29 August 2025
D. Gray
By email
: [FYI request #31539 email]
Dear D. Gray
Official Information Act Request 25.307 – Gateway Antarctica
I refer to the Official Information Act (the Act) request dated 12 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
This information requests includes, but is not limited to, the quantity of funding and the names of any
programs or research projects concerned.
Please note that Gateway Antarctica was integrated into the School of Earth and Environment in 2019.
Therefore, research grants are not technical y hosted by Gateway Antarctica, rather they are typical y hosted
by the Lead Principal Investigator’s Home Department.
We note the correspondence between yourself and the Information and Records Management team regarding
the timeframe for this request. Therefore, al research and consultancy funding executed on or after 1 January
2015 until 30 June 2025 was searched for this request.
There were no consultancy records found that were linked to Antarctica-related consultancy activities.
Therefore, this information is refused under s 18 (e) of the Act, as the information does not exist.
Please note that two of the research records start and end outside of the requested timeframe. However,
because they run through the requested timeframe, they have been included.
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
Attachment:
OIA 25.307 Data
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