National Headquarters
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
National Headquarters
Spark Central, Level 7
42-52 Wil is Street
Wel ington Central
Wel ington 6011
Phone +64 4 496 3600
25 September 2024
Ref:15467
Alan Thompson
[FYI request #28220 email]
Tēnā koe Alan
Thank you for your email of 28 August 2024, to Fire and Emergency New Zealand requesting the
following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):
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You provided IAPs that were incomplete, and clearly not correct. You withdrew these
documents advising that they were not the final versions sent in error. You refused to
release the finals advising that the incident was subject to some investigation. I submit a
further request for these documents.
Under the provisions of the Official Information Act I request copies of the 14 Feb 2024 Port
Hil s fire Incident Actions Plans (IAPs) for the first 6 days (ie 14 Feb - 19 Feb). These plans to
include those for the Day and the Night shifts over that period.
This letter is to advise that Fire and Emergency needs to extend the timeframe of our response to
your request by 7 working days, pursuant to section 15A(1)(b) of the OIA, as 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.
For this reason, you can expect to receive our response no later than 4 October 2024. We will
endeavour to respond sooner than this date if possible. If you no longer require this information,
please let us know.
You have the right, by way of complaint under section 28(3) of the OIA, to request an investigation
and review of Fire and Emergency’s decision to extend the timeframe by the Ombudsman.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa nā
Aidan Saunders
Manager, Information Requests