Response to LGOIMA request 2025 116 12 May 2025
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Requested Information:
“I am writing to inquire about the ongoing rail performance issues affecting the Wairarapa line and the Greater Wellington Regional Council's (GWRC) handling of these challenges. I am also seeking information regarding funding requests and allocations related to increased sick leave entitlements and the establishment of Matariki Day.
To that end, I am submitting the following Official Information Act (OIA) request:
1. Please provide copies of all correspondence, including but not limited to letters, reports, papers, meeting minutes, emails, text messages, and phone records between GWRC and Transdev (both Wellington and Australia offices) concerning Transdev's request for additional funding due to the New Zealand Government's increase in sick leave entitlements and the establishment of a new public holiday (Matariki Day).
2. Please provide copies of all correspondence, including but not limited to letters, reports, papers, meeting minutes, emails, text messages, and phone records between GWRC staff and the following: Chair of GWRC, Transport Committee Chair, GWRC Councillors, and the Transport Committee concerning Transdev's and any bus operators' requests for additional funding due to the increase in sick leave entitlements and the establishment of Matariki Day.
3. Please provide all correspondence, including but not limited to letters, reports, papers, meeting minutes, emails, text messages, and phone records between GWRC and NZTA concerning GWRC's request for additional funding for its contracted transport operators due to the increase in sick leave entitlements and the establishment of Matariki Day.
4. Please provide all correspondence, including but not limited to letters, reports, papers, meeting minutes, emails, text messages, and phone records between GWRC and any other organization regarding when GWRC was first notified that other regional councils, including Auckland Transport, had been allocated additional funding from NZTA to support transport operator costs due to the increase in sick leave entitlements and the establishment of Matariki Day.
5. Please advise when the Chair of GWRC and the GWRC Transport Committee Chair were first notified by GWRC staff that NZTA had allocated additional funding to regional councils, including Auckland Transport, to support their transport operators due to the increase in sick leave entitlements and the establishment of Matariki Day.
For a copy of the attachments relating to this request please email democratic.services@gw.govt.nz