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------------------- Original Message -------------------
From: Michael Fowler <[FOI #32299 email]>; 
Received: Fri Sep 12 2025 09:43:15 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)
To: GRU Jobs <[Kāinga Ora request email]>; 
Subject: Official Information request - Early termination of a significant
public contract

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Dear Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities,

Please provide all reports, memos, internal communications (including
emails and meeting minutes), and records of advice detailing:

• The rationale and decision-making process for ending the Piritahi/LEAD
Alliance contractual agreement, including the extended contract, as
announced internally on December 19, 2024, and with formal notice on
January 31, 2025. This should cover the period from August 1, 2023 (when
the extension was signed) to January 31st, 2025.

• Any analysis or advice concerning the strategy to keep existing LEAD
Alliance participants involved in a 'different arrangement' to retain
intellectual property (IP), as mentioned in Mark Fraser's email of
December 6, 2024.

• Proposed models for this new engagement and any initial assessments of
how these new arrangements would comply with Government Procurement Rules.

I believe the the rationale for terminating a significant public contract,
especially one recently extended, and the proposed new procurement
strategies, have a strong public interest component for transparency and
accountability. I don't require specific details of ongoing procurement
negotiations or highly detailed commercial proposals of third parties.

However I am interested in the overarching strategy and the justification
for new engagement models, particularly regarding IP retention, whilst
complying with Government Procurement Rules.

Yours faithfully,

Michael Fowler

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