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From: Andrew Ecclestone <[FOI #33866 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 26 February 2026 3:54 pm
To: Official Correspondence <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Modelling of public transport between north of Wellington and Lower Hutt

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Kia ora New Zealand Transport Agency,

This email contains three requests under the Official Information Act.

1) Please provide me with a list of the titles, dates, and filing system reference numbers of documents held that model the provision of passenger bus routes between:
a. Porirua and Lower Hutt
b. Porirua and Petone
c. Tawa and Lower Hutt
d. Tawa and Petone
e. Grenada and Lower Hutt
f. Grenada and Petone
g. Johnsonville and Lower Hutt
h. Johnsonville and Petone
i. Newlands and Lower Hutt
j. Newlands and Petone
k. Woodridge and Lower Hutt
l. Woodridge and Petone

2) Please provide me with a list of the titles, dates, and filing system reference numbers of documents held that model the provision of passenger rail transport between:
a. Porirua (or stations further north and south) and Petone
b. Porirua (or stations further north and south) and Lower Hutt

3) If the Agency decides that good reason exists under sections 6 or 9 of the OIA to withhold any information from me in response to requests (1) and (2) above, I separately request under section 19(a)(ii) of LGOIMA to be given the grounds in support of each instance of information being withheld. If the Agency is unsure how to comply with section 19(a)(ii) requests, please refer to the Ombudsman’s case note here: https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/reso... .

Under section 16(2), my preferred means of receiving this information is in a text-searchable format, either a Word document or spreadsheet using columns for document title, date, and filing system reference.

I look forward to receiving the Agency’s response as soon as reasonably practicable.

Ngâ mihi,

Andrew Ecclestone

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