Why do other countries have more stringent RFEMR limits?
Sue Grey made this Official Information request to Kris Faafoi
The request was successful.
From: Sue Grey
Dear Kris Faafoi,
Please can you provide information to show:
A) the maximum permitted RFEMR exposure limit in NZ in microwatts/cm2
B) how limit is NZ is justified and considered safe for New Zealanders considering the far stricter limits in many other countries for example:
China 10 microwatts/cm2
Russia 10 microwatts/cm2
Italy 10 microwatts/cm2
France 10 microwatts/cm2
Poland 10 microwatts/cm2
Hungary 10 microwatts/cm2
Switzerland General 9.5 microwatts/cm2
Switzerland Schools and Hospitals 4.25 microwatts/cm2
Belgium 2.4 microwatts/cm2
Bulgaria 2.4 microwatts/cm2
C) any evidence to show New Zealanders including pregnant women, children and foetuses are more resilient to RFEMR than the citizens of the states listed above
D) any information to show remedies and or compensation available for NZers who suffer harm from or attributable in part to RFEMR
E) any information to show what if any insurance cover is available to individual NZers and or to the NZ government for harm from RFEMR
F) information to show the cost of the rollout of fibre optic cable in NZ and the benefits of that for NZers;
G) given the investment in fibre optic cable, why we now need 5G
Thank you and kind regards
Yours faithfully,
Sue Grey
From: K Faafoi (MIN)
Kris Faafoi
Kia ora,
On behalf of Hon Kris Faafoi, thank you for your email.
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Thank you for the taking the time to write.
Nga mihi,
Office of Hon Kris Faafoi
Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media,
Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Digital
Services,
Associate Minister of Housing
Bowen House | Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 |
New Zealand
Authorised by Hon Kris Faafoi MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011
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From: K Faafoi (MIN)
Kris Faafoi
Kia ora,
On behalf of Hon Kris Faafoi, thank you for your email.
While the Minister considers all correspondence to be important, and all
messages are carefully read and considered, it is not always possible to
personally reply to all emails. As such, the following guidelines apply:
· Invitations and meeting requests will be processed as soon as
possible and a staff member will be in contact with you in due course
· All media queries will be responded to by a staff member
· Requests for official information will be managed in accordance
with the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982, which may
include transfer to a more relevant Minister or agency
· If your email falls outside of the Minister’s portfolio
responsibilities, expresses a personal view, or is copied to multiple
Members of Parliament, then your opinion will be noted and your
correspondence may be transferred to another office, or there may be no
further response to you
· If your correspondence is to the Minister as the Member of
Parliament for Mana, this will be referred to his electorate office
Thank you for the taking the time to write.
Nga mihi,
Office of Hon Kris Faafoi
Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media,
Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Digital
Services,
Associate Minister of Housing
Bowen House | Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 |
New Zealand
Authorised by Hon Kris Faafoi MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011
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Kris Faafoi
Dear Sue
Thank you for your request for official information which was transferred
from XX, and received by the Ministry of Health on 16 October 2019.
The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H201909141. If you
need to contact us at any stage about your request, please quote this
reference number in your correspondence.
You requested:
C) any evidence to show New Zealanders including pregnant women, children
and foetuses are more resilient to RFEMR than the citizens of the states
listed above
D) any information to show remedies and or compensation available for
NZers who suffer harm from or attributable in part to RFEMR
E) any information to show what if any insurance cover is available to
individual NZers and or to the NZ government for harm from RFEMR
As required under the Act we will endeavour to respond to your request no
later than 14 November 2019, being 20 working days after the day your
request was received.
If we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we
will notify you of an extension of that time frame.
If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.
Yours sincerely,
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]
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From: Ministerials
Kia ora Sue,
We have received your Official Information Act Request seeking
A) the maximum permitted RFEMR exposure limit in NZ in microwatts/cm2
B) how limit is NZ is justified and considered safe for New Zealanders
considering the far stricter limits in many other countries
As this function is within our portfolio, we have accepted transfer of
parts A and B from Minister Faafoi’s office.
We received the transfer of your request on Wednesday 16^th of October,
therefore we will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible
and in any event no later than 20 working days. If we are unable to
respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension to
that timeframe.
Please note the Ministry for the Environment will release responses to
selected OIA requests on our [1]OIA responses page shortly after the
response has been sent.
If you have any queries, please feel free to contact us.
Ngâ mihi nui
Executive Relations team
Ministry for the Environment – Manatû Mô Te Taiao
Email: [2][email address] Website: [3]www.mfe.govt.nz
23 Kate Sheppard Place, Thorndon, Wellington 6143
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From: K Faafoi (MIN)
Kris Faafoi
Good afternoon
I refer to your Official Information Act request below.
Parts A and B of your request are to be transferred to the Ministry for the Environment, while parts C, D and E are to be transferred to the Ministry of Health.
This is because the information that has been requested is not held by this office. Section 14(b)(i) of the Official Information Act allows the transfer of any request where the information is not held, but is believed to be held by another department, organisation or Minister of the Crown.
You can expect a response to points F and G from this office in due course.
Kind regards
Matt Greer
Private Secretary - Executive Support to the Honourable Kris Faafoi, MP for Mana
Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media
Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Minister of Government Digital Services
Associate Minister of Housing
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From: K Faafoi (MIN)
Kris Faafoi
Good morning
Please find attached an response to your OIA request to Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Hon Kris Faafoi.
Kind regards
Office of Kris Faafoi, MP for Mana
Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media
Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Minister of Government Digital Services
Associate Minister of Housing
Bowen House | Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand
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Kris Faafoi
Kia ora Ms Grey
Please find attached a letter regarding your request for official
information.
Nga mihi
OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]
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From: Ministerials
Kia ora Sue,
Please find attached our response to your request.
Ngâ mihi nui
Risha
Executive Relations team
Ministry for the Environment – Manatû Mô Te Taiao
Email: [1][email address] Website: [2]www.mfe.govt.nz
23 Kate Sheppard Place, Thorndon, Wellington 6143
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