9 January 2025
OIAD-1405
Duncan Kenderdine
[FYI request #29351 email]
Dear Duncan Kenderdine
Thank you for your email of 27 November 2024 requesting the following under the Of icial
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Please provide copies of reports, memos, correspondence or minutes of meetings
from
- Ministry for the Environment correspondence to/from Central Government regarding
Tarras / Central Otago Airport project from 1 Jan 2024 to the present,
- Ministry for the Environment correspondence to/from Christchurch airport or any
consultants working for them regarding Tarras / Central Otago Airport project from 1
Jan 2024 to the present, and
- Ministry for the Environment internal reports or communications or rulings etc about
the Tarras / Central Otago Airport project since Oct 2024
No information in scope of your request is held. Therefore, the Ministry for the Environment
(the Ministry) is refusing your request in full under section 18(g)(i) of the Act, as the
information requested is not held by the Ministry, and we have no grounds to believe it is
held by any other agency.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Of ice of the Ombudsman of
my decision relating to this request, in accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. The relevant
details can be found on their website at:
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. Please note that due to the public interest in our work the Ministry for the Environment
publishes responses to requests for official information on our
OIA responses page shortly
after the response has been sent. If you have any queries about this, please feel free to
contact our Ministerial Services team:
[email address]. Yours sincerely
Electronically approved by Macaela Flanagan
Macaela Flanagan
Manager – System Oversight
Ministry for the Environment | Manatū Mō Te Taiao
PO Box 10362, Wel ington 6143 | Freephone 0800 499 700 | environment.govt.nz
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