5 September 2025 
Michael Vaughan 
[FYI request #31703 email] 
Tēnā koe Michael 
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00094141
Thank you for your email which was transferred from the Ministry of Health(MoH) on 8 August 
2025, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora (Health NZ) for the following under the  
Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA)
Please supply a current list of members of the Interagency Committee for Health Effects of 
Non-Ionising Fields and a copy of the last two sets of Minutes of meetings. 
Response 
The Interagency Commit ee for Health Effects of Non-Ionising fields (ICHEF) is a commit ee that 
includes representatives from government, industry, academia and consumer groups and, reports 
to the Director-General of Health. Listed below are the current members of the ICHEF as of August 
2025: 
• Richard Jaine, Chair, Representative of the Ministry of Health
• Jo Dones, Secretary, Representative of Health New Zealand-Te Whatu Ora
• Jesse Beatty-Ward, Representative of the Ministry of Education
• Ben Blakemore, Representative of the telecommunications industry
• John Dockerty, Academic representative
• Nick Gelling, Representative of consumer interests
• Martin Gledhil , Representative of Health New Zealand-Te Whatu Ora
• Mervyn Frericks, Representative of the Radio Spectrum Management Group
• Hayley Head, Representative of the electrical industry (transmission and supply)
• Nicholas Saunders, Representative of the Ministry for the Environment
• Paul Molloy, Representative of Workplace Health & Safety
• Jon Rolfe, Representative of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
• Victor Ostapowicz, Representative of Energy Safety
• Mihin Perera, Representative of the Radio Spectrum Management Group
• Isobel Stout, Representative of local government
• Adam Tommy, Representative of the telecommunications industry
• Matthew Walker, Representative of the electrical industry (transmission and supply)
• Ken Karipidis, Sarah Loughran (Observers)
In regard to your request for the last two sets of minutes, please be advised that MoH hold the 
responsibility on the release of these documents. We apologise for the inconvenience,if you 
still require this information please contact the MoH OIA team on [email address] to 
make a request. 

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If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the 
Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or 
by phoning 0800 802 602.  
Nāku iti noa, nā 
 
 
Danielle Coe 
Manager (OIAs) Government Services 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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