OC240855
28 August 2024
J Turner
[FYI request #27786 email]
Tēnā koe J Turner,
I refer to your email dated Tuesday 23 July 2024, requesting the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
“I am writing to request a copy of the consultation report on the Draft Government
Policy Statement on land transport 2024, which closed in September 2023.
If there is not an official 'consultation report', I would like a summary of the
consultation feedback, any documents referencing how the consultation was used to
finalise the GPS, including minutes of meetings.”
On 19 August 2024, you were notified that the Ministry of Transport (the Ministry) extended
the 20 working days available to respond to your request pursuant to the following section of
the Act:
15A(1)(b)
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
The Ministry of Transport (the Ministry) provided a consultation report on the draft Government
Policy Statement on land transport 2024 (GPS 2024) on 29 September 2023. The document
and three annexes fall within the scope of your request and have been attached to this
response. The document schedule attached as
Annex 1 outlines how each of the documents
have been treated under the Act.
Some information has been withheld under the following section of the Act:
9(2)(a)
to protect the privacy of natural persons
Regarding information that has been withheld under section 9 of the Act, I am satisfied that
the reasons for withholding the information at this time are not outweighed by public interest
considerations that would make it desirable to make the information available.
The Ministry will be proactively releasing all advice provided to the current Minister of
Transport on the GPS 2024 and will notify you directly once these documents are published
on our website
(www.transport.govt.nz).
transport.govt.nz | hei-arataki.nz
HEAD OFFICE: PO Box 3175, Wellington 6140, New Zealand. PH: +64 4 439 9000
AUCKLAND OFFICE: NZ Government Auckland Policy Office, PO Box 106483, Auckland 1143, New Zealand. PH: +64 4 439 9000
You have the right to seek an investigation and review of this response by the Ombudsman,
in accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. The relevant details can be found on the
Ombudsman’s website
(www.ombudsman.parliament.nz).
The Ministry publishes our Official Information Act responses, so the information contained
in our reply to you may be published on the Ministry website. Before publishing, we will
remove any personal or identifiable information.
Nāku noa, nā
Tim Herbert
Manager, Investment
transport.govt.nz | hei-arataki.nz
HEAD OFFICE: PO Box 3175, Wellington 6140, New Zealand. PH: +64 4 439 9000
AUCKLAND OFFICE: NZ Government Auckland Policy Office, PO Box 106483, Auckland 1143, New Zealand. PH: +64 4 439 9000
Annex 1 – Document schedule
Number Document title
Decision on release
1
OC230823
Some information withheld under
Draft Government Policy Statement 2024 (GPS s9(2)(a) of the Act.
2024) summary of feedback from consultation
2
OC230823 – Annex 3
Released in full.
Draft Government Policy Statement 2024/25-
2033/34: Summary of engagement on the draft
3
OC230823 – Annex 4
Released in full.
Waka Kotahi submission in response to the
draft Government Policy Statement on land
transport (GPS)
4
OC230823 – Annex 5
Released in full.
Local Government New Zealand’s submission
on the Government Policy Statement on Land
Transport 2024/25 – 2034/35
