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Request for Riverside Holiday Park compliance reports

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From: Carl Watson

Dear Kaipara District Council,

I am requesting a copy of the report on Riverside Holiday Park’s compliance with fire safety regulations, dated March 2025 (or another month in 2025).

Specifically, I seek the following information:
1. A full copy of the fire safety compliance report for Riverside Holiday Park, dated March 2025 (or another month in 2025). Please include any other material produced relating to compliance at the park if it is gathered during your search.

2. Any correspondence or documentation between Kaipara District Council and the Riverside Holiday Park - or associated people -regarding the aforementioned report/s or the compliance of the park with regulations.

Many thanks,

Carl Watson

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Dear Kaipara District Council,

I believe Fern Macabee received the report in March-May if this helps for searching for the documents and correspondence. Thank you

Yours faithfully,

Carl Watson

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Kaipara District Council

Kia ora Carl

Thank you for your request for information which will be treated under the
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.  Pursuant to
the Act you will receive a response within 20 working days.

 

 Your response is due no later than Wednesday 5 November 2025

Detailed information regarding official information requests can be found
on our website [1]here. 

 

 

​If you require any further assistance please contact the Kaipara District
Council email [2][Kaipara District Council request email], telephone 0800 727 059 or visit
our website [3]www.kaipara.govt.nz 

Ngā mihi

Customer Support

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Kaipara te Oranganui | Kaipara District Council, Private Bag
1001, Dargaville 0340

Freephone: 0800 727 059 

[5][Kaipara District Council request email]| [6]www.kaipara.govt.nz 

Dargaville Office: 32 Hokianga Road, Dargaville 0310

Mangawhai Office: Unit 6, The Hub, 6 Molesworth Drive, Mangawhai
0505

 

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Dear Kaipara District Council,

I am requesting a copy of the report on Riverside Holiday Park’s
compliance with fire safety regulations, dated March 2025 (or another
month in 2025).

Specifically, I seek the following information:
1. A full copy of the fire safety compliance report for Riverside Holiday
Park, dated March 2025 (or another month in 2025). Please include any
other material produced relating to compliance at the park if it is
gathered during your search.

2. Any correspondence or documentation between Kaipara District Council
and the Riverside Holiday Park - or associated people -regarding the
aforementioned report/s or the compliance of the park with regulations.

Many thanks,

Carl Watson

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Kia ora Carl

 

Further to your request for information under the Local Government
Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA), I have consulted with
the Riverside Holiday Park and they have advised they do not wish the
Report to be released.  As the Report was commissioned by the Park’s
Board, they have the right to do this.  It is not a Council report
therefore, under section 7(2)(c)(i) of the LGOIMA the Report is being
withheld to protect information which is subject to an obligation of
confidence and could prejudice the supply of similar information, or
information from the same source, and it is in the public interest that
such information should continue to be supplied.

 

The report provided conflicting advice with the Camping-Grounds
Regulations Act, therefore Council nor the  Park are using it as it is not
fit for purpose.  The Camping-Grounds Regulations Act clearly states
camping-grounds must provide safeguards against fire, and means of escape
in case of fire, to the satisfaction of Council.  The Park does not meet
these and other requirements of that Act. 

 

You have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman about Council’s
decision to withhold the Report.

 

Ngā mihi

 

[1]KDC Linda Osborne | Information Operations Manager
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June 2015 Kaipara te Oranganui | Kaipara District Council, Private Bag
1001, Dargaville 0340

Freephone: 0800 727 059 | 09 439 3123

[2][Kaipara District Council request email] | [3]www.kaipara.govt.nz

 

 

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Kia ora Carl

Thank you for your request for information which will be treated under the
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987. Pursuant to
the Act you will receive a response within 20 working days.

Your response is due no later than Wednesday 5 November 2025

Detailed information regarding official information requests can be found
on our website [6]here.

​If you require any further assistance please contact the Kaipara District
Council email [7][Kaipara District Council request email], telephone 0800 727 059 or visit
our website [8]www.kaipara.govt.nz

Ngā mihi

Customer Support

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Kaipara te Oranganui | Kaipara District Council,
Private Bag 1001, Dargaville 0340

Freephone: 0800 727 059

[10][Kaipara District Council request email]| [11]www.kaipara.govt.nz

Dargaville Office: 32 Hokianga Road, Dargaville 0310

Mangawhai Office: Unit 6, The Hub, 6 Molesworth Drive,
Mangawhai 0505

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Dear Kaipara District Council,

I am requesting a copy of the report on Riverside Holiday Park’s
compliance with fire safety regulations, dated March 2025 (or another
month in 2025).

Specifically, I seek the following information:
1. A full copy of the fire safety compliance report for Riverside Holiday
Park, dated March 2025 (or another month in 2025). Please include any
other material produced relating to compliance at the park if it is
gathered during your search.

2. Any correspondence or documentation between Kaipara District Council
and the Riverside Holiday Park - or associated people -regarding the
aforementioned report/s or the compliance of the park with regulations.

Many thanks,

Carl Watson

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