24 July 2024
File Ref: IRC-6672
John McDonald
[FYI request #27384 email]
Tēnā koe Mr McDonald
Thank you for your email of 25 June 2024 to Te Kaunihera o Pōneke | Wel ington City Council (the
Council) requesting the following information:
1. How many cameras with automatic number plate recognition capability have been installed on
roads, streets, intersections, traffic lights, light posts, and other Council property with
Wellington City Council’s approval in the last five years?
2. How many cameras with automatic number plate recognition are operating in Wellington City
with the Wellington City Council’s approval?
3. Does the Wel ington City Council own these cameras, lease these cameras, or are they
owned by another company?
4. For the cameras operating on roads, streets, intersections, traffic lights, light posts, and other
Wellington City Council property which are owned by companies rather that Wel ington City
Council, what are the names and NZBN numbers for those companies.
5. Which third parties does Wellington City Council provide data, images, or footage collected
with cameras operating on roads, streets, intersections, traffic lights, light posts, and other
Wellington City Council property?
6. Does Wel ington City Council provide data, images, or footage to Auror Limited, Datacom
Group Ltd, vGRID, SaferCities, or Safe City Group Limited?
7. How many cameras does Wellington City Council have in 2024 which are supplying data,
images, or footage to vGRID, SaferCities, and/or Safe City Group Limited?
8. How many cameras does Wellington City Council have in 2024 which are supplying data,
images, or footage to Auror Limited?
9. How many cameras does Wellington City Council have in 2024 which are supplying data,
images, or footage to Datacom Group Ltd?
10. Does Wel ington City Council have a commercial relationship with Auror Limited and what
was the dol ar value of contracts and total financial transactions (revenue and expenditure)
with Auror Limited in the 2022/2023 financial year?
11. Does Wel ington City Council have a commercial relationship with Datacom Group Ltd and
what was the dol ar value of contracts and total financial transactions (revenue and
expenditure) with Datacom Group Ltd in the 2022/2023 financial year?
12. Does Wel ington City Council have a commercial relationship with Safe City Group Limited
and what was the dol ar value of contracts and total financial transactions (revenue and
expenditure) with Safe City Group Limited in the 2022/2023 financial year?
Your request has been considered under the Local Government Of icial Information and Meetings Act
1987 (LGOIMA). Wel ington City Council has granted your request for information.
However, it wil take us a little more time to prepare the information for release. I hope to provide you
with a response by 8 August 2024 if not sooner.
You have the right, by way of complaint under section 28(1) of the LGOIMA, to request an
investigation and review of the Council’s decision to withhold information by the Ombudsman.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
If you require further information, please contact
[email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Chelsea McHugh
Senior Advisor Of icial Information
Complaints & Information Assurance
Wellington City Council
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