31 March 2026
Patsy Cooper
[FYI request #34187 email]
Tēnā koe Patsy
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00201885
Thank you for your email on 21 March 2026 asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for the
following under the Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA):
I am requesting any health complaints relating to contamination, smell, health concerns,
and water related issues including ecoli arising from the Ledger Avenue Storm water and
sewerage pump, which services a large area of Motueka, Tasman. These complaints may
have come from residents from Ledger Avenue, Marion Place, Goodman Drive, McCarthy
Crescent, and Kingston Place. Please provide a record of these complaints between 2011-
2026.
Response
Please refer to
Appendix 1 with the documents in scope of your request.
Some information within these documents has been withheld under section 9(2)(a) to protect
privacy. In making this decision, we have considered the public interest in release and determined
that it does not outweigh the need to withhold on this occasion.
How to get in touch
If you have any questions, you can contact us a
t [email address]. If you are not
happy with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman. Information
about how to do this is available a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, Health NZ may proactively
release a copy of this response on our website. All requester data, including your name and
contact details, will be removed prior to release.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Sara Freitag
Manager, Government Services
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Health NZ, PO Box 793,
Wellington 6140, New Zealand
