45 Pipitea Street, Thorndon, Wel ington 6011
18 March 2025
PO Box 805, Wel ington 6140
Phone +64 4 495 7200
Maurice Gerbinald
Email
[email address]
[FYI request #30316 email]
Websit
e www.dia.govt.nz
Tēnā koe Maurice,
Your Official Information Act 1982 request OIA2324-0851
I am responding to your email of 6 March 2025 to the Department of Internal Affairs
requesting the following under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
May I please be provided with the proposal for a regional deal for Western Bay of Plenty
region that I believe has been submitted to DIA?
Transfer of your request
I have determined that information fal ing within the scope of your request as above is held
by the Tauranga City Council (the Council).
Accordingly, I am transferring responsibility for this request to the Council under section
14(b)(ii) of the Act. This section of the Act enables transfer when the information to which
the request relates is more closely connected with the functions of another department or
interdepartmental venture or Minister of the Crown or organisation, or of a local authority.
You wil hear from the Council regarding your request for information.
Nāku noa, nā
Jeremy Cauchi
Director, Ministerial and Monitoring