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8 July 2025
J Wills
[FYI request #31241 email]
REF: OIA-18599
Dear J
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email
of 7 June 2025 requesting the fol owing information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
I formal y request a list of organisations and individual traders who have authorisation to fly
UAV/RPAS over roads under NZTA control.
On 15 June 2025, you refined the request to:
Please advise al currently active organisations and those since Post 2021 that were given
authorisation but are now expired.
The fol owing documents fal within the scope of your request and are enclosed:
• Attachment 1: OIA-18599 J Wil s.pdf
Please note that there was one private individual who held a drone application. This individual was
from Manawatū. Their information has been withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Act. This section
allows for the withholding of information to protect the privacy of natural persons.
With respect to the information that has been withheld, I do not consider there are any other factors
which would render it desirable, in the public interest, to make the information available.
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to
withhold this information. The contact details for the Ombudsman can be located at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
In line with NZTA policy, this response wil soon be published on our website, with personal
information removed.

If you would like to discuss this matter further with NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA), you
are welcome to contact Ministerial Services by email at
[NZTA request email]. Yours sincerely
Jackie Smith
Manager Ministerial Services
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