4 June 2025
Ref: DOIA-REQ-0013883-Julian Warmington
Julian Warmington
Email:
[FYI request #30919 email]
Tēnā koe Julian
Thank you for your email of 8 May 2025 to the Ministry of Business, Innovafion and Employment (MBIE)
requesfing, under the Official Informafion Act 1982 (the Act), the fol owing informafion:
What advice, if any, has Hīkina Whakatutuki given to the Minister of Social Development within
the past year and this year about the projected impact of 1 April 2025 transmission and lines price
rises on beneficiaries and requests for hardship assistance?
MBIE has not provided any advice to the Minister for Social Development and Employment about the
projected impact of 1 April 2025 transmission and lines prices.
We are therefore refusing your request under secfion 18(e) of the Act, as the document al eged to contain
the informafion requested does not exist or, despite reasonable efforts to locate it, cannot be found.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, or if you require any further assistance,
please contact
[email address].
You have the right to seek an invesfigafion and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Informafion
about how to make a complaint is available a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802
602.
Nāku noa, nā
Tamara Linnhoff
Manager, Electricity Generafion, Infrastructure and Markets Policy
Building, Resources and Markets