LGOIMA Requests

The information you have requested is below; 

Proportionate engagement was undertaken by the officer managing this scheme, via letter delivery to residents of Derby Street / adjoining Derby Street in January 2023. The template of the letter can be found in Appendix A (please note that the QR code and URL provided in the letter was only available during the feedback phase and has been discontinued). The exhaustive list of addresses to which the letter was sent can be found in Appendix B below. 

Responses via the available channels (as detailed in the letter under Appendix A below) were received, collated, and summarised in the tables below: 

A response return threshold of 50% was set by the managing officer as the minimum engagement requirement before proceeding (i.e., a response was required from at least half of the population contacted under proportionate engagement). 

In this instance, only 43.4% of those contacted had made a response, and the officer made the decision not to install traffic devices to Derby Street. 

Subsequent involvement overrode the decision by the officer, resulting in an instruction for said officer to arrange installation. 

It is understood that this instruction was oral, and therefore not a reproducible document as defined under s2(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA). 

In satisfying the requirement for reasonable effort to be made to seek out, interview the officer, and record the details surrounding said instruction, the officer that held that knowledge has not only departed the organisation approximately 2 years prior to this request, but is now deceased. 

Therefore, the instruction to arrange installation cannot be located or retrieved. Accordingly, we must refuse this part of your request under section 17(e) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 on the basis that no document exists or can be found. 

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.  

Manawatū District Council publishes responses to Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA).  We will publish the LGOIMA response along with a summary of the request on our website.  Requests and responses may be paraphrased.  

To protect your privacy, we will not generally publish personal information about you, or information that identifies you.   

If you wish to discuss this response with us, please feel free to contact the LGOIMA Response Team on 06 323 0000 or by replying to this email.  

Yours sincerely, 

I refer to your official information request dated 20 August 2025. 

The information you have requested is below. 

Of the 4 reports forwarded to Manawatu District Council, three (3) were works directly related to NZ Transport Agency works on the State Highway, and referred onto to NZ Transport Agency to address.   

The remaining one (1) was utilities (sewer pipes) installation on the local authority road but had traffic management signage placed on the State highway to provide the early and safe warnings to road users entering the local road.  That work was short term and since completed.  

I am writing in response to your request for information. 

After consulting with the relevant departments, I can confirm that Manawatū District Council has not been involved in the 1080 drop over the Manawatū Gorge. 

As the information you are seeking is more closely aligned with the work of the other agencies you have contacted, we believe they will be better placed to respond to your request. 

Thank you for your request under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987. 

Please find the information requested relating to your dog in this link –  LG_2372_Documents_for_release.zip

Personal details (names, addresses, contact details, etc) of third parties, have been redacted and withheld under section 7(2)(a) of the LGOIMA, to protect their privacy as we do not consider that those persons’ privacy interests are outweighed by the public interest in the information’s release. 

The videos provided by the complainant have also been withheld due to privacy, Section 7(2)(a) of the LGOIMA.