Dear Kevin

 

Thank you for your information request received on Monday 10 March 2025
seeking information relating to dates and associated correspondence
regarding certain tsunami events. We will proceed to process your request
under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
(LGOIMA), and will endeavour to respond to your request no later than
Monday 7 April 2025, being 20 working days after the day your request was
received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.  Your request asking for an
urgent response regarding the dates of the tsunami events you refer to is
noted, and we will endeavour to provide a response as soon as we are able.

 

Kind regards

Rasela Barrow​​​​
Executive Assistant |  West Coast Regional Council
[1][email address]  | [2]+64 3 744 7337  |  [3]+6421795517 [4]Facebook [5]Twitter [6]YouTube
[7]West Coast Regional Council Website

 

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From: Kevin Smith <[8][FOI #30349 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 9 March 2025 11:22 am
To: WCRC Information <[9][West Coast Regional Council request email]>
Subject: [BULK] Official Information request - WCRC Response to Tsuanmi
reporting.

 

Caution! This message was sent from outside your organization.

Dear West Coast Regional Council,

Following a West Coast Emergency Management Joint Committee hearing, held
in mid-February, the newspaper headlines included Tsunami possibility.

Both the Westport and Greymouth papers then covered the historical
accounts of West Coast tsunami.

Sharon Hornblow was quoted as saying that both Westport and Karamea had
been on the receiving end of damaging tsunamis since 1840.

This was challenged by a ratepayer, Kevin Smith, in an email exchange.
He also requested the dates of those events.

1. . . Could the WCRC please provide copies of all tsunami related
discussions following this correspondence. ?

I expect this to include internal mail as well as correspondence with
other agencies such as NIWA, NEMA, BDC and possibly other local councils.

2....As a matter of urgency I am requesting the dates so that they can be
included in my TTPP Coastal Hazards submission in a little over one week's
time.
Please provide the dates of the Karamea and Westport tsunami events.

It has been over two weeks and the emails have gone unanswered.

Yours faithfully,

Kevin Smith

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Dear Kevin,

Further to your official information request received at the Council on 10
March 2025, part of which sought the dates of two tsunamis, we have
processed this part of your request under the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA).  The dates of the tsunamis are as
follows:

o Westport – 22 February 1913
o Karamea – 17 June 1929

 

This and other information can be found at these links: 

[1]List of tsunamis affecting New Zealand - Wikipedia

[2]New Zealand tsunamis 1840–1982: New Zealand Journal of Geology and
Geophysics: Vol 29, No 1

 

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 at
[3]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

We will now proceed to process the remainder of your request, as set out
in point 1 of your email. 

 

Yours sincerely

Rasela Barrow

For and on behalf of

Darryl Lew

Chief Executive

 

 

Rasela Barrow​​​​
Executive Assistant |  West Coast Regional Council
[4][email address]  | [5]+64 3 744 7337  |  [6]+6421795517 [7]Facebook [8]Twitter [9]YouTube
[10]West Coast Regional Council Website

 

 

From: Rasela Barrow <[11][email address]>
Sent: Monday, 10 March 2025 4:42 PM
To: [12][FOI #30349 email]
Subject: REQ-2025-3377 - Acknowledgement of request - WCRC correspondence
regarding tsunami events and reporting

 

Dear Kevin

 

Thank you for your information request received on Monday 10 March 2025
seeking information relating to dates and associated correspondence
regarding certain tsunami events. We will proceed to process your request
under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
(LGOIMA), and will endeavour to respond to your request no later than
Monday 7 April 2025, being 20 working days after the day your request was
received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.  Your request asking for an
urgent response regarding the dates of the tsunami events you refer to is
noted, and we will endeavour to provide a response as soon as we are able.

 

Kind regards

Rasela Barrow​​​​
Executive Assistant |  West Coast Regional Council
[13][email address]  | [14]+64 3 744 7337  |  [15]+6421795517 [16]Facebook [17]Twitter [18]YouTube
[19]West Coast Regional Council Website

 

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From: Kevin Smith <[20][FOI #30349 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 9 March 2025 11:22 am
To: WCRC Information <[21][West Coast Regional Council request email]>
Subject: [BULK] Official Information request - WCRC Response to Tsuanmi
reporting.

 

Caution! This message was sent from outside your organization.

Dear West Coast Regional Council,

Following a West Coast Emergency Management Joint Committee hearing, held
in mid-February, the newspaper headlines included Tsunami possibility.

Both the Westport and Greymouth papers then covered the historical
accounts of West Coast tsunami.

Sharon Hornblow was quoted as saying that both Westport and Karamea had
been on the receiving end of damaging tsunamis since 1840.

This was challenged by a ratepayer, Kevin Smith, in an email exchange.
He also requested the dates of those events.

1. . . Could the WCRC please provide copies of all tsunami related
discussions following this correspondence. ?

I expect this to include internal mail as well as correspondence with
other agencies such as NIWA, NEMA, BDC and possibly other local councils.

2....As a matter of urgency I am requesting the dates so that they can be
included in my TTPP Coastal Hazards submission in a little over one week's
time.
Please provide the dates of the Karamea and Westport tsunami events.

It has been over two weeks and the emails have gone unanswered.

Yours faithfully,

Kevin Smith

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page.

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