13 May 2025
Official information request 8140015940
(Please quote this in any correspondence)
Gary Whitehead
By email:
[FYI request #30746 email]
Tēnā koe Gary
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
Re: 21,25 and 27 Buttercup Place
Thank you for your information request dated 17 April, seeking details regarding the
Future of Severely Affected Land. You have asked -
Were there any properties with moderate or minor damage and posing an
intolerable risk to life accepted for FOSAL categorization and could I have
statistics if available please. We are unable to provide comprehensive details of this because the categorisation
process looks at the likelihood of risk to life in future severe weather events and is not
determined or influenced by the amount of storm damage a property may have
previously sustained.
Following the voluntary categorisation programme, the following categories were
issued to Auckland properties where there is intolerable risk to life:
• Category 3 = 1197 properties
• Category 2P = 146 properties
• Category 2C = 32 properties
Many of these properties will have sustained moderate or minor damage following the
2023 North Island Weather Events, however this information is not recorded as part
of the risk assessment/categorisation process.
The decision by Auckland Council to release the information contained in this
response was made by
Mace Ward, Group Recovery Manager. You have the right to complain to the Ombudsman if you believe we have not
responded appropriately to your request. Information about how to make a complaint
is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Ph 09 301 0101

If you have any further queries, please contact me on 09 301 0101 quoting official
information request number 8140015940.
Kind regards,
Fernanda Maciel
Senior Privacy and Official Information Business Partner
Customer Experience and Digital Services
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Ph 09 301 0101