Tēnā koe April,

 

Thank you for your request for information.

 

We are handling your request under the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA). We have forwarded it to the
appropriate Christchurch City Council staff, and we will provide a
response or update within 20 working days of the date we received your
request. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
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relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact me so that
these can be taken into account.

 

If you have not had a reply within 10 working days, please email
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Nāku noa iti, nā

 

Jess Griffin
Official Information Advisor
Te Ratonga Ture me te Manapori - Legal & Democratic Services

 

 

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Tēnā koe April

 

On 25 May 2026, you requested the following information, under the Local
Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA):

 

Under the Official Information Act 1982 I request the following.

One. A complete list of all sensors currently attached to or communicating
through the Itron CityEdge streetlight network in Christchurch including
sensor type, manufacturer, function, data collected, and data destination.

Two. Whether any camera devices including 360-degree cameras, PTZ cameras,
or AI-enabled cameras are currently connected to or planned for the Itron
CityEdge network and if so their locations, specifications, and the legal
basis for their deployment.

Three. Whether the Smart Christchurch AI-processed CCTV trial involving
third party data analysis of mode shapes and direction of travel is
ongoing, what third party company processes the footage, where the data is
stored, and how long it is retained.

Four. Whether any facial recognition capability has been tested, trialled,
or considered for use on any CCC-operated camera network and if so on what
legal basis.

Five. Whether CCC has any policy requiring community engagement or council
approval before new sensor types are added to the Itron CityEdge network
and if not why not.

Six. Whether any of the 45 ANPR cameras operating in Christchurch feed
data to the Auror or vGrid national systems and under what legal
authority.

 

Release of information

 

 1. A complete list of all sensors currently attached to or communicating
through the Itron CityEdge streetlight network in Christchurch
including sensor type, manufacturer, function, data collected, and
data destination.

 

Please see the spreadsheet attached.

 

5,000 Itron water meter endpoints periodically transmit encrypted water
consumption data over the CityEdge Streetlight mesh network for collection
in CCC’s smart water meter management software. Please note while all
streetlights are connected to the mesh, they do not hold individual
sensors.

 

 2. Whether any camera devices including 360-degree cameras, PTZ cameras,
or AI-enabled cameras are currently connected to or planned for the
Itron CityEdge network and if so their locations, specifications, and
the legal basis for their deployment.

 

Cameras across the network are not connected to the Itron CityEdge
network. There are no plans to connect these.

 

 3. Whether the Smart Christchurch AI-processed CCTV trial involving third
party data analysis of mode shapes and direction of travel is ongoing,
what third party company processes the footage, where the data is
stored, and how long it is retained.

 

The pedestrian counting trial is ongoing, with Count Culture as the
third-party provider. Footage is processed in real time by the counting
technology, and is not viewed, stored, or retained. Overhead cameras
capture activity, which software immediately converts into anonymised data
points (such as counts, movement patterns, and direction of travel). The
video is deleted after the count is made. The Council receives aggregated
data via an API, providing total counts from each site every 15 minutes.
This information is stored as a table in a Council database. No video
footage is received, stored, or accessible to the Council at any stage.

 

 4. Whether any facial recognition capability has been tested, trialled,
or considered for use on any CCC-operated camera network and if so on
what legal basis.

 

None of the cameras across our network that we look after operate with
facial recognition and there are no plans to do so.

 

 5. Whether CCC has any policy requiring community engagement or council
approval before new sensor types are added to the Itron CityEdge
network, and if not, why not.

 

There isn’t any community engagement or council approval required.
Typically, the asset owner is responsible for approving the use of an
existing asset if it’s intended to be used for something beyond its
original purpose.

 

 6. Whether any of the 45 ANPR cameras operating in Christchurch feed data
to the Auror or vGrid national systems and under what legal authority.

 

Council does not provide CCTV streams to VGrid or Auror, including the
ANPR devices operated on the network.

 

You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review our
decision. Complaints can be sent by email to
[1][email address].

 

Publication of responses to LGOIMA requests

Please note: our LGOIMA responses may be published on the Christchurch
City Council website a week after they have been responded to, with
requesters’ personal details withheld. If you have any concerns about
this, please contact the Official Information team on
[2][Christchurch City Council request email].

 

Nāku noa iti, nā

 

Jess Griffin
Official Information Advisor
Te Ratonga Ture me te Manapori - Legal & Democratic Services

 

 

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