133 Molesworth Street
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
15 June 2023
Frank
By email:
[FYI request #23110 email]
Ref:
H2023026981
Tēnā koe Frank
Transfer of your request for official information Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to Manatū Hauora
(the Ministry of Health) on 12 June 2023. You requested:
“Please provide a list of the hospital buildings throughout NZ that contain
Medical emergency facilities or
surgical facilities or
national reserve stockpiles or
emergency generators and other such facilities required for the above facilities to remain
operating after a seismic event
along with the buildings current %nbs at IL4, the date of the last assessment, and the type
of seismic assessment completed.
Also each building that is currently identified as the building intended/likely to be used as
an EOC by the relevant health authority after a seismic event.
Please provide the buildings current %nbs at IL4, the date of the last assessment, and the
type of seismic assessment completed.
Alternately if you do not hold/cannot provide the above please provide the last seismic
assessment for the buildings identified above.”
The requested information is more closely connected to the functions of Te Whatu Ora – Health
New Zealand. For this reason, I have decided to transfer your request to their agency under
section 14(b)(ii) of the Act. You can expect a response from Te Whatu Ora in due course.
Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any
decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, na
Jan Torres
Manager, OIA Services
Government and Executive Services | Te Pou Whakatere Kāwanatanga
COPY OF OIA REQUEST
From: Frank
<[FYI request #23110 email]> Sent: Monday, 12 June 2023 19:47
To: OIA Requests
<[email address]> Subject: Official Information request - Hospital Buildings Seismic Performance
Dear Ministry of Health, Te Whatu Ora
Please provide a list of the hospital buildings throughout NZ that contain
Medical emergency facilities or
surgical facilities or
national reserve stockpiles or
emergency generators and other such facilities required for the above facilities to remain
operating after a seismic event
along with the buildings current %nbs at IL4, the date of the last assessment, and the type of
seismic assessment completed.
Also
each building that is currently identified as the building intended/likely to be used as
an EOC by the relevant health authority after a seismic event.
Please provide the buildings current %nbs at IL4, the date of the last assessment, and the type
of seismic assessment completed.
Alternately if you do not hold/cannot provide the above please provide the last seismic
assessment for the buildings identified above.
Yours faithfully,
Frank
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