Further Updates on Shortages of Material in Building Industry
Matthew Hooton made this Official Information request to Megan Woods
The request was successful.
From: Matthew Hooton
Dear Megan Woods
Under the OIA, I request information on all advice you, or your officials, have received since 29 March 2021 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, and home 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.
Yours sincerely
Matthew Hooton
From: Megan Woods (MIN)
Megan Woods
Kia ora,
On behalf of Hon Dr Megan Woods, thank you for your email.
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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
Wigram
Private Bag 18041 |Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand
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From: Megan Woods (MIN)
Megan Woods
Dear Matthew,
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act
request dated 02 June 2021. You have requested the following information:
"all advice you, or your officials, have received since 29 March 2021 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, and home 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 01 July 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: Housing Portfolio
Dear Matthew
I refer to your official information request dated 2 June 2021 for:
“all advice you, or your officials, have received since 29 March 2021 on
possible and/or actual shortages of materials required for building houses
in New Zealand.”
We have transferred your request to Hon Poto Williams, Minister for
Building and Construction. The information to which your request relates
is believed to be more closely connected with the portfolio
responsibilities of the Minister for Building and Construction. In these
circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the OIA to transfer your
request.
You will hear further from Hon Poto Williams, Minister for Building and
Construction concerning your request.
Yours sincerely
Savannah
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: [1][Megan Woods request email]
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From: Moana Fuli
Tçnâ koe Matthew
Reference: OIA 2021-145
On behalf of Minister Poto Williams, Minister for Building and
Construction, thank you for the transfer received 3 May 2021 in which you
submitted an Official Information Act request as follow:
“all advice you, or your officials, have received since 29 March 2021 on
possible and/or actual shortages of materials required for building houses
in New Zealand.”
Minister Williams is considering your request in accordance with the Act,
and will respond in due course.
Ngâ mihi
Moana
[1]cid:image003.jpg@01D5DA9C.EAF66FB0 Moana Fuli
Private Secretary, Executive Support
| Office of Hon Poto Williams
DDI: 04 817 8724 | Email:
[2][email address]
Private Bag 18041, Parliament
Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
Zealand
Authorised by Hon Poto Williams, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
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From: Housing Portfolio
Sent: Thursday, 3 June 2021 1:51 PM
To: [FOI #15642 email]
Subject: RE: OIA21-126: Official Information request - Further Updates on
Shortages of Material in Building Industry
Dear Matthew
I refer to your official information request dated 2 June 2021 for:
“all advice you, or your officials, have received since 29 March 2021 on
possible and/or actual shortages of materials required for building houses
in New Zealand.”
We have transferred your request to Hon Poto Williams, Minister for
Building and Construction. The information to which your request relates
is believed to be more closely connected with the portfolio
responsibilities of the Minister for Building and Construction. In these
circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the OIA to transfer your
request.
You will hear further from Hon Poto Williams, Minister for Building and
Construction concerning your request.
Yours sincerely
Savannah
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: [3][Megan Woods request email]
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From: Matthew Hooton
Dear Moana Fuli,
Thank you for the update. I am interesting in what information Minister Williams has received on this matter. However I also remain interested in what information Minister Woods has received as well.
Could Minister Williams please note this in her response.
Thank you
Yours sincerely,
Matthew Hooton
From: Moana Fuli
Kia ora Matthew
I refer to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request below, of 6 June 2021.
Your request has been partially transferred to the Minister of Housing. The information to which your request relates is believed to be more closely connected with the functions of the Minister, namely:
" However I also remain interested in what information Minister Woods has received as well."
In these circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the OIA to transfer your request.
You will receive a response from the Minister of Housing in due course.
Ngā mihi
Moana Fuli
Private Secretary, Executive Support | Office of Hon Poto Williams
DDI: 04 817 8724 | Email: [email address]
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
Authorised by Hon Poto Williams, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
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From: Megan Woods (MIN)
Megan Woods
Dear Matthew,
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your partially transferred Official
Information Act request to Minister for Building and Construction, Hon
Poto Williams, dated 06 June 2021. You have requested the following
information:
" all advice you, or your officials, have received since 29 March 2021 on
possible and/or actual shortages of materials required for building houses
in New Zealand. "
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 06 July 2021, being 20 working days after the day
your request was received in our office. 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: Moana Fuli
Kia ora Matthew
I refer to your email of 2 June 2021 to the Hon Dr Megan Woods, requesting
the following under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
“all advice you, or your officials, have received since 29 March 2021 on
possible and/or actual shortages of materials required for building houses
in New Zealand.”
As the information you request falls under the responsibility of the
Minister of Building and Construction, your request has been transferred
to this office.
I am writing to notify you that I am extending the timeframe for
responding to your request under section 15A(1)(b) of the Act; that
consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such that a
proper response cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit.
We will now respond to your request on or before 16 July 2021, which is an
extension of 10 working days.
