National Headquarters
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
National Headquarters
Spark Central, Level 7
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Wel ington Central
Wel ington 6011
Phone +64 4 496 3600
19 February 2026
Ref: 20723
James Searle
[FYI request #33620 email]
Tēnā koe James
Thank you for your request of 30 January 2026 to Fire and Emergency New Zealand requesting the
following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):
•
I Would like to see the fully detailed report for call F4389451 In Lake Hawea New Zealand.
From 30/01/26
We interpret your request to be for the SMS Incident Report (SMS Report) in relation to incident
F4389451, and please find a copy attached. 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