5 August 2025
D. Gray
By email
: [FYI request #31539 email]
Dear D. Gray
OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT REQUEST OIA 25.307 Gateway Antarctica
I refer to the Official Information Act request dated 10 July 2025 for information relating to Gateway
Antarctica . You have specifical y requested:
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Under the Official Information Act, I request information regarding the funding sources for research
pertaining to Gateway Antarctica research group/s, particularly the fol owing academics/staff:
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Wolfgang Rack
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Daniela Liggett
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Alan Hemmings
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Bob Frame
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Ian Shaw
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Adrian McDonald
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Other staff listed herein: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/research/about-uc-research/research-groups-
and-centres/gateway-antarctica/contact-us
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This information requests includes, but is not limited to, the quantity of funding and the names of any
programs or research projects concerned.
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. Unfortunately, it wil not be possible to meet that time limit and we are
therefore writing to notify you of an extension of the time to make our decision, to Friday 22 August 2025.
This extension is necessary because consultations necessary to make a decision on your request are such that
a proper response cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit. An increase in information
requests has meant that we are unable to meet the 20-working day timeframe and require a 2-week
extension.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about
how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Information and Records Management
