16 July 2024
Mr French
By email: [FYI request #27566 email]
Tēnā koe Mr French,
Re: Official Information Act request for information (25/OIR/004)
I refer to your Official Information Act request dated 11 July 2024 for the following information:
All the information that you hold on a circular flight over Oamaru / coastal North Otago recorded on
19 March 2024 at 9:30am (see link below). Specifically, I request the following information -
- The airport or airfield from which the flight departed
- The airport or airfield where the flight landed
- The flight number
- The registration details of the aircraft
- The make and model of the aircraft
- The name and position of the person who authorised the flight
- The name of the entity responsible for the flight
- The specific details of the substance or substances emitted from the aircraft during the flight (as
seen on the video referenced below - clearly *not* a vapour trail)
- The name and position of the person who authorised the release of the said substance or
substances during the flight
- The purpose of the flight and its emissions.
1. We have transferred your request to Airways NZ. The information to which your request relates
is not held by the Authority but is believed to be held by Airways NZ. In these circumstances, we
are required by section 14 of the OIA to transfer your request.
2. You will hear from Airways NZ concerning your request.
Yours sincerely
Ngā mihi
Talia Rachel Zachariah (she/her)*
Of icial Information Advisor | Kaitohutohu
Legal Services Unit | LSU
Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand | Aviation Security Service
Te Mana Rererangi Tūmatanui o Aotearoa | Kaiwhakamaru Rererangi
PO Box 3555, Wel ington 6140, New Zealand
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