OIA25-0268
30 April 2025
Craig Innes
[FYI request #30713 email]
Dear Craig,
Thank you for your email of 14 April 2025 requesting information relating to GIS data. Your
request has been considered under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (OIA).
You requested the following:
Please provide all GIS data relating to lands identified for afforestation on ‘Crown-
owned’ land in New Zealand’s second Emissions reduction plan 2026-30 ISBN 978-
0-473-73006-2. Please also provide any other GIS dataset used in the Assessments
identifying existing land cover.
The information you have requested is published by the Ministry for the Environment (MfE)
and does not reference any GIS data held by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).
Consequently, MfE is the most appropriate agency to respond to your request, whom you
have already approached for response. Therefore, your request is refused pursuant to
section 18(e) of the OIA –
the document alleged to contain the information requested does
not exist.
Should you have any concerns with this response, I would encourage you to raise these with
the Ministry for Primary Industries at
[email address]. Alternatively, you
are advised of your right to also raise any concerns with the Office of the Ombudsman.
Contact details are: Office of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143 or at
[email address].
Yours sincerely
Debbie Ward
Director Forestry Insights
Charles Fergusson Building, 38–42 Bowen Street
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6140, New Zealand
mpi.govt.nz