19 August 2024
Gaye Gardner
[FYI request #27818 email]>
Reference: OIA-2024/25-0089
Dear Gaye
Official Information Act request relating to information relating to use of EMF in New
Zealand
Thank you for your Of icial Information Act 1982 (the Act) request received on 25 July 2024.
You requested:
“Dear National Emergency Management Agency,
25/7/2024
I am seeking information relating to use of EMF in New Zealand. Please return following
information under the Official Information Act.
1. Has the use of EMF been authorised for use in NZ?
2. Was EMF used during the protest in Wellington?
3. If used, for what duration was it used, and who authorised it?”
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is a departmental agency hosted by
the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). I have interpreted “EMF” to stand
for Electromagnetic Fields.
Parts 2 and 3 of your request were transferred to the New Zealand Police on 1 August 2024
under section 14(b)(i) of the Act. I refer you to their response.
NEMA does not hold information on the authorisation of EMF use in New Zealand. Your
request is therefore refused under section 18(e) of the Act – information requested does not
exist. Information may be held by the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE),
and I have transferred this part of your request to MBIE for any information they may hold
under section 14(b)(i ) of the Act.
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under section
28(3) of the Act.
This response wil be published on the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s website
during our regular publication cycle. Typically, information is released monthly, or as otherwise
determined. Your personal information including name and contact details wil be removed for
publication.
Yours sincerely
Stefan Weir
Chief of Staff,
National Emergency Management Agency
Level 7, TSB Building, 147 Lambton Quay | PO Box 5010 | Wellington 6140 | New Zealand
Tel: +64 4 830 5100 | [email address] | www.civildefence.govt.nz