Ref: 2324-0247

 

Dear Wendy Pond,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 5 August 2023 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

‘Q 1. This is a question regarding the public health and safety of
households who have had a 4G — 5G cell tower erected beside their home.

 

(i.) Please identify and quote the legislation that states the limit for
safe public long term exposure to radio frequency electric fields
transmitted from telecommunication cell towers.

Note that the AS/NZS 2772.2:2016 standard permitting 3kHz — 300 GHz in the
Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for
Telecommunication Facilities) Regulations 2016, s55(6) does not describe
the limit for safe public exposure to electro magnetic radiation. 3kHz —
300 GHz is a band width, not a residential exposure limit.

 

(ii.) Please identify which Act of parliament gives effect to the
regulation, code, rule or whatever it is that states the limit for public
exposure.

 

(iii.) Please provide the original source of this exposure limit. (e.g.,
is it ICNIRP)

 

Q 2. The New Zealand limit for public exposure, 41.25 V/m for a field of
900 MHz,  is listed in the WHO Global Health Observatory Data Repository
by Country. (i.) Please state where this limit appears in New Zealand
legislation. (ii.) Please confirm that cell towers transmitting 4G and 5G
are required to observe this limit.

 

Q 3. Please state which entity is the monitoring authority for cell tower
emissions.

 

Q 4. Please state which entity is responsible for issuing licenses for
transmission of 4G and 5G, and state how I go about obtaining copies of
the licences.’

 

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  |   Ngâ Pou o te Taumaru

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140

 

 

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Official Information Request ref: 2324-0247

Tçnâ koe Wendy

Please find attached an update to your Official Information Request received on 5 August 2023.

Ngâ mihi,

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 [MBIE request email]
T +64 4 472 0030
W http://www.mbie.govt.nz/

-----Original Message-----
From: Wendy Pond <[FOI #23714 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 5 August 2023 7:55 pm
To: *OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Cell towers limit for public exposure

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment, Also to Minister for the Digital Economy and Communications

Q 1. This is a question regarding the public health and safety of households who have had a 4G — 5G cell tower erected beside their home.

(i.) Please identify and quote the legislation that states the limit for safe public long term exposure to radio frequency electric fields transmitted from telecommunication cell towers.
Note that the AS/NZS 2772.2:2016 standard permitting 3kHz — 300 GHz in the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Telecommunication Facilities) Regulations 2016, s55(6) does not describe the limit for safe public exposure to electro magnetic radiation. 3kHz — 300 GHz is a band width, not a residential exposure limit.

(ii.) Please identify which Act of parliament gives effect to the regulation, code, rule or whatever it is that states the limit for public exposure.

(iii.) Please provide the original source of this exposure limit. (e.g., is it ICNIRP)

Q 2. The New Zealand limit for public exposure, 41.25 V/m for a field of 900 MHz, is listed in the WHO Global Health Observatory Data Repository by Country. (i.) Please state where this limit appears in New Zealand legislation. (ii.) Please confirm that cell towers transmitting 4G and 5G are required to observe this limit.

Q 3. Please state which entity is the monitoring authority for cell tower emissions.

Q 4. Please state which entity is responsible for issuing licenses for transmission of 4G and 5G, and state how I go about obtaining copies of the licences.

Thank you,
Yours faithfully,
Wendy Pond

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Tçnâ koe Wendy

 

Please find attached MBIE’s response to your request for information.

 

Nâku noa, nâ

 

Ministerial Services

Building, Resources and Markets

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

[1][MBIE request email]

Level 16, 25 The Terrace, Te Puâwai o te Aroha – Pastoral House,
Wellington 6011; 

PO Box 1473, Wellington, New Zealand

 

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