Ref: 2021-2127

 

Dear Edward,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 22^nd April 2021 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

‘Please provide copies of all analysis, records, research, policy papers
and the like generated or received by you or your predecessor from 1990
onwards as to:

(a) the practical and economic feasibility and ramifications of requiring
external building elements including cladding to have a fifty, as opposed
to fifteen, year durability requirement; 

(b) whether the current fifteen year durability requirement represented a
departure from prior New Zealand (or prior an current international)
building practice and/or standards, and/or the expectations of the New
Zealand public;  and

(c) any discussions as to any practical difficulties in achieving a longer
than fifteen-year durability requirement arising materially out of the
functional (physical and chemical) qualities of radiata pine and/or
juvenile sapwood materials compared with traditional (mature and
heartwood) external construction woods.‘

 

Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course.

 

If you have any enquiries regarding your request, or its urgency, feel
free to contact us via email at [1][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

 

 

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Dear Edward

 

 

I refer to your email dated 22 April 2021 to the Ministry of Business,
Innovation & Employment (MBIE), requesting the following information under
the Official Information Act (the Act):

 

Please provide copies of all analysis, records, research, policy papers
and the like generated or received by you or your predecessor from 1990
onwards as to:

 

(a) the practical and economic feasibility and ramifications of requiring
external building elements including cladding to have a fifty, as opposed
to fifteen, year durability requirement; 

 

(b) whether the current fifteen year durability requirement represented a
departure from prior New Zealand (or prior an current international)
building practice and/or standards, and/or the expectations of the New
Zealand public;  and

 

(c) any discussions as to any practical difficulties in achieving a longer
than fifteen-year durability requirement arising materially out of the
functional (physical and chemical) qualities of radiata pine and/or
juvenile sapwood materials compared with traditional (mature and
heartwood) external construction woods. 

 

As you are asking for information spanning 30 years, we will either need
to extend this request for a significant period of time, or may refuse
under section 18(f) of the Act; that the information requested cannot be
made available without substantial collation or research.

 

I apologise for the delay in requesting a refinement. Because of the
delay, this will not affect the due date of 21 May 2021.

 

Kind regards

Ministerial Services
Building, Resources and Markets

Te Puāwai o te Aroha, Pastoral House, 25 The Terrace, Wellington 6011

PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140 New Zealand

E [1][MBIE request email]

T +64 4 472 0030

W [2]www.mbie.govt.nz

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Kia ora Edward

 

If I do not receive a response with regards to refining your request by
Monday, MBIE will refuse your request under section 18(f) of the Act; that
the information requested cannot be made available without substantial
collation or research.
 
Kind regards,

Ministerial Services
Building, Resources and Markets

Te Puāwai o te Aroha, Pastoral House, 25 The Terrace, Wellington 6011

PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140 New Zealand

E [1][MBIE request email]

T +64 4 472 0030

W [2]www.mbie.govt.nz

[3]http://mbieintranet/assets/MBIE-visual-i...

 

From: *OIA
Sent: Wednesday, 19 May 2021 9:45 am
To: Edward Grove <[FOI #15246 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Documentation regarding 15
year durability requirement for residential claddings [UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Dear Edward

 

 

I refer to your email dated 22 April 2021 to the Ministry of Business,
Innovation & Employment (MBIE), requesting the following information under
the Official Information Act (the Act):

 

Please provide copies of all analysis, records, research, policy papers
and the like generated or received by you or your predecessor from 1990
onwards as to:

 

(a) the practical and economic feasibility and ramifications of requiring
external building elements including cladding to have a fifty, as opposed
to fifteen, year durability requirement; 

 

(b) whether the current fifteen year durability requirement represented a
departure from prior New Zealand (or prior an current international)
building practice and/or standards, and/or the expectations of the New
Zealand public;  and

 

(c) any discussions as to any practical difficulties in achieving a longer
than fifteen-year durability requirement arising materially out of the
functional (physical and chemical) qualities of radiata pine and/or
juvenile sapwood materials compared with traditional (mature and
heartwood) external construction woods. 

 

As you are asking for information spanning 30 years, we will either need
to extend this request for a significant period of time, or may refuse
under section 18(f) of the Act; that the information requested cannot be
made available without substantial collation or research.

 

I apologise for the delay in requesting a refinement. Because of the
delay, this will not affect the due date of 21 May 2021.

 

Kind regards

Ministerial Services
Building, Resources and Markets

Te Puāwai o te Aroha, Pastoral House, 25 The Terrace, Wellington 6011

PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140 New Zealand

E [4][MBIE request email]

T +64 4 472 0030

W [5]www.mbie.govt.nz

[6]http://mbieintranet/assets/MBIE-visual-i...

 

 

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Dear Edward

Please find attached the Ministry’s response to your Information Request
made on 22 April 2021.

 
Kind regards,

 

Ministerial Services
Building, Resources and Markets

Te Puâwai o te Aroha, Pastoral House, 25 The Terrace, Wellington 6011

PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140 New Zealand

E [1][MBIE request email]

T +64 4 472 0030

W [2]www.mbie.govt.nz

[3]http://mbieintranet/assets/MBIE-visual-i...

 

From: *OIA
Sent: Friday, 21 May 2021 9:12 pm
To: [FOI #15246 email]
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Documentation regarding 15
year durability requirement for residential claddings [UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Kia ora Edward

 

If I do not receive a response with regards to refining your request by
Monday, MBIE will refuse your request under section 18(f) of the Act; that
the information requested cannot be made available without substantial
collation or research.
 
Kind regards,

Ministerial Services
Building, Resources and Markets

Te Puâwai o te Aroha, Pastoral House, 25 The Terrace, Wellington 6011

PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140 New Zealand

E [4][MBIE request email]

T +64 4 472 0030

W [5]www.mbie.govt.nz

[6]http://mbieintranet/assets/MBIE-visual-i...

 

From: *OIA
Sent: Wednesday, 19 May 2021 9:45 am
To: Edward Grove <[7][FOI #15246 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Documentation regarding 15
year durability requirement for residential claddings [UNCLASSIFIED]

 

Dear Edward

 

 

I refer to your email dated 22 April 2021 to the Ministry of Business,
Innovation & Employment (MBIE), requesting the following information under
the Official Information Act (the Act):

 

Please provide copies of all analysis, records, research, policy papers
and the like generated or received by you or your predecessor from 1990
onwards as to:

 

(a) the practical and economic feasibility and ramifications of requiring
external building elements including cladding to have a fifty, as opposed
to fifteen, year durability requirement; 

 

(b) whether the current fifteen year durability requirement represented a
departure from prior New Zealand (or prior an current international)
building practice and/or standards, and/or the expectations of the New
Zealand public;  and

 

(c) any discussions as to any practical difficulties in achieving a longer
than fifteen-year durability requirement arising materially out of the
functional (physical and chemical) qualities of radiata pine and/or
juvenile sapwood materials compared with traditional (mature and
heartwood) external construction woods. 

 

As you are asking for information spanning 30 years, we will either need
to extend this request for a significant period of time, or may refuse
under section 18(f) of the Act; that the information requested cannot be
made available without substantial collation or research.

 

I apologise for the delay in requesting a refinement. Because of the
delay, this will not affect the due date of 21 May 2021.

 

Kind regards

Ministerial Services
Building, Resources and Markets

Te Puâwai o te Aroha, Pastoral House, 25 The Terrace, Wellington 6011

PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140 New Zealand

E [8][MBIE request email]

T +64 4 472 0030

W [9]www.mbie.govt.nz

[10]http://mbieintranet/assets/MBIE-visual-i...

 

 

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