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NIWA Fraud/Negligence Case 2

Steven Cranston made this Official Information request to National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited

Response to this request is long overdue. By law National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited should have responded by now (details and exceptions). The requester can complain to the Ombudsman.

From: Steven Cranston

Dear National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited,

I request all emails, texts, documents and other communication between NIWA and World Weather Attribution.

A recent study was released by World Weather Attribution which relied on the NIWA Clo Flo database and concluded that Cyclone Gabrielle was 20-30% more intensive due to climate change.

We seek to establish if NIWA has informed World Weather Attribution of the known deficiencies in the Cli Flo database and made them aware of the implications to the accuracy of their study (either before or after the public release of the study)

Yours faithfully,

Steven Cranston

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National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited

Thank you for your e-mail to Enquiries at NIWA.  We have received your
query and will respond as soon as possible.

Kind regards

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From: Enquiries
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited

Kia ora Steven,

We acknowledge receipt of your request.

We will respond as soon as possible and no later than 8 May, being 20 working days after the day your request was received.

Ngā mihi,
Caroline

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From: Enquiries
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited

Kia ora Steven,

Thank you for your request. Please see our response as to your request for official information below.

I request all emails, texts, documents and other communication between NIWA and World Weather Attribution.

We are withholding this information under s9(2)(g)(i) of the OIA. We do note though that NIWA has had no correspondence with World Weather Attribution that specifically deals with the scope of information contained in the CliFlo database and refer you to our response to your other OIA request dated 5 April on this matter.

Please note, under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.

Ngā mihi,
Caroline

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From: Steven Cranston

Dear Enquiries,

This seems highly unusual? World Weather Attribution conducted the study that claimed Cyclone Gabrielle was much stronger due to climate change.

How did they collect the data to make this claim if there was no communication with NIWA?

Can you please clarify this

Yours sincerely,

Steven Cranston

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From: Enquiries
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited

Kia ora Steven,

The methodology is fully described in the World Weather Attribution report which is publicly available.

Ngā mihi,
Caroline

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