Standards New Zealand Documentation Regarding Use of "New Crop" Radiata
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From: Edward Grove
Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,
Between approximately 1996 and 2002 a Standards New Zealand committee was examining, and liaising with the forestry industry regarding, whether the "reduced properties" of "New Crop" (i.e. second rotation) radiata pine met the requirements of the then existing timber grades, - I would like to receive copies of all submissions to the Standards committee on the issue, and any responses/analysis/determinations made by the committee.
Yours faithfully,
Ed Grove
From: Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Ref: 2021-0015
Dear Edward,
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 01 July 2020 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:
Between approximately 1996 and 2002 a Standards New Zealand committee was
examining, and liaising with the forestry industry regarding, whether the
"reduced properties" of "New Crop" (i.e. second rotation) radiata pine
met the requirements of the then existing timber grades, - I would like to
receive copies of all submissions to the Standards committee on the issue,
and any responses/analysis/determinations made by the committee.
Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course.
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From: *OIA
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Ref: DOIA 2021-0015
Tçnâ koe Mr Grove
I refer to your Official Information Act request dated 2 July 2020, as
acknowledged below.
I am writing to you because the Ministry of Business, Innovation and
Employment (MBIE) has considered your request under the provisions of the
Act, and so far, our searches have yielded no results. This may be because
the information you have requested relates to material that is
approximately 20 years old, and as a result, may not be held by MBIE
anymore. Further, the Committee would have pre-dated Standards New
Zealand’s move into MBIE.
Before we make a decision on your request, however, we wanted to check if
you know what specific standard the Committee you refer to in your request
was examining? If we knew this information, it may help narrow down our
search. Any additional detail you can provide would be much appreciated.
Many thanks in advance
Ngâ mihi
Engagement, Communications and Ministerial Services
Corporate, Governance and Information
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
From: Ministerial Services On Behalf Of Ministerial Services
Sent: Thursday, 2 July 2020 1:09 p.m.
To: [1][FYI request #13203 email]
Subject: Acknowledgement of your OIA request [UNCLASSIFIED]
Ref: 2021-0015
Dear Edward,
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 01 July 2020 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:
Between approximately 1996 and 2002 a Standards New Zealand committee was
examining, and liaising with the forestry industry regarding, whether the
"reduced properties" of "New Crop" (i.e. second rotation) radiata pine met
the requirements of the then existing timber grades, - I would like to
receive copies of all submissions to the Standards committee on the issue,
and any responses/analysis/determinations made by the committee.
Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course.
Please note, due to ongoing COVID-19 response work, requests are currently
being triaged and those relating to Covid-19 processed as a priority.
Remaining requests are being assessed as per the Ombudsman’s guidance
(which can be found here:
[2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/news/chief-ombudsmans-statement-official-information-response-times-during-covid-19-emergency)
and processed accordingly.
If you have any enquiries regarding your request, or its urgency, feel
free to contact us via email at [3][MBIE request email].
Nâku noa, nâ
MINISTERIAL SERVICES
Corporate, Governance and Information
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
NZBN 9429000106078
[4]www.govt.nz - your guide to finding and using New Zealand government
services
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4. http://www.govt.nz/
From: Edward Grove
Hi,
The Standards Committee would likely have been considering standard nos. "NZS 3631:1988 New Zealand timber grading rules" and/or "NZS 3602: Timber and wood-based products for use in building".
The current version of NZS 3631 has a introductory note on Standards New Zealand's website that the standard "Establishes visual grading rules for the selection of timber into quality classes. Four types of grades have been specified. Provision has also been made for new crop radiata pine."
The New Zealand Journal of Forestry Journal, volume 47(3): 41 (2002) at page 41 recorded in the "President's comments" (available online at http://www.nzjf.org.nz) in relation to NZS 3602 that "A SNZ committee has been working for some time now to align radiata pine strength and stiffness properties with timber grades to take account of the reduced and variable properties of "New crop" radiata pine".
Yours sincerely,
Edward Grove
From: *OIA
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Ref: DOIA 2021-0015
Tēnā koe Mr Grove
Please find attached the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s response to your Official Information Act request of 1 July 2020.
Ngā mihi
Engagement, Communications and Ministerial Services
Corporate, Governance and Information
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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