National Headquarters 
Fire and Emergency New Zealand 
National Headquarters 
Spark Central, Level 7 
42-52 Willis Street 
Wellington Central 
Wellington 6011 
  
Phone +64 4 496 3600 
 
 
 
 
27 March 2026  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
             Ref: 21043 
 
 
Harwood Wilson 
[FYI request #32594 email]  
 
 
Tēnā koe Harwood 
 
Thank you for your request of 4 March 2026 to Fire and Emergency New Zealand requesting the 
following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA): 
 
1.  How many of these trucks have undergone fleet specification testings so far? 
 
2.  What issues have been identified that are causing delays in these being released to 
brigades? and what is being done to fix them? if no issues then please explain reasons for 
the delay. 
 
3.  Have FENZ delayed delivering these trucks to stations due to Industrial Action for any 
reason? if so please give detail. 
 
4.  What is the current expected completion date (i.e. responding to calls) for all these trucks? 
 
5.  Please provide any communications between the Chief Executive TEAM and Fleet Team for 
January and February 2026 regarding the these trucks. 
 
This letter is to advise that Fire and Emergency needs to extend the timeframe of our response to 
your request by 10 working days, under section 15A(1)(b) of the OIA, as consultations necessary to 
make a decision on the request are such that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably 
be made within the original time limit. 
 
For this reason, you can expect to receive our response no later than 17 April 2026. We will 
endeavour to respond sooner than this date if possible. If you no longer require this information, 
please let us know. 
 
 
 
 

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You have the right to request an investigation and review of Fire and Emergency’s decision to 
extend the timeframe by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is 
available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602. 
 
Nāku noa, nā 
 
 
 
 
Aidan Saunders 
Manager, Information Requests 
 
 

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