15 May 2025
File Ref: IRC-8235
Adam Michael
[FYI request #30575 email]
Tēnā koe Mr Michael
Thank you for your email of 31 March 2025 to Te Kaunihera o Pōneke | Wellington City Council (the
Council) requesting the following information:
1. Details of services sought and rendered by the Wel ington City Council, in relation to
Buildmedia and The Boundary APAC in relation to the Wellington Digital Twin project.
2. Copies of emails, memos, or any correspondence exchanged between Wel ington City
Council officials and representatives of the Boundary APAC or Buildmedia regarding the
Digital Twin initiative.
3. A record of meetings held between Wel ington City Council officials and the representatives of
The Boundary APAC or Buildmedia, including the dates, participants, and summaries or
minutes of those meetings.
4. Information regarding the specific services procured by the Wel ington City Council in
connection with the Digital Twin project, including which divisions and officials within the
council have procured these services. Including Documentation or contracts related to these
procured services, outline the nature of the services and the parties involved.
5. Evidence of implementing these services in the core business of the council. Has the council
contracted these services for direct use within certain planning departments? Have any
processes, workflows, or decision-making frameworks changed within these departments as
a result of these services?
Your request has been considered under the Local Government Of icial Information and Meetings Act
1987 (LGOIMA).
The Council has decided to grant your request in part, with some information withheld and refused
pursuant to the following sections of the LGOIMA:
• section 7(2)(a), protect privacy of natural persons,
• section 7(2)(b)(i ), protect information here the making available of the information would be
likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is
the subject of the information,
• section 7(2)(c)(i), protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which
any person has been or could be compel ed to provide under the authority of any enactment,
where the making available of the information would be likely to prejudice the supply of similar
information, or information from the same source, and it is in the public interest that such
information should continue to be supplied,
• section 7(2)(f)(i ), maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the protection of
such members, officers, employees, and persons from improper pressure or harassment, and
• section 17(e) of the LGOIMA, as the document alleged to contain the information requested
does not exist or, despite reasonable efforts to locate it, cannot be found.
The Council requires further time to finish preparing our response to the remaining questions in your
LGOIMA request. We wil endeavour to have our response to no later than 26 May 2025.
You have the right, by way of complaint under section 28(1) of the LGOIMA, to request an
investigation and review of the Council’s decision to refuse information by the Ombudsman.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
If you require further information, please contact
[email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Danika Morris-Brown
Senior Advisor Official Information
Complaints & Information Assurance
Wellington City Council
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