Whare Kaupapa
Atawhai/Conservation
House- 18-32 Manners
Street, Box 10420,
Wellington 6140
doc.govt.nz
13 October 2025
Ref: OIAD-5593
Suze Keith
[FYI request #32312 email] Tēnā koe Suze
Thank you for your Official Information Act request to the Department of Conservation, received on
15 September 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 August 25, 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 30
days to respond to your request. We wil send you a response no later than 25
November 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
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