Office of Hon Nicky Wagner MP for Christchurch Central Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration Associate Minister of Conservation Minister for Disability Issues Associate Minister of Health Associate Minister of Tourism 1 [t JUN 2017 Matt Taylor matt@matthewtaylor.co.nz Ref: GCR 2017/018 Dear Mr Taylor Of?cial Information Act request relating to correspondence about the ?$25m offer for Cathedral restoration? article. Thank you for your Of?cial Information Act 1982 (the Act) request, received by Hon Gerry Brownlee on 20 February 2017. I am responding as have assumed responsibility for supporting the Greater Christchurch Regeneration portfolio. You requested: ?correspondence relating to the offers discussed in this quote from the article '$25m to break cathedral stalemate' stuff. co. nz/national/8954 7 652/25m-to-break- cathedral-stalemate): "The Government offered $1 Om in cash and a $15m loan to help restore the building. The funding pledge was made to Anglican leaders in December and also included an offer to handle resource consents and set up a project management of?ce for the restoration, [Minister Brownlee] said.? The time frame for responding to your request was extended under section 15A of the Act by an additional 40 working days because the request required extensive consultation. Crown negotiators met with Church Property Trustee representatives on 21 December 2016 and tabled the attached document. Information in this document is substantially withheld under the following sections of the Act: - to protect information which is subject to an obligation of con?dence. to enable a Minister of the Crown to carry on negotiations. While the majority of this document has been withheld, the additional information. pertinent to your request, is contained in the papers presented to Cabinet, particularly at paragraph 22 of the Cabinet paper ChristChurch Cathedral: Crown Response to the Working Group Report. Given the public interest in this matter, I have decided to release the Cathedral Working Group Recommendation Report and Cabinet papers publicly. These are now available on the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) website: Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand. Telephone 64 4 817 6840 Facsimile 64 4 817 6540 In making my decision, I have taken account of the public interest considerations in section 9(1) of the Act and consider that these are met by the publicly released documents noted above. You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under section 28(3) of the Act. Yours sincerely A.) our?v Hon Nicky Wagner Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES DEP94B1 54485383