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Kia Ora Jay, 

 

Thank you for reaching out to the Far North District Council.

 

Your request has been forwarded to our Legal Services department to action
and respond. Should you need to follow up on this matter, please use
reference number RFS-4279044.

 

If your matter is urgent, you can contact our Contact Centre at 0800 920
029, which operates 24 hours a day.

 

Nga Mihi,
Darnica 

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Dear Requester

By Email Only: [1][FOI #33015 email]

 

 

Tēnā koe,

 

Official information request: 4279044

 

We refer your information request to the Far North District Council (FNDC)
received on 27 November 2025. This request has been considered in
accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (the LGOIMA).

 

Your request

“Please provide Information held by District Council pertaining to vehicle
traffic movement and capacity of the Opua-Okiato vehicle ferry system from
2016 to current, including:

- All traffic count data on Aucks Road (in the same time period)

- Daily vehicle crossing data reports

- All ferry capacity analyses (numbers of vehicles able to be carried in
both directions hourly

- Ferry wait time (queue length) studies and targets

- Planning documents pertaining to potential expansion of vehicle capacity

- Correspondence with Northland Ferries pertaining to increasing the
vehicular capacity of the system”.

 

FNDC’s response

For the information that FNDC holds in relation to the first part of your
request, that is, “All traffic count data on Aucks Road for the [period
2016 to 27 November 2025]” – please refer to the spreadsheet attached.  

 

FNDC notes that the remaining parts of your request fall outside the scope
of the LGOIMA. This is because Northland Ferries Limited, a private
company, operates the Ōpua to Ōkiato ferry service.  

Section 2 of the LGOIMA states:

“official information—

(a)      means any information held by a local authority;”

 

The LGOIMA does not apply to Northland Ferries Limited as it is not a
local authority. Therefore, apart from the first aspect of your request,
the remainder (concerning Northland Ferries Limited ) is not an ‘official
information’ (LGOIMA) request.

 

You may wish to approach Northland Ferries Limited for this information -
which it may decide to supply you with – at its discretion.”

 

The contact details for Northland Ferries are:

[2]contact Northland Ferries 

Phone: [3]0800 222979

Email: [4][email address]

 

You have the right to seek a review of this decision by the Ombudsman if
you so choose. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[5]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or Freephone 0800 802 602

 

Thank you for your enquiry.

 

Nāku noa, nā

 

LGOIMA Team

 
 
 
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