Our recent responses to Official Information Act (OIA) requests from media organisations.
Cost recovery associated with crashes on state highways
Responded: 11 November 2016
Requested: Fairfax Media
Proposal for ‘Park and Ride’ in Queenstown
Responded: 7 November 2016
Requested: Otago Daily Times
Crashes during practical driving tests
Responded: 30 September 2016
Requested: Fairfax Media
Pass rates for each driver license testing station in New Zealand 2014-2015
Responded: 25 August 2016
Requested: The Press
Tauranga toll road payments
Responded: 13 July 2016
Requested: Bay of Plenty Times
Traffic lights in Queenstown
Responded: 7 June 2016
Requested: Allied Press
Vandalised and stolen signs
Responded: 7 June 2016
Requested: Radio New Zealand News
Road works
Responded: 5 May 2016
Requested: NZ Herald
Fees received for use of the Driver Licence Verification Service
Responded: 4 May 2016
Requested: Mediaworks
Crash data following lowering of the speed limit on State Highway 2from the State Highway 1 interchange to State Highway 25 turnoff to Coromandel
Responded: 5 April 2016
Requested: Newstalk ZB
Passenger endorsements
Responded: 18 December 2015
Requested: NZ Herald
Residential property
Responded: 7 December 2015
Requested by: Radio New Zealand
Variable message signs
Responded: 17 November 2015
Requested by: National Business Review
Spending on road safety advertising
Responded: 4 September 2015
Requested by: National Business Review
Anti-drink driving and anti-speeding advertising campaigns
Responded: 31 August 2015
Requested by: Radio New Zealand
GPS data for Transport Agency fleet vehicles
Responded: 12 August 2015
Requested by: NZ Herald
New technology in roading infrastructure
Responded: 17 July 2015
Requested by: NZME
Defecation incident in Mt Victoria Tunnel
Responded: 17 July 2015
Requested by: NZME
Northland projects and Pūhoi to Wellsford Road of National Significance
Responded: 15 May 2015
Requested by: TVNZ
Otaihanga roundabout
Responded: 13 May 2015
Requested by: Radio NZ
Revocation of state highway status
Responded: 12 May 2015
Requested by: Radio New Zealand
Physical and verbal abuse against testing officers in Hawke’s Bay
Responded: 11 May 2015
Requested by: Harrison Christian
Verbal threats and physical attacks made against testing officers
Responded: 27 March 2015
Requested by: Fairfax Media
Uber complaints
Responded: 17 March 2015
Requested by: NZ Herald
Sexual assault complaints against taxi drivers
Responded: 11 March 2015
Requested by: Campbell Live
Operator Rating Safety information request
Responded: 24 February 2015
Requested by: Fairfax Media
Visiting drivers survey
Responded: 11 Febraury 2015
Requested by: Mountain Scene Newspaper
Road policing and programmes to reduce drink-driving
Responded: 27 January 2015
Requested by: Dominion Post
Regional roading expenditure
Responded: 22 December 2014
Requested by: NZME News Service
Restricted and full driver licence test results
Responded: 18 December 2014
Requested by: Fairfax Media
Vehicle certification complaints
Responded: 10 December 2014
Requested by: Dominion Post
Northern Gateway Toll Road
Responded: 19 November 2014
Requested by: Herald on Sunday
Taxi driver complaints
Responded: 29 September 2014
Requested by: Northern Advocate
Basin Bridge proposal costs
Responded: 19 September 2014
Requested by: Radio New Zealand
Bus and taxi drivers with alcohol and/or drunk driving charges
Responded: 19 September 2014
Requested by: NZ Herald
Crashes involving speeding drivers in Waikato
Responded: 10 September 2014
Requested by: Waikato Times
Crashes involving cyclists in Manawatū/Whanganui and Taranaki
Responded: 26 August 2014
Requested by: Manawatu Standard
Complaints regarding taxi drivers
Responded: 19 August 2014
Requested by: Dominion Post
Regional roading expenditure
Responded: 14 August 2014
Requested by: TVNZ
Crashes in Bay of Plenty
Responded: 24 July 2014
Requested by: Sun Media Ltd
Toll infringements
Responded: July 2014
Requested by: APNZ News Service
Roading expenditure
Responded: 14 July 2014
Requested by: TVNZ
Crashes at pedestrian crossings
Responded: 10 July 2014
Requested by: Fairfax NZ
Demerit points and demerit point suspensions
Responded: 24 June 2014
Requested by: New Zealand Herald
Crashes involving drivers on learner or restricted licences
Responded: 17 June 2014
Requested by: Fairfax Media
Rates of unlicensed drivers in Māngere
Responded: 11 June 2014
Requested by: Herald on Sunday
Māori language training
Responded: 1 May 2014
Requested by: Radio New Zealand
