Kia ora Chris

 

Thank you for your request for information  

 

We have attached an information sheet on our processes and requirements
under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.

 

We will respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no
later than 20 working days after the day your request was received. This
will be by 10.11.2025

 

If you have further questions please feel free to contact Mary-Ann
Childs via reply email to [1][Auckland Council request email]
quoting reference 8140017539

 

Ngā mihi,

The Privacy and LGOIMA team

Auckland Council

 

 

From: Chris Dalton <[FOI #32553 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 11 October 2025 1:09 pm
To: Official Information <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Internal communications – Lawson
Creek / Royal Road Development landscaping non-compliance

 

Kia ora Auckland Council,

Under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
(LGOIMA), I request copies of internal communications (including emails,
Microsoft Teams or other chat messages, memos, and file notes) relating to
landscaping non-compliance at the Lawson Creek / Royal Road development in
Massey, Auckland.

Please include information from 1 January 2022 to the present, and cover
material held by:
- the Environmental Monitoring team (including officer Bing Zhang),
- the Regulatory Services, Compliance Monitoring and Resource Consents
teams, and
- any relevant senior managers (including Robert Laulala) involved in
oversight or communications regarding this development or similar
compliance cases.

Please include internal messages that reference or relate to:
- Resource consent LUC60319526 / BUN60319524 and the associated Stage 3B
Lawson Creek Development;
- landscaping or resource-consent non-compliance for properties on Paina
Crescent, Kautawa Lane, or surrounding lots;
- any internal discussions about enforcement approaches, monitoring
delays, or resource constraints affecting final sign-off;
- any internal reference to media coverage or public complaints, including
the RNZ Morning Report article of 30 September 2025 titled “New Massey
homes fall short of council consent rules”, which mentions the Royal Road
development, Youd Ltd, and Auckland Council’s monitoring comments.

Ngā mihi,
Chris Dalton

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Kia ora Chris,

 

Thank you for your request under the Local Government Official Information
and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA), seeking internal communications regarding
landscaping non-compliance at the Lawson Creek / Royal Road development in
Massey.

 

We’ve reviewed your request and would like to discuss refining the scope.
As it currently stands, the request covers a wide range of teams,
individuals, and communication types over nearly three years. This is a
substantial volume of information and will require significant time and
resource to process.

 

To help us respond more efficiently, we recommend narrowing the date range
to focus on the most relevant period. For example, limiting the timeframe
to 15 October 2024 to 15 October 2025.

 

Please let us know if you're open to refining the timeframe or if there
are particular aspects of the request you’d like to prioritise.

 

Ngā mihi | Kind regards,

 

Mary-Ann Childs

 

Te Hoa Kaipakihi Pārongo Matatapu, Ōkawa hoki | Privacy and Official
Information Business Partner

Te Wheako ā-Kirihoko me ngā Ratonga Matihiko | Customer Experience &
Digital Services

Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland Council 

135 Albert Street, Auckland

 

 

 

From: Chris Dalton <[FOI #32553 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 11 October 2025 1:09 pm
To: Official Information <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Internal communications – Lawson
Creek / Royal Road Development landscaping non-compliance

 

 

Kia ora Auckland Council,

Under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
(LGOIMA), I request copies of internal communications (including emails,
Microsoft Teams or other chat messages, memos, and file notes) relating to
landscaping non-compliance at the Lawson Creek / Royal Road development in
Massey, Auckland.

Please include information from 1 January 2022 to the present, and cover
material held by:
- the Environmental Monitoring team (including officer Bing Zhang),
- the Regulatory Services, Compliance Monitoring and Resource Consents
teams, and
- any relevant senior managers (including Robert Laulala) involved in
oversight or communications regarding this development or similar
compliance cases.

Please include internal messages that reference or relate to:
- Resource consent LUC60319526 / BUN60319524 and the associated Stage 3B
Lawson Creek Development;
- landscaping or resource-consent non-compliance for properties on Paina
Crescent, Kautawa Lane, or surrounding lots;
- any internal discussions about enforcement approaches, monitoring
delays, or resource constraints affecting final sign-off;
- any internal reference to media coverage or public complaints, including
the RNZ Morning Report article of 30 September 2025 titled “New Massey
homes fall short of council consent rules”, which mentions the Royal Road
development, Youd Ltd, and Auckland Council’s monitoring comments.

Ngā mihi,
Chris Dalton

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[1][FOI #32553 email]

Is [2][Auckland Council request email] the wrong address for
Official Information requests to Auckland Council? If so, please contact
us using this form:
[3]https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
[4]https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

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