Reference: 20250693
17 October 2025
Libby Bentley
[FYI request #32129 email]
Dear Libby
Thank you for your Of icial Information Act request which we received as a partial
transfer on 24 September 2025. You requested the following:
I am requesting the following information related to the $100 mil ion “Local
Government Flood Resilience Co-Investment Fund”, as described under the
“Initiatives for North Island Weather Events Response and Recovery Package” in
the 2023 Budget:
4. Any material prepared for or by the Minister of Local Government, Minister for
Regional Economic Development, Minister for Climate Change, or Minister of
Finance, relating to the joint agreement required to draw down the tagged
contingency.
Information publicly available
The Treasury searched all available sources, and with the exception of two papers
already publicly available, no other information was found to be within the scope of
your request.
Accordingly, I have refused your request for the documents listed in the above table
under section 18(d) of the Official Information Act - the information requested is or will
soon be publicly available.
The following material in scope of your request is available on the Treasury website.
Item Date
Document Description
Website
Relevant sections
Address
1. 5 May
Joint Report T2023-831
Paragraph 32 on page 12
https://www.trea
2023
Proposed content and
of the release.
sury.govt.nz/site
process for developing 31
s/default/files/20
May report back to EWR on
24-12/oia-
policy framework for
20240757.pdf
severely affected locations
1 The Terrace
PO Box 3724
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
tel. +64-4-472-2733
https://treasury.govt.nz
2. 30 August Cabinet Paper - Future of
https://www.trea Paragraphs 15 & 16 on
2023
severely affected locations:
sury.govt.nz/site pages 16 & 17 of the
August report back
s/default/files/20 release.
24-12/oia-
Paragraphs 80 & 81 on
20240757.pdf
page 27 of the release.
Recommendation 25 on
page 34 of the release.
Some information has been removed from the documents listed in the above table and
should continue to be withheld under the Official Information Act, on the grounds
described in the documents.
Please note that this letter (with your personal details removed) and enclosed documents
may be published on the Treasury website.
This reply addresses the information you requested. Under section 28(3) of the Act, you
have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any decisions made under this request.
The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at:
[email address] or by
calling 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Nicky Lynch
Manager, Climate Change
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