29 August 2025
Ref: DOIA-REQ-0017427
Jason Lee
Email:
[FYI request #31499 email]
Tēnā koe Jason Lee
Thank you for your email of 5 July 2025 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:
Under the Official Information Act 1982, I request the following information concerning MBIE and
its ownership of Pure Turoa Limited:
Future Government Funding for Ruapehu Ski Fields:
1) All internal communications (e.g., emails, memos, reports, meeting minutes) held by MBIE
regarding the potential for, or discussions about, any further government financial assistance or
funding to Pure Turoa Limited, or any entity operating the Ruapehu Ski Fields, since 1 January
2025.
2) Any records of advice, briefings, or recommendations provided by MBIE to Ministers or the
Prime Minister concerning future government funding for Pure Turoa Limited or the Ruapehu Ski
Fields.
3) Any formal or informal requests for additional financial or other assistance received by MBIE
from Pure Turoa Limited or its representatives since 1 January 2025.
Correspondence with Pure Turoa Directors:
4) All correspondence (including, but not limited to, emails, letters, and records of meetings or
phone calls) held by MBIE between MBIE officials and the following directors (or their
representatives) of Pure Turoa Limited:
Gregory HICKMAN
Cameron ROBERTSON
Dean SCHMIDT
Please provide this correspondence from 1 January 2025 to the present date.
The purpose of this request is to enhance public understanding of MBIE's ongoing role as the
owner of Pure Turoa and MBIE's involvement on behalf of the New Zealand Government,
particularly in light of public statements regarding the cessation of government funding for the
Ruapehu ski fields.
Please note we have numbered your request for clarity.
On 31 July 2025 MBIE notified you of a partial decision on your request, and that it was extending the
time available to make a decision on the remainder of your request, to 29 August 2025. The reason for
the extension was that consultations necessary to make a decision on your request were such that a
proper response could not reasonably be made within the original time limit.
Please find below a schedule of documentation relevant to the remaining part of your request (part four):
Date
Type
Description/Title
Decision
15/01/2025
Attachment PTL Pack - Marked up - DOIA-REQ-0007024
Withheld in full
9(2)(g)(i)
15/01/2025
Attachment Consult Pack (for all) - Marked Up - DOIA-REQ-
Withheld in full
0006942
9(2)(g)(i)
21/01/2025
Email
RE: Consult (PTL) Official information request for
Released with
correspondence relating to Pure Turoa Limited
redactions
5/02/2025
Email
FW: PTL Board Meeting
Released with
redactions
21/02/2025
Attachment MBIE Letter Deal Terms
Withheld in full
9(2)(b)(ii)
24/02/2025
Email
RE: Deal Clarification and Urgent Meeting
Released with
redactions
24/02/2025
Attachment MBIE Response to PTL Feb 2025
Withheld in full
9(2)(b)(ii),
20/03/2025
Email
PTL Draw-down
Released with
redactions
20/03/2025
Attachment Drawdown request 20032025
Withheld in full
9(2)(b)(ii)
24/03/2025
Email
Re: Pure Turoa Ltd - Finances
Released with
redactions
24/03/2025
Attachment Board Financial Summary – February 2025 – Pure
Withheld in full
Turoa Limited (Feb 2025)
9(2)(b)(ii)
25/03/2025
Email
Accepted: PTL @ Tue 25 Mar 2025 2:30pm - 3pm
Released with
(NZDT) (Terence Curran)
redactions
25/03/2025
Email
Accepted: PTL @ Tue Mar 25, 2025 2:30pm - 3pm
Released with
(NZDT) (Terence Curran)
redactions
25/03/2025
Email
PTL
Released with
redactions
28/03/2025
Email
Consult: Whakapapa Ski Field - Official Information
Released
Act request (ref. REQ-0008018) CRM:0289076
28/03/2025
Attachment REDACTED PTL Consult Pack REQ-0008018
Withheld in full
9(2)(g)(i)
1/04/2025
Email
Re: Pure Turoa Draw Down Request
Released with
redactions
31/03/2025
Attachment PTL Drawdown request
Withheld in full
9(2)(b)(ii)
1/4/2025
Attachment Shareholder Loan Acc – Kiwibank Internet Banking
Withheld in full
9(2)(b)(ii)
11/04/2025
Email
Re: Payment
Released with
redactions
2/05/2025
Email
Jono Dean appointed CEO
Released with
redactions
Date
Type
Description/Title
Decision
02/05/2025
Attachment Press Release J Dean
Released with
redactions
20/05/2025
Email
RE: draw down
Released with
redactions
27/05/2025
Email
Board Meeting Auckland
Released with
redactions
4/06/2025
Email
RE: Pure Turoa Limited - Drawdown Request
Released with
redactions
3/06/2025
Attachment 38-9024-0836735-00_03Jun
Withheld in full
9(2)(b)(ii)
3/06/2025
Attachment 38-9024-0836735-03_03Jun
Withheld in full
9(2)(b)(ii)
3/06/2025
Attachment PTL Drawdown Request 03.06.25
Withheld in full
9(2)(b)(ii)
9/06/2025
Email
Board Meeting Auckland
Released
27/06/2025
Email
Board Meeting Turoa
Released
30/06/2025
Attachment PTL [
title partially withheld under 9(2)(ba)(i)]
Withheld in full
9(2)(b)(ii)
1/07/2025
Email
Accepted: Discussion with MBIE/PTL Board
Released with
[UNCLASSIFIED] @ Thu 3 Jul 2025 10:30am - 12pm
redactions
(NZST) (Josh Hercus)
1/07/2025
Email
Discussion with MBIE/PTL Board [UNCLASSIFIED]
Released with
redactions
1/07/2025
Email
RE: PTL [
title partially withheld under 9(2)(ba)(i)]
Released with
redactions
03/07/2025
Document
2025-07-03-Josh Hercus-21-58-17-855
Withheld in full
9(2)(b)(ii)
4/07/2025
Email
PTL Board Recommendation to PTL Shareholders
Released with
redactions
4/7/2025
Attachment PTL Shareholder Memo
Withheld in full
(2)(b)(ii)
Where documents are being released to you, copies are attached. Please note some information within
these documents has been withheld under the following sections of the Act:
• 9(2)(a), to protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons
• 9(2)(b)(ii), to protect information where the making available of the information would be likely
unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the
subject of the information
• 9(2)(ba)(i), to protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which any
person has been or could be compelled to provide under the authority of any enactment, where
the making available of the information would be likely to prejudice the supply of similar
information, or information from the same source, and it is in the public interest that such
information should continue to be supplied
• 9(2)(g)(i), to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression
of opinions by or between or to Ministers of the Crown or members of an organisation or officers
and employees of any public service agency or organisation in the course of their duty.
I do not consider that the withholding of this information is outweighed by public interest considerations
in making the information available.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, or if you require any further assistance,
please contact
[email address]. You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information
about how to make a complaint is availab
le at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802
602.
Nāku noa, nā
Tane Dewes
Manager Operations Support and Improvement
Kānoa – Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit
