Dear Kevin

Thank you for your information request of 19 July 2024 seeking information
relating to Sea level measurements in Buller. We will proceed to process
your request under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings
Act 1987 (LGOIMA), and will endeavour to respond to your request no later
than 16 August 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.

Kind regards
Leah

 

 

Leah Buchanan​​​​
Business Support Officer |  West Coast Regional Council
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From: Kevin Smith <[8][FOI #27724 email]>
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2024 12:05 PM
To: WCRC Information <[9][West Coast Regional Council request email]>
Subject: [BULK] Official Information request - Sea level measurements in
Buller

 

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Dear West Coast Regional Council,

A sea level buoy has recently been deployed in Westport.

I am requesting correspondence about the level measuring equipment that
was used for previous recordings.

The chart at the beginning of the recent publication 'West Coast Region
Coastal Hazards mapping methodology shows plots for Charleston and
Westport.
This NIWA and WCRC booklet is dated 29 April 2024.

Could you please provide copies of the correspondence pertaining to those
two sites ?

I am seeking info on the data gathering, site maintenance, site
calibrations and the compensation methods applied.
ie, How the data was obtained, how it was checked and then what
atmospheric and sea pressures, temperatures and tidal factors were
subsequently applied.

The same document refers to LiDAR measurements.

Could you please advise what vertical changes have been detected in the
Buller coastal region over the past decades ?

I have heard from a local surveyor that a rise in ground level has been
recorded.
This would be by a number of measuring techniques so I am interested in
the rate of rise and the method used.

Yours faithfully,

Kevin Smith

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Dear Kevin,

 

I refer to your official information request received on 19 July 2024 for
information relating to methods and data collection for sea level
monitoring in the Buller area.  We have further assessed your request and
have decided to transfer the majority of your request to NIWA, with the
exception of our response below regarding the reference to a buoy in the
first sentence of your email. 

 

WCRC installed a wave buoy in July 2024 which collects data on wave
spectra (significant wave height, wave period, peak wave direction and
spread, mean wave direction and spread, wind, sea surface temperature, and
atmospheric pressure).  The wave buoy is located approximately 3km north
of the mouth of the Buller River.  The purpose of the buoy is to assist
the Council with coastal flood monitoring and flood warning, both in
immediate response, and building a long-term dataset to improve inundation
mapping of flooding though Westport in the future.  The data collected
will be available for the public to view on the WCRC website, expected to
be available in the next few weeks.

 

In relation to the remainder of the request, the information to which your
request relates is not held by us and is believed to be more closely
connected with the functions of NIWA.  In these circumstances, we are
required by section 12 of the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act to transfer your request.

 

You will hear further from NIWA concerning the remainder of your request.

 

Yours sincerely,

Leah Buchanan

For and on behalf of

Darryl Lew

Chief Executive

 

 

 

 

Leah Buchanan​​​​
Business Support Officer |  West Coast Regional Council
[1][email address]  | [2]+64 3 744 7315  |  [3]+6421311948 [4]Facebook [5]Twitter [6]YouTube
[7]West Coast Regional Council Website

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: Leah Buchanan <[8][email address]>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2024 2:31 PM
To: [9][FYI request #27724 email]
Subject: REQ-2024-3156 - Acknowledgment of request - Sea level
measurements in Buller

 

Dear Kevin

Thank you for your information request of 19 July 2024 seeking information
relating to Sea level measurements in Buller. We will proceed to process
your request under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings
Act 1987 (LGOIMA), and will endeavour to respond to your request no later
than 16 August 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.

Kind regards
Leah

 

 

Leah Buchanan​​​​
Business Support Officer |  West Coast Regional Council
[10][email address]  | [11]+64 3 744 7315  |  [12]+6421311948 [13]Facebook [14]Twitter [15]YouTube
[16]West Coast Regional Council Website

 

 

From: Kevin Smith <[17][FYI request #27724 email]>
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2024 12:05 PM
To: WCRC Information <[18][West Coast Regional Council request email]>
Subject: [BULK] Official Information request - Sea level measurements in
Buller

 

Caution! This message was sent from outside your organization.

Dear West Coast Regional Council,

A sea level buoy has recently been deployed in Westport.

I am requesting correspondence about the level measuring equipment that
was used for previous recordings.

The chart at the beginning of the recent publication 'West Coast Region
Coastal Hazards mapping methodology shows plots for Charleston and
Westport.
This NIWA and WCRC booklet is dated 29 April 2024.

Could you please provide copies of the correspondence pertaining to those
two sites ?

I am seeking info on the data gathering, site maintenance, site
calibrations and the compensation methods applied.
ie, How the data was obtained, how it was checked and then what
atmospheric and sea pressures, temperatures and tidal factors were
subsequently applied.

The same document refers to LiDAR measurements.

Could you please advise what vertical changes have been detected in the
Buller coastal region over the past decades ?

I have heard from a local surveyor that a rise in ground level has been
recorded.
This would be by a number of measuring techniques so I am interested in
the rate of rise and the method used.

Yours faithfully,

Kevin Smith

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