
9 October 2025
File Ref: 251049
Erika Whittome
Via FYI.org.nz
Dear Erika
Thank you for your Official Information Act (OIA) request received on 8 October 2025
regarding our response to your previous OIA request, reference 250988. You requested:
“...would you please share the exposure limits, if you have a copy of those NZ
standards please?”
As advised in my previous correspondence the standard
NZS 2772.1:1999:
Radiofrequency fields –Maximum exposure levels – 3kHz to 300 GHz is
available to purchase from the Standards New Zealand website. As this information is
publicly available, I am refusing your request under section 18(d) of the OIA.
I note that guidance provided by the Ombudsman on refusing requests under section
18(d) of the OIA considers that publicly available information includes information which
is available for purchase. This guidance can be found here:
A guide to section 18(d) of the OIA and section 17(d) of the LGOIMA.pdf
This reply addresses the information you requested. You may ask the Ombudsman to
investigate and review this decision, and further information is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
If you require further assistance, please contact
[email address].
Yours sincerely
Kelly Hanson-White
Deputy Chief Executive – Insights and Engagement
PO Box 165, Wellington 6140