FOSAL Assessments
Gary Whitehead made this Official Information request to Wairoa District Council
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From: Gary Whitehead
Dear Wairoa District Council,
Were there any properties with moderate or minor damage from the NIWE and posing an intolerable risk to life in future events accepted for FOSAL categorization and could I have statistics if available please
Yours faithfully,
Gary Whitehead
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From: LGOIMA Requests
Wairoa District Council
Official information request for information relating to property damages from the North Island Weather Events.
This email is to acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 17/04/2025 for information relating to property damages from the North Island Weather Events.
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From: LGOIMA Requests
Wairoa District Council
Kia ora Gary,
Official information request for information relating to the North Island Weather Events.
I refer to your official information request dated 17/04/2025 for information on any properties with moderate or minor damage from the NIWE and posing an intolerable risk to life in future events accepted for FOSAL categorization, including statistics where available. However, in order to fulfil this request clarification is required in terms of the information you are asking for. We are requesting clarification of what FOSAL properties you are referring to? The land categorisation risk categories and definitions are provided in the link below:
https://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/land-cate...
The following link also shows Wairoa's current FOSAL property classifications:
https://www.wairoarecovery.co.nz/flood-m...
Do you mean Category 3 properties or Category 2C properties? Once we have confirmation from you then we can seek to collate this information. Any questions please let me know.
Ngā mihi
LGOIMA Administrator
Coronation Square, 97-103 Queen Street, Wairoa 4108
PO Box 54, Wairoa 4160
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From: Gary Whitehead
Dear LGOIMA Requests,
Hi, I'm not requesting information on any specific property or categorisation status and my request is more research on how the different Councils approached categorisation.
I understand some Councils categorised some properties that only suffered relatively minor damage from the NIWEs but were assessed as an intolerable risk to life and falling in the 2A 2A and 3 categories due to flood modeling/mapping. It is these properties that I have interest in.
I hope that clarifies my request.
Yours sincerely,
Gary Whitehead
From: LGOIMA Requests
Wairoa District Council
Kia ora Gary,
Our properties were categorised following the same categorisation Hastings Council used in the below link.
https://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/land-cate...
The data we can look to provide is the number of properties categorised under each. Please clarify that this is the information you are seeking.
Ngā mihi
LGOIMA Administrator
Coronation Square, 97-103 Queen Street, Wairoa 4108
PO Box 54, Wairoa 4160
( | +64 6 838 7309
http://www.wairoadc.govt.nz/ | Facebook
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From: Gary Whitehead
Dear LGOIMA Requests,
Thank you,
That's all the information I require, thanks for the prompt responses.
Yours sincerely,
Gary Whitehead
From: LGOIMA Requests
Wairoa District Council
Kia ora Gary,
That's great, thank you. I will now close this official request off as you now have the information.
Ngā mihi
LGOIMA Administrator
Coronation Square, 97-103 Queen Street, Wairoa 4108
PO Box 54, Wairoa 4160
( | +64 6 838 7309
http://www.wairoadc.govt.nz/ | Facebook
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