Robert Osborne Snr
By email: [FYI request #33757 email]
23 February 2026
Kia ora Mr Osborne
Official information request for information on freedom camping
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request received on 18
February 2026 seeking responses to questions relating to freedom camping.
We wil endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later
than 18 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 wil notify you of an extension of that
timeframe.
If you have any queries in relation to your request, please feel free to contact the writer,
Helen Mallon at
[PCE request email] If any additional factors come to light which are
relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be taken into
account.
Yours sincerely
Helen Mallon
Chief Operating Officer
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
Te Kaitiaki Taiao a Te Whare Pāremata
PO Box 10 241
Wel ington 6140
Tel: +64 4 495 8350
Aotearoa New Zealand
Emai
l: [PCE request email]
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