13 February 2026
Dear Joe,
Official Information Act request for reports and communication regarding Westbridge Residential
School
Please consider this letter acknowledgement of your Official Information Act request for:
•
Please provide copies of all reports, letters, emails and other written communication from ERO
to Ministry of Education and/or Westbridge Residential School (including Board of Trustees, the
Commissioner and management staff) regarding Westbridge Residential School. Please provide
material from January 2025 to now.
We received your request on 12 February 2026.
We will endeavour to respond as soon as possible, and in any event no later than 12 March 2026,
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.
Please note that it is our policy to proactively release our responses to official information requests
where possible. We do not publish requesters' personal information.
Yours sincerely,
Governance and Accountability Team
Governance and Accountability
Education Review Office | Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga National Office | Tari Matua | [email address]
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