Kia ora Mike Holt,
 
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 2/10/2025 requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982, the following:
 
I am making a request for information under the Official Information Act
1982.
Please provide:

1.      Copies of all correspondence between Standards New Zealand and HUD
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 correspondence within Standards New Zealand
(including but not limited to emails, memos, or meeting notes) relating to
NZS 8510:2017.
3.      Copies of any correspondence between Standards New Zealand and
external parties (such as government agencies, industry groups, or members
of the public) about 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.
 
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 31/10/2025, 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 Mike

 

Please find attached an update on your information request.

 

The team are currently working through the large volumes of information
identified in scope of your request. For us to be able to get the
requested information to you in a more timely manner, you may wish to
refine your request. For example:

o As it stands, your request is for all correspondence from January
2018. Could you consider narrowing the timeframe?
o As it stands, your request is for correspondence between Standards NZ
and external agencies. Could you consider providing the external
agencies you are wanting correspondence with?

 

If you do wish to refine the scope of your request, please get back to me
via email by Wednesday 5 November.

 

Ngā mihi nui

 

 

Ministerial Services

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

 

 

Kia ora Mike

Thank you for your email. We are currently working through a records search of over 2600 emails, with the email attachments also being in scope of your request. To enable us to provide you with the most consistent response, we will release all the information to you at once. This allows us to look at the information in full and make decisions on the redactions accordingly, as providing separate bundles may cause inconsistency in our redactions.

It may be of interest to know that Standards New Zealand is currently working with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development to scope a revision and update of NZS8510:2017 to support the implementation of regulations regarding methamphetamine contamination in rental premises.

The extended timeframe reflects the amount of time and work that is required for us to provide you with a response. You will receive a response to your OIA no later than 2 February. However, should the information be ready earlier, we will get this to you sooner.

Ngā mihi nui

Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

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