Kia ora,

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Ngâ mihi,

Office of Hon Dr Megan Woods

Minister of Housing | Minister of Energy & Resources | Minister of
Research, Science & Innovation | Associate Minister of Finance | MP for
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Dear Matthew,

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act
request dated 29 March 2021. You have requested the following information:

"all advice you, or your officials, have received since your appointment
as Minister of Housing on possible and/or actual shortages of materials
required for building houses in New Zealand.
Such materials include but are not limited to timber, concrete, cement,
plaster, home and appliances.
By advice, I mean formal written advice based on data collection and
analysis. But I also include more informal advice, including verbal
advice, and that based on anecdote.
You or your officials may have become aware of such advice in other
capacities, such as a member of the Labour Party caucus or in their
private capacities, which are not covered by the OIA. However, in becoming
aware of such advice in those capacities, you also became aware of it in
your ministerial and official capacities and so my request covers such
advice."

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 29 April 2021, being 20 working days after the day
your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by
then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

Kind regards,

 

Office of Hon Dr Megan Woods

Minister of Housing | Minister of Energy & Resources | Minister of
Research, Science & Innovation | Associate Minister of Finance

 

Phone: 04 817 8705 | Email: [1][Megan Woods request email]

Private Bag 18041 |Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

 

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From: Matthew Hooton
[mailto:[FOI #15012 email]]
Sent: Monday, 29 March 2021 7:38 AM
To: Megan Woods (MIN) <[email address]>
Subject: OIA21-060: Official Information request - Shortages of Materials
in House Building Industry

 

Dear Megan Woods,

 

My OIA request is prompted by this report in the NZ Herald:
[2]https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/hous...

 

I am sure you will agree this is a matter of very high public interest and
I ask that my request be treated as urgent.

 

Under the OIA, I request information on all advice you, or your officials,
have received since your appointment as Minister of Housing on possible
and/or actual shortages of materials required for building houses in New
Zealand.

 

Such materials include but are not limited to timber, concrete, cement,
plaster, home and appliances.

 

By advice, I mean formal written advice based on data collection and
analysis. But I also include more informal advice, including verbal
advice, and that based on anecdote.

 

You or your officials may have become aware of such advice in other
capacities, such as a member of the Labour Party caucus or in their
private capacities, which are not covered by the OIA. However, in becoming
aware of such advice in those capacities, you also became aware of it in
your ministerial and official capacities and so my request covers such
advice.

 

Thank you for your attention to this important matter, which will help
inform my political columns in the NZ Herald and Metro magazine, and also
- as a result of its publication on fyi.org.nz - help inform the New
Zealand building industry and therefore help in private-sector planning to
alleviate what the Deputy Prime Minister has called New Zealand's ongoing
housing crisis.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Matthew Hooton

 

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Kia ora Matthew

 

Please find attached a response to your OIA request of 29 March.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Amy Harrison (she/her)

Private Secretary (Housing)

[1][email address]

 

Office of Hon Dr Megan Woods

Minister of Energy and Resources | Minister of Research, Science and
Innovation | Minister of Housing | Associate Minister of Finance

Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand

Office Phone: +64 4 817 8705      Email: [2][Megan Woods request email]

 

 

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