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2 December 2025
Geoff Waterhouse
[FYI request #32487 email]
REF: OIA-20224
Dear Geoff
Extension of time to respond to request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email of 8 November 2025 requesting the fol owing information under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) regarding the transaction log image provided to you in OIA-
19836:
a) What is the source of the Transaction Log? Where is it stored? Is there a URL or
database reference to access the ful record?
b) What do the abbreviations “DLPRO”, “DL Register”, and “6.20v31” represent?
c) It appears DRIVER LICENCE NUMBER PZ109108/000 was “ISSUED” on 03/12/2003
and has been on the DL Register since that date.
- How do you account for the expiry date “99/99/9999”?
- The log states “DRIVER LICENCE” was “ISSUED”, then “PSEUDO”, then “status
inactive”. If “inactive,” how was it possible to issue seventeen infringement notices using
PZ109108 between November 2008 and February 2025?
- Why does the log refer to “Licence Number” rather than “Pseudo Licence Number”?
d) Please clarify al abbreviations across the white log box, beginning with “Appl.” and
including “User code”, “REPORT”, and “SUPPORT”. Who inputted these records, and
what do highlighted codes refer to? Does the creation time of 02:45am indicate standard
practice?
e) Most critical:
- The entry “000000 IADDR 06/01/2003 14:17 W98AK042 AUCKLD GORDONC” records
an event a month before I even arrived in New Zealand. Please explain this anomaly, as
it seriously calls into question the authenticity of the record.
This letter is to advise you that NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is extending the 20
working days available to respond to your request, as allowed for under section 15A of the Act.
We require an additional 12 working days and will send you a response on or before 23
December 2025.
The deadline is being extended as the consultations necessary to make a decision on your
request are such that a thorough response cannot reasonably be made within the original 20-
working-day limit.
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to complain to the Ombudsman about the
extension. More information about the Ombudsman is available online at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
If you would like to discuss the extension with NZTA, please email the Ministerial Services team
via email to [NZTA request email].
Yours sincerely
Jackie Smith
Manager Ministerial Services
