Dear Mr Michael Lucas

 

On 24 February 2018 you requested that the Earthquake Commission (EQC)
make available to you the following information:

 

‘All information held by Earthquake Commission including Scope of Works,
correspondence, documents and details of work carried out
- a breakdown of all payments made to date, for all claims.’

 

The timeframe for responding to your request is extended under section
15A(1)(a) of the Official Information Act 1982 – the request is for a
large quantity of official information or necessitates a search through a
large quantity of information and meeting the original time limit would
unreasonably interfere with the operations of the department or the
Minister of the Crown or the organisation.  You will receive a response by
23 April 2018.

 

You have the option of approaching the Office of the Ombudsman should you
wish.  The Ombudsman can be contacted at PO Box 10 152, Wellington 6143,
on Freephone 0800 802 602, or at [1]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.

 

Yours Sincerely

 

Jessica Wilkes| Technical Statutory Advisor | Technical and Statutory
Complaints Team

Earthquake Commission | Kômihana Rûwhenua

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Dear Mr Lucas

 

CLM/2011/064381 - 227 Estuary Road South New Brighton Christchurch 8062

I can confirm that we extended the due date of your Official Information
Act (OIA) request as our OIA team is currently working through a very high
volume of requests.

 

Information related to your claim will be stored in a number of different
databases, as you have requested all correspondence and documents relating
to your claim.  This will mean our advisors will need to complete a
thorough search of each database to ensure you receive all relevant
information and fulfil our liabilities under the Official Information Act.

 

I can confirm however that you will receive your information request by
the 23 April. In the mean time you still have the option of approaching
the Office of the Ombudsman if you wish. 

 

Kind Regards

 

Sam Blyth | Technical Statutory Advisor | Technical and Statutory
Complaints Team

Earthquake Commission | Kōmihana Rūwhenua

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-----Original Message-----
From: Micheal Lucas [mailto:[FOI #7331 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 3 April 2018 7:07 a.m.
To: Official Information Act Requests
Subject: Re: CLM/2011/064381 - 227 Estuary Road South New Brighton
Christchurch 8062

 

Dear Official Information Act Requests,

 

Am I correct in understanding that in EQC's reply message that EQC needs
an extension of the time needed to meet legal obligations because EQC does
not have all the files containing all of the requested information in one
place?

 

Am I also correct in understanding that on the 23 April 2018 I will
receive all files and information requested?

 

Is EQC also claiming this extension on the grounds that to find and give
all the files and information requested about 227 Estuary Road, South New
Brighton, Christchurch 8062 to Michael Lucas the owner of 227 Estuary
Road, South New Brighton, Christchurch 8062 is unreasonably interfering
with the operations of the EQC?

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Micheal Lucas

 

-----Original Message-----

 

Dear Mr Michael Lucas

 

 

 

On 24 February 2018 you requested that the Earthquake Commission (EQC) 
make available to you the following information:

 

 

 

‘All information held by Earthquake Commission including Scope of Works, 
correspondence, documents and details of work carried out

- a breakdown of all payments made to date, for all claims.’

 

 

 

The timeframe for responding to your request is extended under section

15A(1)(a) of the Official Information Act 1982 – the request is for a 
large quantity of official information or necessitates a search through a 
large quantity of information and meeting the original time limit would 
unreasonably interfere with the operations of the department or the 
Minister of the Crown or the organisation.  You will receive a response by

23 April 2018.

 

 

 

You have the option of approaching the Office of the Ombudsman should you 
wish.  The Ombudsman can be contacted at PO Box 10 152, Wellington 6143, 
on Freephone 0800 802 602, or at [1][3]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.

 

 

 

Yours Sincerely

 

 

 

Jessica Wilkes| Technical Statutory Advisor | Technical and Statutory 
Complaints Team

 

Earthquake Commission | Kômihana Rûwhenua

 

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Dear Michael Lucas

 

Thank you for your information request received on 24 February 2018.

 

I apologise for the delay in providing this response. EQC has received an
unprecedented number of requests and we are working through these as
quickly as possible. We have reviewed the information you have requested,
but it will take us some time to prepare the material for release. We will
provide the complete response to you by 4 May 2018.

 

Please be assured that we are treating your request with the utmost
urgency, but if you would like to discuss the delay in this information
being provided to you please don’t hesitate in contacting me.

 

You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review our
decision. The Ombudsman can be contacted at PO Box 10 152, Wellington
6143, on Freephone 0800 802 602, or at
[1]http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.

 

Kind regards,

 

Curtis Tohiariki | Manager OIA | Government Relations & Strategic
Partnerships

Earthquake Commission | Kômihana Rûwhenua

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Good Morning Mr Lucas

 

Information Request - CLM/2011/064381 - 227 Estuary Road, South New
Brighton, Christchurch 8062

 

I apologise for the delay in getting your information request to you. I
can assure you, you will receive your response by Friday 4 May.

 

Kind regards,

 

Curtis Tohiariki | Manager OIA | Government Relations & Strategic 
Partnerships

 

Earthquake Commission | Kômihana Rûwhenua

 

 

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Good Morning Mr Lucas

 

Information Request - CLM/2011/064381 - 227 Estuary Road, South New
Brighton, Christchurch 8062

 

I apologise for the delay in getting your information request to you. I
can assure you, you will receive your response by Friday 4 May.

 

Kind regards,

 

Curtis Tohiariki | Manager OIA | Government Relations & Strategic 
Partnerships

 

Earthquake Commission | Kômihana Rûwhenua

 

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