Northern Gateway Toll Road debt repayment
Responded: 29 April 2014
Requested by: Rodney Times
Directives to process OIA requests urgently
Responded: 16 April 2014
Requested by: Newstalk ZB
Driver pass rates
Responded: 28 March 2014
Requested by: The Wellingtonian
Community engagement
Responded: 17 March 2014
Requested by: Radio New Zealand
Compensation for property acquisition
Responded: 22 January 2014
Requested by: The Dominion Post
Crash rates in Manawatū before and after changes to give way rules
Responded: 6 January 2014
Requested by: Manawatu Standard
Christmas costs
Responded: 23 December 2013
Requested by: Fairfax Media
Waterview property purchases
Responded: 9 December 2013
Requested by: TV3
Red light running in the Wellington region
Responded: 9 December 2013
Requested by: Dominion Post
Bridges strengthened to enable them to carry 62 tonnes
Responded: 14 November 2013
Requested by: Radio New Zealand
Complaints made to the NZ Transport Agency regarding threats and attacks made against examiners during driving tests
Responded: 6 November 2013
Requested by: Herald on Sunday
Milford Road closures
Responded: 31 October 2013
Requested by: Southland Times
Roads of national significance communications costs and bridge strengthening
Responded: 25 October 2013
Requested by: Radio New Zealand
Alcohol-related crashes in specific regions
Responded: 21 October 2013
Requested by: APNZ
Complaints made to the NZ Transport Agency about taxi companies or their drivers
Responded: 18 October 2013
Requested by: APNZ
Crashes involving trucks and crashes involving overseas drivers
Responded: 14 October 2013
Requested by: Waikato Times
Inspection of buses in Wellington
Responded: 7 October 2013
Requested by: Dominion Post
Crashes at traffic light-controlled intersections
Responded: 26 September 2013
Requested by: APNZ
Consultants and contractors
Responded: 25 September 2013
Requested by: Dominion Post
Vehicles that are subject to a certificate of fitness (including passenger vehicles)
Responded: 24 September 2013
Requested by: The Dominion Post
Alcohol-related vehicle crashes on rural and urban roads
Responded: 19 September 2013
Requested by: NZ Young Farmers
Release of registered person’s details from the Motor Vehicle Register
Responded: 29 August 2013
Requested by: Fairfax Business Bureau
Vehicle crashes in the Bay of Plenty
Responded: 3 September 2013
Requested by: Bay of Plenty Times
The number and nature of complaints made to the NZ Transport Agency in the year to 30 June 2013 regarding taxi companies or their drivers
Responded: 26 August 2013
Requested by: Cherie Howie
Crashes involving trucks
Responded: 21 August 2013
Requested by: Waikato Times
Response
Fuel excise duty refunds
Responded: 12 July 2013
Requested by: Kashka Tunstall
Go Wellington safety failures
Responded: 11 July 2013
Requested by: Rutger Keijser
The release of motor vehicle registered persons and driver licence holder details
Responded: 11 July 2013
Requested by: Fairfax Business Bureau
Fuel excise duty refunds
Responded: 31 May 2013
Requested by: Fair Go
Unauthorised personalised plates
Responded: 21 June 2013
Requested by: Dominion Post
Waikato Expressway property purchases and iwi consultation
Responded: 24 May 2013
Requested by: Waikato Times
Crashes at Waikato intersections and the give way rules
Responded: 15 May 2013
Requested by: Waikato Times
Recovery of costs relating to vehicle accidents
Responded: 15 May 2013
Requested by: APNZ News Service
Crashes in the Waikato involving vehicle faults
Responded: 10 May 2013
Requested by: Waikato Times
Bicycle helmet exemptions granted
Responded: 2 May 2013
Requested by: Dominion Post
Dunedin-based government offices
Responded: 10 April 2013
Requested by: Allied Press Limited
Recovery of costs relating to vehicle accidents (1)
Responded: 9 April 2013
Requested by: Dominion Post
Recovery of costs relating to vehicle accidents (2)
Responded: 9 April 2013
Requested by: Otago Daily Times
Waikato Expressway property purchases (Tamahere–Cambridge section)
Responded: 28 March 2013
Requested by: Waikato Times
Crashes at intersections since the changes to the give way rule in 2012
Responded: 19 March 2013
Requested by: Hawke’s Bay Today
Number of drivers participating in New Zealand’s alcohol interlock programme
Responded: 17 January 2013
Requested by: Fairfax Media
The cost of the Super Gold Card scheme each year since the scheme’s start in October 2008, broken down by region and mode of transport, including individual routes where possible.
