National Headquarters 
Fire and Emergency New Zealand 
National Headquarters 
Spark Central, Level 7 
42-52 Willis Street 
Wellington Central 
Wellington 6011 
  
Phone +64 4 496 3600 
 
 
 
 
28 April 2026    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
       Ref: 21412 
 
 
Alan Thompson 
[FYI request #34448 email]  
 
 
Tēnā koe Alan 
 
Thank you for your request of 9 April 2026 to Fire and Emergency New Zealand requesting 
information relating to the Wellington Local Area Committee under the Official Information Act 
1982 (OIA). We copy and respond to each aspect of your request below. 
 
1. The date that the Wellington LAC was formally established. 
 
The inaugural members of the Wellington Local Advisory Committee (LAC) were appointed from  
4 August 2025. 
 
2. The dates and the minutes of all of the meetings held by the Wellington LAC since its 
establishment. 
 
There have been two meeting held since the establishment of the Wellington LAC, the dates of 
these are 7 October 2025 and 10 March 2026. 
 
Please find attached, as the Appendix to this response, a copy of the Wellington LAC meeting 
minutes from these two meetings. 
 
Please note, the Wellington LAC 10 March 2026 meeting minutes are currently in draft form and 
are awaiting approval from the Wellington LAC. If you are interested in the final version of these 
meeting minutes, we expect to publish this information around early August 2026 on our 
website: www.fireandemergency.nz/about-us/local-advisory-committees/local-advisory-
committee-meeting-minutes/.  
 
3. Copies of the advice given to FENZ by the Wellington LAC since its inception and/or any 
other reports provided by the LAC to FENZ (including the Board) 
 
We can advise that the Wellington LAC has not provided any reports or advice to Fire and 
Emergency from 4 August 2025 to date. For this reason, this portion of your request is being 
 
 

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refused under section 18(e) of the OIA, as the document alleged to contain the information 
requested does not exist. 
 
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. 
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or 
freephone 0800 802 602. 
 
We trust that the information being provided is of assistance. If you require further information, 
please email [FENZ request email]  
 
Nāku noa, nā 
 
 
 
 
Aidan Saunders 
Manager, Information Requests 
 
 

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