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4 December 2025
Dale
[FYI request #32620 email]
REF: OIA-20185
Dear Dale
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your further email of 2 December 2025.
We apologise as we should have formal y refused parts of your request. We do not have any
documents that set out the reasons for changing the cadences of
Public Attitudes to Road Safety
Survey from annual to quarterly reporting, and for moving back to the annual cadence through the
Road User Safety Monitor Annual Report as these decisions were made during a number of phone
calls and in person meetings. I am therefore refusing these parts of your request under section 18(e)
of the Act as the information does not exist.
However, to assist you with your request, in addition to our initial response, please find enclosed
Attachment 1 - Public Attitudes to Road Safety Survey, July 2024. This is a note used for one of the
discussions of options for the
Public Attitudes to Road Safety Survey. Some information has been
withheld under section 9(2)(b)(i ) of the Act as this information would prejudice the commercial position
of the person who provided it.
Regarding your question about the publication of the Road User Safety Monitor Annual Report, which
was expected to occur in November 2025, this has been delayed. It is now expected to be released in
late December 2025/January 2026.
With respect to the information that has been withheld, I do not consider there are any other factors
which would render it desirable, in the public interest, to make the information available.
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to refuse
parts of your request. The contact details for the Ombudsman can be located at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.

If you would like to discuss this reply with NZTA, please contact Ministerial Services by email to
[email address]. Yours sincerely
Jackie Smith
Manager Ministerial Services
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