Dear Auckland International Airport Limited,

On 16 august 2016, in response to a question in Parliament about the Airport Authorities (Publicising Lost Property Sales) Amendment Bill, MP Nuk Korako claimed that "the Auckland Airport authority has actually contacted me and said what a great idea this was". I would like to request the following information under LGOIMA.

* all advice and communications about the Airport Authorities (Publicising Lost Property Sales) Amendment Bill. I'm particularly interested in seeing whether you contacted Mr Korako as claimed.

I would prefer to receive an electronic response. Queries about this request will be automatically forwarded to me by the fyi.org.nz website.

With regards to s12 of the OIA, I am an NZ citizen and in NZ.

Yours faithfully,

Alex Harris

Dear Simon Lambourne,

Thanks for your response, in which you claim that you are not subject to the OIA. According to your entry at the companies office, 41.17% of Auckland International Airport is owned by New Zealand Central Securities Depository Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (which is part of "the Crown" under the Public Finance Act), and 22.37% is owned by Auckland Council Investments Ltd, which is a Council Controlled Organisation. You therefore appear to fall into the class of "Airport companies (as defined in section 2 of the Airport Authorities Act 1966) in which more than 50% of the ordinary shares are owned by, or by any combination of, the Crown, any local authority (as defined in section 2 of that Act), or any council-controlled organisation (as defined in section 6 of the Local Government Act 2002)", and are covered due to Schedule 1 OIA.

If this is incorrect, please let me know. Otherwise, I'm happy to take this to the Ombudsman.

Yours sincerely,

Alex Harris