Whare Kaupapa
Atawhai/Conservation
House- 18 Manners
Street, Box 10420,
Wellington 6140
doc.govt.nz
Ref: OIAD-5593
19 September 2025
Suze Keith
[FYI request #32097 email]
Tēnā koe Suze
Thank you for your Official Information Act request to the Department of Conservation, received on
23 August 2025 in which you asked for:
1. I would like all correspondence, reports, documents, meeting minutes, file notes, etc, you
have on record regarding the proposal to develop 4 open cast mines, underground mine,
industrial cyanide processing plant, permanent waste tailings dam, engineered land forms
and miners caravan park in the Bendigo Ophir - Dunstan Mountains area by Matakanui Gold /
Santana Minerals. Regardless of whether they are associated with fast track consenting or
any other process.
2. From July 19, 2025 until present day.
This letter is to advise you that we are extending the 20 working day period to respond to your
request, as allowed under section 15A(1) of the Official Information Act 1982. We require an
additional 20
days to respond to your request. We will send you a response no later than 17 October
2025, earlier if possible.
The extension of time is necessary as it necessitates a search through a large quantity of information
and meeting the original time limit would unreasonably interfere with the operations of the
Department. It also requires consultation with third parties, meaning that a proper response to the
request cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit.
You have the right, under section 28(3) of the Official Information Act to make a complaint to an
Ombudsman about the extension.
If you wish to discuss this response to your request, please contact
[email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Siobhan Quayle
Director Regulatory Systems Performance
Department of Conservation
Te Papa Atawhai