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OIA25-CB272

 

Dear Michael,

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act
request dated the 18^th of November 2025.  You have requested the
following information:

 

" Could I please get correspondence between the government and Hutt City
Council regarding decisions around funding for the City Link bridge
between the Melling railway station and Lower Hutt city centre."

 

We received your request on 18/11/2025.  We will endeavour to respond to
your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than
16/12/2025, being 20 working days after the day your request was
received.  If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon Chris Bishop

Minister of Housing | Minister for Infrastructure | Minister Responsible
for RMA Reform | Minister of Transport |

Associate Minister of Finance | Associate Minister for Sport & Recreation
| Leader of the House | MP for Hutt South
Office: 04 817 6802 | EW 6.3

Email: [1][Chris Bishop request email]   Website: [2]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

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Dear Micheal,

 

We refer to your official information request below.

 

We have transferred your request to Kāinga Ora. The information to which
your request relates is believed to be more closely connected with the
functions of Kāinga Ora, as it was the entity responsible for
communicating with Hutt City Council regarding the Infrastructure
Acceleration Fund.

 

In these circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the Official
Information Act to transfer your request.

 

You will hear further from Kāinga Ora soon concerning your request.

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon Chris Bishop

Minister of Housing | Minister for Infrastructure | Minister Responsible
for RMA Reform | Minister of Transport |

Associate Minister of Finance | Associate Minister for Sport & Recreation
| Leader of the House | MP for Hutt South
Office: 04 817 6802 | EW 6.3

Email: [1][Chris Bishop request email]   Website: [2]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

 

 

From: Christopher Bishop (MIN)
Sent: Wednesday, 19 November 2025 9:51 AM
To: [3][FOI #32908 email]
Subject: OIA25-CB272 Official Information request - Hutt City Council and
City Link bridge

 

OIA25-CB272

 

Dear Michael,

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act
request dated the 18^th of November 2025.  You have requested the
following information:

 

" Could I please get correspondence between the government and Hutt City
Council regarding decisions around funding for the City Link bridge
between the Melling railway station and Lower Hutt city centre."

 

We received your request on 18/11/2025.  We will endeavour to respond to
your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than
16/12/2025, being 20 working days after the day your request was
received.  If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon Chris Bishop

Minister of Housing | Minister for Infrastructure | Minister Responsible
for RMA Reform | Minister of Transport |

Associate Minister of Finance | Associate Minister for Sport & Recreation
| Leader of the House | MP for Hutt South
Office: 04 817 6802 | EW 6.3

Email: [4][Chris Bishop request email]   Website: [5]www.Beehive,govt.nz

Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

 

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Tēnā koe Michael Eschenbruch,

 

We have recieved the request copied below as a transferred request. 

 

Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate officials to respond.
You may expect a decision regarding your request to be sent to you as soon
as possible, but no later than 20 working days from the receipt of your
request being 21 January 2026. 

 

Under the Official Information Act (the Act), agencies are required to
respond to information requests as soon as is reasonably practical, and no
later than 20 working days after they have received it.  However, the Act
also states that the dates from 25 December to 15 January the following
year, are not counted as working days. This means that decisions under the
Act are suspended over this time.

If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of
an extension of that time frame.

 

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