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From: Colin Jones

Dear National Emergency Management Agency,
I am requesting all documents relating to New Zealand Response Teams. Particularly Appendices B through to H of the NZRT National Operating Guidelines.

Yours faithfully,

Colin Jones

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Kia ora,

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA)
received on 22 July 2025, copied below. We will respond to your request
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Kia ora Colin

 

I am touching base regarding your OIA request as below - we are able to
provide all of the appendices as requested however, after discussion with
the business unit, I am advised the part for all documents relating to New
Zealand Response Teams (NZRT) requires substantial collation and research
and would more than likely be refused under section 18(f) of the Act, as
there are thousands and thousands of documents in scope across 22 NZRT
teams. 

 

I would like to invite you to refine this part of your request, and the
only way we have identified as possibly working, would be for you to pick
a NZRT specific team. (A region would also be a s18f refusal).

 

Please let me know whether refining your request as above would be
suitable to meet your needs. In the interests of processing your request
without undue delay, I would appreciate your response as soon as possible.
I will proceed with your request as it is currently framed if I do not
hear from you by 5pm 7 August 2025.

 

 

Ngā mihi,

 
Ministerial Services
Strategy, Governance and Engagement
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
 

 

 

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From: Colin Jones

Dear Information [DPMC],
Those appendices would be the main thing but maybe NZRT5 would work as a specific team for the refinement.

I'm primarily looking to understand things such as how they function, how they operate, what equipment they use, what their relationship with NEMA is, team sizes, establishment/accreditation dates, etc beyond what is already available on the website; but it's hard to know exactly what I'm looking for without knowing what information exists. So, whatever you can give me that isn't too much and doesn't run into other issues would be helpful.

Apologies for the non-specific request initially. I didn't realise that there'd be thousands of documents; I thought NEMA might not have all that much information on them as most of it would be in the hands of the owning organisations.

Thanks

Colin Jones

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From: Information [DPMC]
National Emergency Management Agency


Attachment DPMCOIA Reply OIA 2025 26 0036 Jones NZ Response Teams Colin Jones 5092877.1.pdf
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Attachment RELEASE DOC JONES 0036 5096205.1.pdf
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Attachment RELEASE Appendix H NZRT Recommended Equipment v2.0 5096206.1.xlsx
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