6 November 2024
File Ref: 240899
Toni M
[email address] Dear Toni,
Thank you for your Official Information Act request received on 7 October 2024. You requested:
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Could I please request copies of all compliance certificates issued for pyrotechnic
displays held in Keri Keri and Paihia, Bay of Islands for November and December
2022 and 2023.
Information being released
Please see below a table of compliance certificate types and dates for pyrotechnic displays held in
Keri Keri and Paihia, Bay of Islands for November and December 2022 and 2023.
Certificate Type
Date of Issue
Date comes into Force
Outdoor Pyrotechnics Display
12 November 2022
12 November 2022
Outdoor Pyrotechnics Display
26 October 2023
4 November 2023
Outdoor Pyrotechnics Display
5 December 2023
5 December 2023
I have decided to release the information above under section 16(1)(e) of the Official Information
Act. Other information contained within the certificates has been withheld under the following
sections of the Official Information Act:
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9(2)(a) – to protect the privacy of natural persons
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9(2)(b)(ii) – to protect information where the making available of the information would be
likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or is
subject to the information
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9(c) – to avoid prejudice to measures protecting the health and safety of the public.
The information you have requested is held in the Register of Compliance Certificates (the
register) pursuant to the Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2017.
Access to the information held in the Register is restricted to WorkSafe, approved persons, and
compliance certifiers all of whom require access to the register to perform their roles.
In making my decision, I have considered the public interest considerations in section 9(1) of the
Official Information Act.
This reply addresses the information you requested. You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
investigate and review my decision, and further information is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
If you require further assistance, please contact
[email address].
Yours sincerely
Tracey Conlon
Acting Deputy Chief Executive Operations
PO Box 165, Wellington 6140