Responded: 17 January 2013
Requested by: The NZ Herald
Statistics for restricted and full practical driver tests carried out in Kilbirnie, Porirua and Lower Hutt
Responded: 16 January 2013
Requested by: Dominion Post
All papers, documents, advice and correspondence prepared by the NZ Transport Agency relating to complaints against taxi drivers in the last year
Responded: 20 December 2012
Requested by: Dominion Post
Communication and correspondence with the Minister of Transport regarding the Capital Connection business case submitted by Greater Wellington and Horizons Regional Councils
Responded: 11 December 2012
Requested by: Dominion Post
Give-way crash statistics
Responded: 11 December 2012
Requested by: NZ Herald
Copies of fatal crash reports relating to pedestrians killed in Auckland
Responded: 5 December 2012
Requested by: Herald on Sunday
Details for fatal and serious injury pedestrian crashes in Auckland for the past three financial years
Responded: 11 November 2012
Requested by: Otago Daily Times
Statistics for fatal crashes involving foreign drivers
Responded: 11 December 2012
Requested by: NZ Herald
Total funding provided for public transport subsidies by the NZ Transport Agency over the last 10 years
Responded: 8 November 2012
Requested by: Fairfax Auckland Business Bureau
Graduated driver licensing system – review documents and audits
Responded: 5 November 2012
Requested by: Consumer NZ
Compulsory driver licence testing – referrals made by doctors, police officers or members of public
Responded: 29 October 2012
Requested by: APNZ
Proposal for ‘Park and Ride’ in Queenstown
Responded: 7 November 2016
Requested: Otago Daily Times
Crashes during practical driving tests
Responded: 30 September 2016
Requested: Fairfax Media
Pass rates for each driver license testing station in New Zealand 2014-2015
Responded: 25 August 2016
Requested: The Press
Tauranga toll road payments
Responded: 13 July 2016
Requested: Bay of Plenty Times
Traffic lights in Queenstown
Responded: 7 June 2016
Requested: Allied Press
Vandalised and stolen signs
Responded: 7 June 2016
Requested: Radio New Zealand News
Road works
Responded: 5 May 2016
Requested: NZ Herald
Fees received for use of the Driver Licence Verification Service
Responded: 4 May 2016
Requested: Mediaworks
Crash data following lowering of the speed limit on State Highway 2from the State Highway 1 interchange to State Highway 25 turnoff to Coromandel
Responded: 5 April 2016
Requested: Newstalk ZB
Passenger endorsements
Responded: 18 December 2015
Requested: NZ Herald
Residential property
Responded: 7 December 2015
Requested by: Radio New Zealand
Variable message signs
Responded: 17 November 2015
Requested by: National Business Review
Spending on road safety advertising
Responded: 4 September 2015
Requested by: National Business Review
Anti-drink driving and anti-speeding advertising campaigns
Responded: 31 August 2015
Requested by: Radio New Zealand
GPS data for Transport Agency fleet vehicles
Responded: 12 August 2015
Requested by: NZ Herald
New technology in roading infrastructure
Responded: 17 July 2015
Requested by: NZME
Defecation incident in Mt Victoria Tunnel
Responded: 17 July 2015
Requested by: NZME
Northland projects and Pūhoi to Wellsford Road of National Significance
Responded: 15 May 2015
Requested by: TVNZ
Otaihanga roundabout
Responded: 13 May 2015
Requested by: Radio NZ
Revocation of state highway status
Responded: 12 May 2015
Requested by: Radio New Zealand
Physical and verbal abuse against testing officers in Hawke’s Bay
Responded: 11 May 2015
Requested by: Harrison Christian
Verbal threats and physical attacks made against testing officers
Responded: 27 March 2015
Requested by: Fairfax Media
Uber complaints
Responded: 17 March 2015
Requested by: NZ Herald
Sexual assault complaints against taxi drivers
Responded: 11 March 2015
Requested by: Campbell Live
Operator Rating Safety information request
Responded: 24 February 2015
Requested by: Fairfax Media
Visiting drivers survey
