Kia ora,

On behalf of Hon Dr Megan Woods, thank you for your email.  

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messages are carefully read and considered, it is not always possible to
personally reply to all emails.  As such, the following guidelines apply:

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If you are a resident in the Wigram electorate, please
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Thank you for the taking the time to write. 
Ngâ mihi,
Office of Hon Dr Megan Woods

Minister of Housing | Minister of Energy & Resources | Minister for
Building & Construction | Associate Minister of Finance | MP for Wigram

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

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Dear Sam,

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act
request dated 02 October 2022. You have requested the following
information:

"In the following article you mention that you have access to 'modelling'
around future use of hydrogen in NZ. Please share the modelling you are
referring too.

https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/30-08-...

For the sake of being thorough I am also requesting all policy advice,
reports and modelling you have access to, relating to Hydrogen and Green
Hydrogen.

Including, but not limited to the following:

Data, Results and methods for Energy and Financial modelling relating to
use of hydrogen in transport, energy and fertiliser production.

Internal or external Reports, Advice and policy recommendations relating
to hydrogen and Green hydrogen."

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than DUE DATE, 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 for
Building and Construction | 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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Dear Sam

 

I refer to your OIA requests OIA22-158 and OIA22-159 received on  Sunday 2
October.

 

I am writing to you today to seek to clarify the scope of both of your OIA
requests, this will determine how much information is within scope of your
request and whether any extensions are necessary in order to collate all
of the information you have requested.

 

OIA22-158

 

Your initial request was:

 

In the following article you mention that you have access to 'modelling'
around future use of hydrogen in NZ. Please share the modelling you are
referring too.
[1]https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/30-08-...
For the sake of being thorough I am also requesting all policy advice,
reports and modelling you have access to, relating to Hydrogen and Green
Hydrogen.  Including, but not limited to the following:
Data, Results and methods for Energy and Financial modelling relating to
use of hydrogen in transport, energy and fertiliser production.
Internal or external Reports, Advice and policy recommendations relating
to hydrogen and Green hydrogen.

 

The hydrogen modelling that was referred to in the spinoff article has
been made publicly available and can be found here on the MBIE website
[2]https://www.mbie.govt.nz/building-and-en...

 

Would you still like to proceed with your original request? Or is this
report what you were after? Given the broad nature of the wording,
particularly “all advice and policy recommendations relating to hydrogen
and green hydrogen” if you choose to continue,  it will likely capture a
large volume of advice and we will look to extend this request by 10
working days.

 

OIA22-159

 

The initial request was:

all communications to and from your office relating to green hydrogen and
hydrogen.  The types of data I am requesting are as follows:
Meeting minutes and electronic communications (text, email, private
message etc)  mentioning or relating to hydrogen and green Hydrogen during
your tenure as Minister of Energy and Resources.

 

An initial scoping of this request captures at least 40 briefings which
mention hydrogen or green hydrogen, and potentially hundreds of emails to
and from the office, this request as originally worded will also capture
emails to and from members of the public which mention hydrogen or green
hydrogen.

Would you like to narrow the scope of this request? If you would still
like it to cover everything, we will likely need to extend this request by
20 working days.

 

Please let me know if you are happy with the original wording of the
requests, or would like to refine the scope of your requests.

 

Kind regards

 

Marissa

 

Marissa Quinn

Private Secretary (Energy and Resources)

[3][email address] | [mobile number]

 

Office of Hon Dr Megan Woods

Minister of Energy and Resources | Minister of Building and Construction |
Minister of Housing | Associate Minister of Finance

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

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

 

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Thanks Sam, we will continue with your original request.
I will notify you tomorrow if any extensions are required.
Kind regards
Marissa
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From: Sam Murphy <[1][FYI request #20721 email]>
Date: Thursday, 13 Oct 2022, 7:11 PM
To: Marissa Quinn <[2][email address]>
Subject: Re: OIA22-158 and OIA22-159 - seeking to clarify request
Dear Marissa Quinn,

Regarding request OIA22-158. no I do not want to narrow the scope.

Regarding request OIA22-159 no I do not want to narrow the scope.

Yours sincerely,

Sam Murphy

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Dear Sam
Could you please put a time limit on the request please? How far back
would you like the search to go back? 
Kind regards 
Marissa
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From: Sam Murphy <[1][FOI #20721 email]>
Date: Thursday, 13 Oct 2022, 7:11 PM
To: Marissa Quinn <[2][email address]>
Subject: Re: OIA22-158 and OIA22-159 - seeking to clarify request
Dear Marissa Quinn,

Regarding request OIA22-158. no I do not want to narrow the scope.

Regarding request OIA22-159 no I do not want to narrow the scope.

Yours sincerely,

Sam Murphy

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Dear Sam

I refer to your OIA requests OIA22-158 and OIA22-159 received on Sunday 2 October 2022.

"In the following article you mention that you have access to 'modelling' around future use of hydrogen in NZ. Please share the modelling you are
referring too. [1]https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/30-08-... For the sake of being thorough I am also requesting all policy advice, reports and modelling you have access to, relating to Hydrogen and Green
Hydrogen. Including, but not limited to the following: Data, Results and methods for Energy and Financial modelling relating to use of hydrogen in transport, energy and fertiliser production. Internal or external Reports, Advice and policy recommendations relating
to hydrogen and Green hydrogen."

" all communications to and from your office relating to green hydrogen and hydrogen. The types of data I am requesting are as follows:
Meeting minutes and electronic communications (text, email, private message etc) mentioning or relating to hydrogen and green Hydrogen during your tenure as Minister of Energy and Resources."

On Wednesday 12 October I reach out to you asking if you would like to refine the scope of your request as the original request captures a large volume of material, you responded on Thursday 13 October saying you did not want to refine the scope of the request.

The OIA requires that the Minister advise you of her decision on your request no later than 20 working days after the day she received your request. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that time limit and I am therefore writing to notify you of an extension of the time for the Minister to make her decision, to, on or before 12 December 2022, which is an extension of 30 working days.

This extension is necessary because your request is for a large quantity of information and meeting the original time limit would unreasonably interfere with our operations.

As your two OIA requests were received on the same day, the Minister will be combining the response to the two requests, and you will receive one response letter, on or before 12 December2022.

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

Kind regards

Marissa

Marissa Quinn
Private Secretary (Energy and Resources)
[email address] | [mobile number]

Office of Hon Dr Megan Woods
Minister of Energy and Resources | Minister of Building and Construction | Minister of Housing | Associate Minister of Finance
Private Bag 18041 | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New Zealand
Office Phone: +64 4 817 8705 Email: [Megan Woods request email]

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