Kia ora Spencer Jones,
 
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 2/08/2025 requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982, the following:
Pursuant to the Official Information Act 1982, I request:

1.      Any internal briefings or interagency correspondence generated by
MBIE between 2010–2025 regarding smart meter rollout, health risk
evaluation, and standards oversight—particularly relating to
recommendations around lowering NZ’s RFR exposure limits or reviewing
NZS 2772.1:1999.
       2.      Records of public‑sector‑funded research grants or funding
calls aimed at investigating health effects of smart meters or non‑thermal
EMF exposure, including recipients, abstracts, and final reports.
       3.      Any database records or policies establishing how citizen
health complaints related to smart meters are received, assessed, or
escalated, including names of responsible agencies or personnel.
       4.      Any advice papers evaluating cost‑benefit or comparative
risk analyses of smart meters vs alternative metering technologies, with
health-related findings or references.

Please respond electronically within the statutory timeframe or advise of
agency transfers of request.
 
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 29/08/2025, being 20 working days after the day your request
was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe. If you have any enquiries
regarding your request feel free to contact us via email to
[1][MBIE request email].
 
Nāku noa, nā
Ministerial Services
Strategy and Assurance
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140

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Kia ora Spencer

Please find attached a letter regarding  your requests of 2 and 6 August
2025 relating to Smart Meters.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Matthew

 

 

Principal Ministerial Advisor

Building Resources and Markets

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Dear Spencer,

 

I refer to your request made under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA)
to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, transferred in
part to WorkSafe New Zealand for direct response. The part of your request
that was transferred is as follows:

 

4. Incident/fault statistics held from 1 January 2015 to the present,
broken down by meter

make/model, for:

o Reported appliance damage
o EMI interference with customer equipment
o Meter replacement due to fault or failure
o  

I am writing to seek clarification of your request. Please advise whether
the information sought relates to instances where a meter is involved in
which:

 

o incident/fault is attributed to electromagnetic interference (EMI) or
include all causes; and
o the source of electromagnetic interference (EMI) is attributed to the
meter or include other sources. 

 

Thank you and kind regards,

 

Ministerial Services

8 Willis Street

Wellington

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