Tçnâ koe Mike 
 
Thank you for your email received 2 October 2025 to Te Tûâpapa Kura Kâinga
– Ministry of Housing and Urban Development requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following information:

1.      Copies of all correspondence between HUD and Standards New Zealand
relating to any proposals, discussions, or considerations about reviewing
or amending NZS 8510:2017 (Testing and decontamination of
methamphetamine-contaminated properties), including but not limited to
changes to the contamination threshold levels.
2.      Copies of any internal HUD correspondence (including but not
limited to emails, memos, or meeting notes) relating to NZS 8510:2017.
3.      Copies of any HUD correspondence with other external parties
relating to NZS 8510:2017.
4.      Copies of all correspondence between HUD and Standards New Zealand
relating to any proposals, discussions, or considerations about reviewing
or amending any NZ Standard.
For clarity, I am seeking information from 1 January 2018 to the present
day.

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Ngâ mihi
 
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------------------- Original Message -------------------
From: [FOI #32453 email]; 
Received: Thu Oct 02 2025 17:59:56 GMT+1300 (New Zealand Daylight Time)
To: 2 - [email address] <[HUD request email]>; 
Subject: Official Information request - Request for Information in
Proposed Regulations of Meth Contamination

Dear Ministry of Housing and Urban Development,

Tçnâ koe,
I am making a request for information under the Official Information Act
1982.
Please provide:
1.      Copies of all correspondence between HUD and Standards New Zealand
relating to any proposals, discussions, or considerations about reviewing
or amending NZS 8510:2017 (Testing and decontamination of
methamphetamine-contaminated properties), including but not limited to
changes to the contamination threshold levels.
2.      Copies of any internal HUD correspondence (including but not
limited to emails, memos, or meeting notes) relating to NZS 8510:2017.
3.      Copies of any HUD correspondence with other external parties
relating to NZS 8510:2017.
4.      Copies of all correspondence between HUD and Standards New Zealand
relating to any proposals, discussions, or considerations about reviewing
or amending any NZ Standard.
For clarity, I am seeking information from 1 January 2018 to the present
day.
If parts of the information requested are withheld under the Act, please
release any material that can be made available with appropriate
redactions.
I am happy to receive the information electronically.
Ngâ mihi,

Yours faithfully,
Mike Holt
NZ Association for Contaminant Free Properties
[email address]

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