
Thank you for your request to the Department of Conservation, received on 16 May 2024, in 
which you asked for: 
 
Please provide the document referred to as the "decision support document" or its 
equivalent, in the Objection and Submission Summary Document in respect of the 
Turoa Concession Application by Pure Turoa. 
 
We have considered your request under the Official Information Act 1982.  
 
The document sought is listed in the table below and accompanies our response as 
Attachment 1:  
 
Item 
Date 
Document description 
Decision 
1 
2 April 2024  Permission Decision Support Document 
Released in part 
(Pure Turoa Limited) including 
 
Appendices 1 - 10 
 
I have decided to release the relevant parts of the documents listed above, subject to 
information being withheld under one or more of the following sections of the Official 
Information Act, as applicable: 
 
•  personal contact details of officials, under section 9(2)(a) – to protect the privacy of 
natural persons, including deceased people, 
•  commercially sensitive information, under section 9(2)(b)(i ) – to protect the 
commercial position of the person who supplied the information, or who is the subject 
of the information, 
 
In making my decision, I have considered the public interest considerations in section 9(1) of 
the  Official  Information  Act  and  determined  there  are  no  public  interests  that  outweigh  the 
grounds for withholding. 
 
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You are entitled to seek an investigation and review of my decision by writing to an 
Ombudsman as provided by section 28(3) of the Official Information Act. 
 
Please note that this letter (with your personal details removed) and attached documents 
may be published on the Department’s website. 
 
 
Nāku noa, nā 
 
 
 
Stacey Wrenn 
Director Regulatory Authorisations 
Department of Conservation 
Te Papa Atawhai 
 
 
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