Responded: 11 Febraury 2015
Requested by: Mountain Scene Newspaper
Road policing and programmes to reduce drink-driving
Responded: 27 January 2015
Requested by: Dominion Post
Regional roading expenditure
Responded: 22 December 2014
Requested by: NZME News Service
Restricted and full driver licence test results
Responded: 18 December 2014
Requested by: Fairfax Media
Vehicle certification complaints
Responded: 10 December 2014
Requested by: Dominion Post
Northern Gateway Toll Road
Responded: 19 November 2014
Requested by: Herald on Sunday
Taxi driver complaints
Responded: 29 September 2014
Requested by: Northern Advocate
Basin Bridge proposal costs
Responded: 19 September 2014
Requested by: Radio New Zealand
Bus and taxi drivers with alcohol and/or drunk driving charges
Responded: 19 September 2014
Requested by: NZ Herald
Crashes involving speeding drivers in Waikato
Responded: 10 September 2014
Requested by: Waikato Times
Crashes involving cyclists in Manawatū/Whanganui and Taranaki
Responded: 26 August 2014
Requested by: Manawatu Standard
Complaints regarding taxi drivers
Responded: 19 August 2014
Requested by: Dominion Post
Regional roading expenditure
Responded: 14 August 2014
Requested by: TVNZ
Crashes in Bay of Plenty
Responded: 24 July 2014
Requested by: Sun Media Ltd
Toll infringements
Responded: July 2014
Requested by: APNZ News Service
Roading expenditure
Responded: 14 July 2014
Requested by: TVNZ
Crashes at pedestrian crossings
Responded: 10 July 2014
Requested by: Fairfax NZ
Demerit points and demerit point suspensions
Responded: 24 June 2014
Requested by: New Zealand Herald
Crashes involving drivers on learner or restricted licences
Responded: 17 June 2014
Requested by: Fairfax Media
Rates of unlicensed drivers in Māngere
Responded: 11 June 2014
Requested by: Herald on Sunday
Māori language training
Responded: 1 May 2014
Requested by: Radio New Zealand
Northern Gateway Toll Road debt repayment
Responded: 29 April 2014
Requested by: Rodney Times
Directives to process OIA requests urgently
Responded: 16 April 2014
Requested by: Newstalk ZB
Driver pass rates
Responded: 28 March 2014
Requested by: The Wellingtonian
Community engagement
Responded: 17 March 2014
Requested by: Radio New Zealand
Compensation for property acquisition
Responded: 22 January 2014
Requested by: The Dominion Post
Crash rates in Manawatū before and after changes to give way rules
Responded: 6 January 2014
Requested by: Manawatu Standard
Christmas costs
Responded: 23 December 2013
Requested by: Fairfax Media
Waterview property purchases
Responded: 9 December 2013
Requested by: TV3
Red light running in the Wellington region
Responded: 9 December 2013
Requested by: Dominion Post
Bridges strengthened to enable them to carry 62 tonnes
Responded: 14 November 2013
Requested by: Radio New Zealand
Complaints made to the NZ Transport Agency regarding threats and attacks made against examiners during driving tests
Responded: 6 November 2013
Requested by: Herald on Sunday
Milford Road closures
Responded: 31 October 2013
Requested by: Southland Times
Roads of national significance communications costs and bridge strengthening
Responded: 25 October 2013
Requested by: Radio New Zealand
Alcohol-related crashes in specific regions
Responded: 21 October 2013
Requested by: APNZ
Complaints made to the NZ Transport Agency about taxi companies or their drivers
Responded: 18 October 2013
Requested by: APNZ
Crashes involving trucks and crashes involving overseas drivers
Responded: 14 October 2013
Requested by: Waikato Times
Inspection of buses in Wellington
Responded: 7 October 2013
Requested by: Dominion Post
Crashes at traffic light-controlled intersections
Responded: 26 September 2013
Requested by: APNZ
Consultants and contractors
Responded: 25 September 2013
Requested by: Dominion Post
Vehicles that are subject to a certificate of fitness (including passenger vehicles)
Responded: 24 September 2013
Requested by: The Dominion Post
