This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'Briefings to Ministers on Ruapehu Ski Fields'.


 
 
 
 
6 January 2026 
 
Ref: DOIA REQ-0025104 
 
Stephen Prendergast 
Email: [FYI request #33165 email] 
 
Tēnā koe Stephen Prendergast  
 
Thank you for your email of 8 December 2025 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment 
(MBIE) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information: 
 
This request is for all briefings, advice , and information provided to Ministers, and other 
Departments from 1 September 2025, on the ongoing operation of Turoa ski field by Pure Turoa 
and Whakapapa ski Field by WHL. 

 
One email is in scope of your request. This is being withheld in full under the following sections of the Act: 
•  9(2)(b)(ii), to protect information where the making available of the information would be likely 
unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the 
subject of the information; 
•  9(2)(ba)(i), to protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which any 
person has been or could be compelled to provide under the authority of any enactment, where 
the making available of the information would be likely to prejudice the supply of similar 
information, or information from the same source, and it is in the public interest that such 
information should continue to be supplied; 
 
I do not consider that the withholding of this information is outweighed by public interest considerations 
in making the information available. 
 
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, or if you require any further assistance, 
please contact [email address]. 
 
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. 
 
Nāku noa, nā 
 
Tane Dewes 
Manager Operations Support and Improvement 
Kānoa – Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit