
8 July 2025
OIA 87636
Alan Riley
By email: [FYI request #31257 email]
Tēnā koe Alan
Request for Official Information: Woodbourne Base
I refer to your correspondence of 10 June 2025 requesting the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (OIA):
I understand the Crown resolved Treaty Settlement redress rights at Woodbourne
Base (media reports last year regarding a "payment" of funds).
Please provide a copy of any briefings to Ministers regarding this matter from
1 January 2021 to the present day.
The OIA requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no later than 20 working
days after the day we received your request, which in this case is 9 July. Unfortunately, it has not
been possible to meet that time limit and I am therefore writing to notify you of an extension to
the time for us to make our decision under section 15A of the OIA, to 5 August.
This extension is necessary because the consultations necessary to make a decision on your
request are such that a proper response cannot reasonably be made within the original time
limit.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about this process is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or phone
0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Fern Hyett
Director