Alcohol-related vehicle crashes on rural and urban roads
Responded: 19 September 2013
Requested by: NZ Young Farmers
Release of registered person’s details from the Motor Vehicle Register
Responded: 29 August 2013
Requested by: Fairfax Business Bureau
Vehicle crashes in the Bay of Plenty
Responded: 3 September 2013
Requested by: Bay of Plenty Times
The number and nature of complaints made to the NZ Transport Agency in the year to 30 June 2013 regarding taxi companies or their drivers
Responded: 26 August 2013
Requested by: Cherie Howie
Crashes involving trucks
Responded: 21 August 2013
Requested by: Waikato Times
Response
Fuel excise duty refunds
Responded: 12 July 2013
Requested by: Kashka Tunstall
Go Wellington safety failures
Responded: 11 July 2013
Requested by: Rutger Keijser
The release of motor vehicle registered persons and driver licence holder details
Responded: 11 July 2013
Requested by: Fairfax Business Bureau
Fuel excise duty refunds
Responded: 31 May 2013
Requested by: Fair Go
Unauthorised personalised plates
Responded: 21 June 2013
Requested by: Dominion Post
Waikato Expressway property purchases and iwi consultation
Responded: 24 May 2013
Requested by: Waikato Times
Crashes at Waikato intersections and the give way rules
Responded: 15 May 2013
Requested by: Waikato Times
Recovery of costs relating to vehicle accidents
Responded: 15 May 2013
Requested by: APNZ News Service
Crashes in the Waikato involving vehicle faults
Responded: 10 May 2013
Requested by: Waikato Times
Bicycle helmet exemptions granted
Responded: 2 May 2013
Requested by: Dominion Post
Dunedin-based government offices
Responded: 10 April 2013
Requested by: Allied Press Limited
Recovery of costs relating to vehicle accidents (1)
Responded: 9 April 2013
Requested by: Dominion Post
Recovery of costs relating to vehicle accidents (2)
Responded: 9 April 2013
Requested by: Otago Daily Times
Waikato Expressway property purchases (Tamahere–Cambridge section)
Responded: 28 March 2013
Requested by: Waikato Times
Crashes at intersections since the changes to the give way rule in 2012
Responded: 19 March 2013
Requested by: Hawke’s Bay Today
Number of drivers participating in New Zealand’s alcohol interlock programme
Responded: 17 January 2013
Requested by: Fairfax Media
The cost of the Super Gold Card scheme each year since the scheme’s start in October 2008, broken down by region and mode of transport, including individual routes where possible.
Responded: 17 January 2013
Requested by: The NZ Herald
Statistics for restricted and full practical driver tests carried out in Kilbirnie, Porirua and Lower Hutt
Responded: 16 January 2013
Requested by: Dominion Post
All papers, documents, advice and correspondence prepared by the NZ Transport Agency relating to complaints against taxi drivers in the last year
Responded: 20 December 2012
Requested by: Dominion Post
Communication and correspondence with the Minister of Transport regarding the Capital Connection business case submitted by Greater Wellington and Horizons Regional Councils
Responded: 11 December 2012
Requested by: Dominion Post
Give-way crash statistics
Responded: 11 December 2012
Requested by: NZ Herald
Copies of fatal crash reports relating to pedestrians killed in Auckland
Responded: 5 December 2012
Requested by: Herald on Sunday
Details for fatal and serious injury pedestrian crashes in Auckland for the past three financial years
Responded: 11 November 2012
Requested by: Otago Daily Times
Statistics for fatal crashes involving foreign drivers
Responded: 11 December 2012
Requested by: NZ Herald
Total funding provided for public transport subsidies by the NZ Transport Agency over the last 10 years
Responded: 8 November 2012
Requested by: Fairfax Auckland Business Bureau
Graduated driver licensing system – review documents and audits
Responded: 5 November 2012
Requested by: Consumer NZ
Compulsory driver licence testing – referrals made by doctors, police officers or members of public
Responded: 29 October 2012
Requested by: APNZ