28 April 2025
LGOIMA 25-063
Miss W. Forest
[FYI request #30324 email]
Tēnā koe Miss W. Forest
Request for information: Wellington Water audit/risk/reviews and funding requests
I refer to your Local Government Official Information & Meetings Act (LGOIMA – the Act)
request received by Wellington Water Limited (WWL) on 25 March 2025.
This request was transferred from Wellington City Council (WCC). On 14 April 2025 you were
advised that questions two and three of your request (below) would be responded to by
WWL, and questions one and four to be answered by WCC, as the latter is held by them. My
apologies for the confusion about this.
This is a partial response for your
second question. A full response to complete the
second
question and t
hird question will be supplied as soon as practicable.
Please provide relating to Wellington Water Limited from past two financial years or
using the most convenient near-equivalent reporting periods:
2. Audit and / or Risk and / or Review findings relating to WWL
3. Funding requests from Wellington Water Limited, as received by WCC
Please refer to the Appendix on the following page that responds to part of your second
request.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to email us at
[email address]
Nāku noa, nā
Erin Ganley
Chief Risk and Compliance Officer (Acting)
APPENDIX
Please provide relating to Wellington Water Limited from past two financial years or
using the most convenient near-equivalent reporting periods:
2. Audit and / or Risk and / or Review findings relating to WWL
The past two financial years are 2023/24 and 2024/25.
Please refer to the list of the reports that are in scope of your request and accessible
through the supplied hyperlinks:
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2024 January: Contract Review Wellington City Council/Wellington Water by
FieldForce4
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2024 July 22: External Review Wellington Water Limited: capital programme
estimating and budget systems
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2024 September: (Unaudited) Draft Annual Report FY24
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2025 February 2025: AECOM Full Redacted Report - Analysis of WWL Panel Costs
and Valuation Unit Rates
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2025 March: Deloitte Full Redacted Report