11 April 2024
Ohakune Ratepayers and Residents' Society Inc
[FYI request #24691 email]
Tēnā koutou Ohakune Ratepayers and Residents' Society Inc
Thank you for your request to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development under the Of icial
Information Act 1982 (the Act) The following parts of your request were transferred to Kāinga Ora –
Homes and Communities on 13 March 2024:
2./ Point 3.7 - Has KO notified HUD of any Changes to 3.7(a) or 3.7(b)
3./ Point 3.8 - please provide me with the reports to date received by HUD
4./ Point 3.10(a) - regarding conflicts of interest. Please provide any communication or records,
that HUD holds where Kāinga Ora has notified HUD
5./ Point 3.10(b) - KO wil promptly notify HUD of any matter that could have an adverse effect
on the project or result in Termination. Please provide any communications received by HUD
matching this criteria
6./ Point 3.11 - please advise if KO have advised HUD of any breach of this term, or if HUD
has given any warnings or cautions to KO
7./ Point 3.15 - Management of COI's - Please provide documentation and emails provided to
HUD about the conflict of interest relating to Giles Tait and whether HUD signed off or closed
the matter off to "HUD's satisfaction"
8./ Point 3.17 - We note from KO OI 23 714 that KO & HUD were to meet in September 2023 -
Has Kāinga Ora requested any time extensions to milestones, and if so, please provide a copy
and documentation related and whether they were approved or not
10./ Point 5.2(d) - In addition to question 6 above, do any phone calls, texts, emails or
documents exist around this point since 1 July 2023, i.e. around extensions, or of termination
due to noncompliance
13./ Please provide a copy and date of the email or document from Kāinga Ora (OR CIP) to
HUD stating the project wil exceed $5.2m total cost, we already have a copy of the email sent
to CIP and the meeting minutes from the DPM's where this was discussed a month after
contract signing; we are wanting the date and communications where HUD was notified
The Act requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no later than 20 working days (12
April 2024) after the day we received your request. Unfortunately, it wil not be possible to meet that
time limit and we are therefore writing to notify you of an extension of the time to make our decision
under section15A(1)(b) of the Act, to
6 May 2024.
This extension is required because consultations necessary to decide on your request are such that a
proper response cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of my decision on your
request. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
Freephone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Rachel Kelly
Manager Government Relations