You have the right to seek investigation and review of my decision by the
Ombudsman, in accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. The relevant
details can be found at: [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Ngâ mihi
[2]cid:image003.jpg@01D5DA9C.EAF66FB0 Moana Fuli
Private Secretary, Executive Support
| Office of Hon Poto Williams
DDI: 04 817 8724 | Email:
[3][email address]
Private Bag 18041, Parliament
Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
Zealand
Authorised by Hon Poto Williams, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
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prohibited and may be unlawful.
From: Moana Fuli
Sent: Thursday, 3 June 2021 3:23 PM
To: [FOI #15642 email]
Subject: RE: OIA21-126: Official Information request - Further Updates on
Shortages of Material in Building Industry
Tçnâ koe Matthew
Reference: OIA 2021-145
On behalf of Minister Poto Williams, Minister for Building and
Construction, thank you for the transfer received 3 May 2021 in which you
submitted an Official Information Act request as follow:
“all advice you, or your officials, have received since 29 March 2021 on
possible and/or actual shortages of materials required for building houses
in New Zealand.”
Minister Williams is considering your request in accordance with the Act,
and will respond in due course.
Ngâ mihi
Moana
[4]cid:image003.jpg@01D5DA9C.EAF66FB0 Moana Fuli
Private Secretary, Executive Support
| Office of Hon Poto Williams
DDI: 04 817 8724 | Email:
[5][email address]
Private Bag 18041, Parliament
Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
Zealand
Authorised by Hon Poto Williams, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is
confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by
replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.
From: Housing Portfolio
Sent: Thursday, 3 June 2021 1:51 PM
To: [6][FOI #15642 email]
Subject: RE: OIA21-126: Official Information request - Further Updates on
Shortages of Material in Building Industry
Dear Matthew
I refer to your official information request dated 2 June 2021 for:
“all advice you, or your officials, have received since 29 March 2021 on
possible and/or actual shortages of materials required for building houses
in New Zealand.”
We have transferred your request to Hon Poto Williams, Minister for
Building and Construction. The information to which your request relates
is believed to be more closely connected with the portfolio
responsibilities of the Minister for Building and Construction. In these
circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the OIA to transfer your
request.
You will hear further from Hon Poto Williams, Minister for Building and
Construction concerning your request.
Yours sincerely
Savannah
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: [7][Megan Woods request email]
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From: Matthew Hooton
Dear Moana Fuli,
Thank you for the update.
Under the OIA, please advise who the consultations are with, what they are about, why they are “necessary”, and why they will take two additional working weeks to complete and could not have occurred within the initial four working weeks timeframe.
Thank you
Yours sincerely,
Matthew Hooton
From: Amy Harrison
Kia ora Mr Hooton,
Please see attached a response to your OIA request of 8 June.
Ngā mihi,
Amy Harrison
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: [1][Megan Woods request email]
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From: Moana Fuli
Kia ora Matthew
Please find attached response to your OIA request from the Hon Poto
Williams, Minister for Building and Construction.
Ngā mihi
[1]cid:image003.jpg@01D5DA9C.EAF66FB0 Moana Fuli
Private Secretary, Executive Support
| Office of Hon Poto Williams
DDI: 04 817 8724 | Email:
[2][email address]
Private Bag 18041, Parliament
Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
Zealand
Authorised by Hon Poto Williams, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is
confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by
replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.
From: Moana Fuli
Sent: Thursday, 3 June 2021 3:23 PM
To: [FOI #15642 email]
Subject: RE: OIA21-126: Official Information request - Further Updates on
Shortages of Material in Building Industry
Tēnā koe Matthew
Reference: OIA 2021-145
On behalf of Minister Poto Williams, Minister for Building and
Construction, thank you for the transfer received 3 May 2021 in which you
submitted an Official Information Act request as follow:
“all advice you, or your officials, have received since 29 March 2021 on
possible and/or actual shortages of materials required for building houses
in New Zealand.”
Minister Williams is considering your request in accordance with the Act,
and will respond in due course.
Ngā mihi
Moana
[3]cid:image003.jpg@01D5DA9C.EAF66FB0 Moana Fuli
Private Secretary, Executive Support
| Office of Hon Poto Williams
DDI: 04 817 8724 | Email:
[4][email address]
Private Bag 18041, Parliament
Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
Zealand
Authorised by Hon Poto Williams, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is
confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by
replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is
prohibited and may be unlawful.
From: Housing Portfolio
Sent: Thursday, 3 June 2021 1:51 PM
To: [5][FOI #15642 email]
Subject: RE: OIA21-126: Official Information request - Further Updates on
Shortages of Material in Building Industry
Dear Matthew
I refer to your official information request dated 2 June 2021 for:
“all advice you, or your officials, have received since 29 March 2021 on
possible and/or actual shortages of materials required for building houses
in New Zealand.”
We have transferred your request to Hon Poto Williams, Minister for
Building and Construction. The information to which your request relates
is believed to be more closely connected with the portfolio
responsibilities of the Minister for Building and Construction. In these
circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the OIA to transfer your
request.
You will hear further from Hon Poto Williams, Minister for Building and
Construction concerning your request.
Yours sincerely
Savannah
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: [6][Megan Woods request email]
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