National Headquarters
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
National Headquarters
Spark Central, Level 7
42-52 Wil is Street
Wel ington Central
Wel ington 6011
Phone +64 4 496 3600
17 November 2025
Ref: 19948
Betsy Mahoni
Tenancy Manager
[FYI request #32800 email]
Tēnā koe Betsy
Thank you for your request of 10 November 2025 to Fire and Emergency New Zealand requesting
information regarding a fire at 3/43 Trimdon Street, Randwick Place on 9 November 2025, under
the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). Specifically:
•
Please provide a copy of the above report.
Please find attached a copy of the requested SMS Incident Report (SMS Report). Some information
has been withheld from the report under section 9(2)(a) of the OIA, to protect the privacy of
natural persons. In making this decision, we have considered the public interest considerations in
section 9(1) of the OIA. We have also redacted the names of personnel involved with this incident
and these have been label ed as
out of scope in the attached PDF.
Please note the SMS Report provided to you is generated by Fire and Emergency’s electronic
station management system. In SMS Reports, ‘Notifications’ and ‘Message Log’ fields are reported
in real time as fire crews and our communication centres communicate with each other during the
incident. They are not the official final records of incidents but word for word transcripts of ‘live’
situations as they occur. They may contain spelling errors or commonly used abbreviations.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
We trust that the information being provided is of assistance. If you require further information,
please email [FENZ request email]
Nāku noa, nā
Aidan Saunders
Manager, Information Requests