13 August 2025
Mal Robertson
By email
Tēnā koe Mal,
Official Information Act request for heavy rain warnings and rainfall data between
April and May 2023.
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 12 August
2025 for hourly rainfal data from MetService for the Whangārei Airport/Aerodrome
station from 15 April 2023 to 15 May 2023. I would also like time-stamped records of
when (during the period of 15 April 2023 to 15 May 2023) any heavy rain watches or
warnings were issued, updated, or cancel ed - plus their exact wording.
We received your request on 12 August 2025. We wil endeavour to respond to your
request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 9 September 2025, being 20
working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your
request by then, we wil notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
Your request is being handled by our legal team. If you have any queries, please feel free
to contact me. If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request,
please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken into account.
Ngā mihi
Nick Fagerlund
Legal Counsel and Company Secretary
PO Box 722
Level 2, 110 Featherston
Ph: 04 470 0700
Street, Wellington 6011
Wel ington 6140
Fax: 04 473 5231
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