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Kia ora Roger,

Thank you for your email dated 3 November requesting information.

Our team will manage your request under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 which requires us to provide a decision as soon as possible, but no later than 1 December, being 20 working days of receipt.

The reference number for your request is IRC-9341

Please contact us if you have any further questions.

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Te Kaunihera o Pōneke | Wellington City Council
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Tçnâ koe Mr Calkin

Thank you for your email dated 3 November 205 to Te Kaunihera o Pôneke | Wellington City Council (the Council) for the following information:

1. I am a New Zealand Citizen seeking any and all correspondence in respect of recommendations made by Wellington City Council Officers, employees, contractors and any external consultants and/or experts in relation to the Coronial inquest findings into the death of my son Sandy Calkin at Queens Wharf on 10 July 2021.

2. In particular I am seeking (but not limited to).all emails and written correspondence and reports on this subject either sent by or received by the Wellington Waterfront Manager, the Manager Parks, Sport & Recreation, the Chief Operating Officer, everyone in the Wellington City Council Executive Leadership team, every member of the People, Culture & Capability, Safety, Security and Wellbeing team, and all elected Wellington City Councilors and both the former and current Mayor and Deputy Mayor.

3. Furthermore I request all correspondence referencing the removal of the temporary fencing from around the Wellington Waterfront from the time it was put in place after the accidental drowning of Isaac Levings in April 2023 until todays date.

4. Furthermore I request all incident reports held by the Wellington City Council in respect of all accidents, near misses, fatalities and injuries and the surrounding waterfront area since the accidental death of Isaac Levings in April 2023 until todays date.

Your request is being considered under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA).

This email is to seek clarification on your request.

For question one, can you please confirm that you would like information from the date of the final findings from the inquest? (11 March 2025)?

For question two, can you please confirm that you would like information from the date of the Environment and Infrastructure Committee against further safety developments for the waterfront (7 August 2025)?

As currently worded, your request (in its entirety) would require the collation and assessment of a considerable number of documents from the Council’s systems. To enable us to provide you with a timely response, and in accordance with our obligations under section 17B of the LGOIMA, we would like to offer instead of providing all correspondence - decision documents and papers. We believe this would provide you with a more accurate picture of decisions made.

To enable us to meet our obligations under the LGOIMA, we would be grateful for your response as soon as possible, but by no later than 18 November 2025.

If you require further information, please contact [Wellington City Council request email].

Nâku noa, nâ

Danika Morris-Brown
Senior Advisor Official Information
Official Information and Privacy

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Tēnā koe Mr Calkin

 

Thank you for your email of 3 November 2025 to Te Kaunihera o Pōneke |
Wellington City Council (the Council), requesting the following
information:

 1. I am a New Zealand Citizen seeking any and all correspondence in
respect of recommendations made by Wellington City Council Officers,
employees, contractors and any external consultants and/or experts in
relation to the Coronial inquest findings into the death of my son
Sandy Calkin at Queens Wharf on 10 July 2021.

 

 2. In particular I am seeking (but not limited to).all emails and written
correspondence and reports on this subject either sent by or received
by the Wellington Waterfront Manager, the Manager Parks, Sport &
Recreation, the Chief Operating Officer, everyone in the Wellington
City Council Executive Leadership team, every member of the People,
Culture & Capability, Safety, Security and Wellbeing team, and all
elected Wellington City Councilors and both the former and current
Mayor and Deputy Mayor.

 

 3. Furthermore I request all correspondence referencing the removal of
the temporary fencing from around the Wellington Waterfront from the
time it was put in place after the accidental drowning of Isaac
Levings in April 2023 until todays date.

 

 4. Furthermore I request  all incident reports held by the Wellington
City Council in respect of all accidents, near misses, fatalities and
injuries and the surrounding waterfront area since the accidental
death of Isaac Levings in April 2023 until todays date.

 

Your request is being considered under the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA).

 

This email is to advise you that the Council needs to extend the due date
of your response for 20 working days, pursuant to section 14(1)(a) of the
LGOIMA, as the request is for a large quantity of official information or
necessitates a search through a large quantity of information and meeting
the original time limit would unreasonably interfere with the operations
of the local authority.

 

For this reason, you can expect a response from the Council no later than
19 January 2026. Please note, the period 20 December 2025 to 10 January
2026 inclusive is not considered working days. The 20 working days allowed
for your response will be on hold over this period and will continue again
from 10 January 2026. You can read more about this on the Ombudsman
website here: [1]Official information calculators | Ombudsman New Zealand

 

You have the right, by way of complaint under section 27(3) of the LGOIMA,
to request an investigation and review of WCC’s decision to extend by the
Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

If you require further information, please contact
[3][Wellington City Council request email].

 

Nāku noa, nā

 

Danika Morris-Brown

Senior Advisor Official Information

Official Information & Privacy | Strategy and Finance

Te Kaunihera o Pōneke | Wellington City Council 
E [4][Wellington City Council request email]  | W [5]wellington.govt.nz

 

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Tçnâ koe Mr Calkin

 

Thank you for your email of 3 November 2025 to Te Kaunihera o Pôneke |
Wellington City Council (the Council), requesting the following
information:

o I refer the lighting systems currently in place on the Wellington
Waterfront Area. I understand these have recently been upgraded
however this request covers all lighting systems from (and including)
Te Papa Promenade around to the Police Maritime Unit based in the Old
Ferry Building on Waterloo Quay’s service jetty. My questions are:

 1. What back up systems are in place to keep power to these lights
in the event of a major power outage? (For example , in the event
of a significant earthquake)
 2. In the event of a sustained power outage how long (if at all)
will back up power systems to these lights maintain integrity? IE
how long will the lights stay on?
 3. Has the entire lighting project that was planned to be put in
place been fully implemented to date? If not when will this be
completed?
 4. Has the entire lighting project had it's full original requested
funding approved and allocated?

 

Your request is being considered under the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA).

 

This email is to advise you that the Council needs to extend the due date
of your response for 10 working days, pursuant to section 14(1)(b) of the
LGOIMA, 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 a response from the Council no later than
19 December 2025.

 

You have the right, by way of complaint under section 27(3) of the LGOIMA,
to request an investigation and review of WCC’s decision to extend by the
Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

If you require further information, please contact
[2][Wellington City Council request email].

 

Nâku noa, nâ

 

Danika Morris-Brown

Senior Advisor Official Information

Official Information & Privacy | Strategy and Finance

Te Kaunihera o Pôneke | Wellington City Council 
E [3][Wellington City Council request email]  | W [4]wellington.govt.nz

 

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