30 April 2026
File Ref: OIAPR-1274023063-49424
Miss M Quicken
By email:
[FYI request #34295 email]
Tēnā koe Miss Quicken
Request for information 2026-135
I refer to your request for information dated 30 March 2026, which was received by Greater
Wellington Regional Council (Greater Wellington) on 30 March 2026. You have requested the
following:
“Re: https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffyi.org.nz%2Fre
quest%2F33838-revenue-assesment-
transparency&data=05%7C02%7Cinfo%40gw.govt.nz%7C373c4e32a0ab41e7201c08de8de
9a5be%7Ccdb5885ea63644b994da82930c096dd6%7C0%7C0%7C639104231828081596%
7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOi
JXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fM%2Fdd%2F
K%2FL0x6EhdWQf6tqs7WeGyaaZ1iJo7rmisDCRI%3D&reserved=0
Please provide the bus operation budget for the current and previous five FYs.
I do not think this aggregate figure falls under s. 7(2)(b)(ii) and is therefore public information.
https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ombudsman.p
arliament.nz%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F2020-
03%2FCommercial%2520information%2520A%2520guide%2520to%2520sections%25209%
25282%2529%2528b%2529%2520and%25209%25282%2529%2528i%2529%2520of%2520
the%2520OIA%2520and%2520sections%25207%25282%2529%2528b%2529%2520and%2
5207%25282%2529%2528h%2529%2520of%2520the%2520LGOIMA.pdf&data=05%7C02%
7Cinfo%40gw.govt.nz%7C373c4e32a0ab41e7201c08de8de9a5be%7Ccdb5885ea63644b99
4da82930c096dd6%7C0%7C0%7C639104231828107561%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8
eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldU
IjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=sfcYzjMD4xk0CUkPp7GV0y2dkrJn3SBfjUnX6V5H
BmQ%3D&reserved=0
Wellington office
Upper Hutt
Masterton office
0800 496 734
PO Box 11646
PO Box 40847
PO Box 41
www.gw.govt.nz
Manners St, Wel ington
1056 Fergusson Drive
Masterton 5840
[Wellington Regional Council request email]
6142
https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ombudsman.p
arliament.nz%2Fresources%2Fcommercial-information-guide-sections-92b-and-92i-oia-
and-sections-72b-and-72h-
lgoima&data=05%7C02%7Cinfo%40gw.govt.nz%7C373c4e32a0ab41e7201c08de8de9a5be
%7Ccdb5885ea63644b994da82930c096dd6%7C0%7C0%7C639104231828121963%7CUnk
nown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4
zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gDMuS14JzNSFXzgjp
Q04Du0JcNckab2S01EO%2B%2Fz41Mo%3D&reserved=0
In fact council should proactively release these type of aggregate figures without having to rely
on OIA.”
Greater Wellington’s response follows:
Your request has been assessed under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings
Act 1987 (the Act).
Please see below the Bus Operating expenditure for financial years 2021 – 2025:
• FY25/26 year to date - $114,106,480.60 (As at March 2026)
• FY24/25 - $142,729,252.12
• FY23/24 - $125,568,556.93
• FY22/23 - $112,320,705.07
• FY21/22 - $107,197,417.58
• FY20/21 - $93,148,194.87
Future requests
Greater Wellington values being an open and transparent local government organisation and
believes that access to information is a public right. We endeavour to respond to requests for
information fulsomely and in a timely manner. However, the frequency, volume and amount of
information you have recently requested is significantly impacting Greater Wellington and its
officers’ abilities to carry out their functions and duties. Therefore, we are advising you that we
will consider our options in responding to your future requests in accordance with the Act,
including charging you for the supply of information.
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If you have any concerns with the decision(s) referred to in this letter, you have the right to
request an investigation and review by the Ombudsman under section 27(3) of the Act.
Please note that it is our policy to proactively release our responses to official information
requests where appropriate. Our response to your request will be published shortly on Greater
Wellington’s website with your personal information removed.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Samantha Gain
Kaiwhakahaere Matua Waka-ā-atea | Group Manager Metlink
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