National Headquarters
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
National Headquarters
Spark Central, Level 7
42-52 Willis Street
Wellington Central
Wellington 6011
Phone +64 4 496 3600
25 February 2025
Ref: 16918
Sam I
[FYI request #29893 email]
Tēnā koe Sam
Thank you for your request of 27 January 2025, to Fire and Emergency New Zealand requesting the
following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):
1. I would like to obtain ALL incident reports relating to the Mangawhai Natural Disaster
incident on the 26/1/25.
2. I understand that brigades outside of Northland were attached to the call e.g. Papatoetoe,
I would also like to know why Papatoetoe was attached to the overall incident.
3. I would like to know the alert level of the overall incident and why?
This letter is to advise that Fire and Emergency needs to extend the timeframe of our response to
your request by 10 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 11 March 2025. 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