National Headquarters
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
National Headquarters
Spark Central, Level 7
42-52 Wil is Street
Wel ington Central
Wel ington 6011
Phone +64 4 496 3600
10 April 2026
Ref: 21147
Harwood Wilson
[FYI request #34055 email]
Tēnā koe Harwood
We refer to your request of 12 March 2026 to Fire and Emergency New Zealand requesting the
following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):
1. Any communication involving the Executive Leadership Team within the past 3 months
regarding any aspect of the government select committee, be that discussing their
appearance at, tactics about the meeting or other, include ALL forms of written
communication such as messenger, microsoft teams, whatsapp, email or SMS.
2. Any communication, reports or documents within the past 6 months regarding the
performance, conduct or concerns of the Executive Leadership Team. I wil require
information about any communication within FENZ. I do not require communications
originating from members of the public. However, if complaints or concerns regarding the
Executive Leadership Team have been received from members of the public during this
period, please provide the number of such complaints or concerns recorded.
On 26 March 2026 you agreed to refine your request to the fol owing:
Part 1
1. Any issues regarding select committees within the last 60 days (from today), that have
been communicated by any written means that have either been received by or sent by the
Chief Executive or Deputy Chief Executives, this is critical information for public
transparency, if this is not acceptable please advise.
2. I now query who was the person or position that sent 1000 emails within the past 3 months
containing the keyword "select committee"?
Part 2
1. Any written communication, reports or documents within the past 3 months (from today)
on the performance, conduct, or any other centrally recorded information on the Chief
Executive or Deputy Chief Executives, In the event that individuals are not legally able to be
identifiable, please provide as much information as available. I wil stil require information
within this time period on the total number of issues received regarding the above issues
from the public or otherwise. This is critical information for public transparency, if this is
not acceptable please advise.
2.
* Further I ask, what is the process for staff to report issues regarding the Chief Executive
and Deputy Chief Executives?
This letter is to advise that Fire and Emergency needs to extend the timeframe of our response to
your request by 20 working days, under section 15A(1)(a) of the OIA, as the request is for a large
quantity of official information or necessitates a search through a large quantity of information
and meeting the original time limit would unreasonably interfere with our operations and
15A(1)(b) of the OIA, as consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such that a
proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit.
For this reason, you can expect to receive our response no later than 12 May 2026. We will
endeavour to respond sooner than this date if possible. If you no longer require this information,
please let us know.
You have the right to request an investigation and review of Fire and Emergency’s decision to
extend the timeframe by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is
available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Aidan Saunders
Manager, Information Requests
