OIAD 1785 Response Megan Kedzlie.pdf

18 November 2025
OIAD-1785

Megan Kedzlie
[FYI request #32541 email]

Tēnā koe Megan

Thank you for your emails of 10 and 23 October 2025 making the following request under
the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) of the Ministry for the Environment (the Ministry),
with respect to public submissions on the 2022 Pricing Agricultural Emissions consultation:

•  one copy of each unique form submission
•  a database of 1,255 Citizen Space responses where consent was provided
to publish (not including supporting documentation)
•  information about and feedback from in-person or online meetings
•  submissions from the following organisations:
o  Fonterra
o  Open Country Dairy
o  Tatua
o  Fresha Valley
o  Synlait
o  Westland
o  Miraka
o  Oceania
o  Dairy Holdings
o  Landcorp
o  Pamu Farms
o  Armer Group
o  Theland
o  Milk New Zealand Dairy
o  NZ Super Fund
o  FarmRight
o  Craigmore Sustainables
o  Southern Pastures
o  Trinity Lands
o  Grasslands
o  Fortuna Group
o  Federated Farmers
o  Future Farmers New Zealand
o  Beef+Lamb NZ
o  NZ Farm Forestry Association
o  NZ Young Farmers
o  The Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand
o  DairyNZ
o  BusinessNZ
o  New Zealand Business Association

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As outlined in the document schedule below, I have identified the following as in scope of
your request:
•  five emails containing form submissions
•  one petition
•  seven submissions received by email
•  one letter to Ministers
•  nine submissions received through Citizen Space
•  one Microsoft Excel spreadsheet containing Citizen Space responses
•  six documents provided as supporting documentation to Citizen Space responses
•  one Microsoft Excel spreadsheet containing information about the in-person and
online meetings
•  30 documents containing information about the in-person and online meetings.

I am releasing nine documents to you in full.

I am releasing 39 documents to you in part, with some information withheld under the
following sections of the Act:

9(2)(a)
to protect the privacy of natural persons.
9(2)(ba)(i)   to protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or
which any person has been or could be compelled to provide under the
authority of any enactment, where the making available of the information
would be likely to prejudice the supply of similar information, or information
from the same source, and it is in the public interest that such information
should continue to be supplied.
9(2)(g)(ii)   to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the protection of
such Ministers, members of organisations, officers, and employees from
improper pressure or harassment.
18(d)
as the information is already publicly available.

I am releasing a spreadsheet of 1,255 Citizen Space responses to you in part as an excerpt
as per section 16(1)(e) of the Act:
•  I have excluded submission metadata and submissions where consent was not
given to publish as they are out of scope of your request.
•  I am withholding information in the spreadsheet under the following sections of the
Act:
o  9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural persons.
o  9(2)(ba)(i) to protect information which is subject to an obligation of
confidence or which any person has been or could be compelled to provide
under the authority of any enactment, where the making available of the
information would be likely to prejudice the supply of similar information, or
information from the same source, and it is in the public interest that such
information should continue to be supplied.
•  I am refusing 23 columns of information that contain narrative responses to
questions under section 18(f) of the Act as the information requested cannot be
made available without substantial collation or research. Many responses to these
questions contained personal information, and assessing all 28,865 cells in these

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columns to identify and redact such information would unreasonably interfere with
the operations of the Ministry.

I am refusing three documents to you in full under section 18(d) of the Act as they are
already publicly available. Please refer to the document schedule below to find links.

In an earlier email to you, it was noted that the Ministry received a further 14 emails on the
2022 Pricing Agricultural Emissions consultation using form submissions. The Ministry was
unable to identify these emails despite reasonable efforts to locate them. As such, I am
refusing the remaining form submissions under section 18(e) of the Act as the document
alleged to contain the information requested does not exist or, despite reasonable efforts to
locate it, cannot be found.

In terms of section 9(1) of the Act, I am satisfied that, in the circumstances, the withholding
of information in this request is not outweighed by other considerations that render it
desirable to make the information available in the public interest.

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Office of the Ombudsman of
my decisions relating to this request, in accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. The
relevant details can be found at: www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.

Please note that due to the public interest in our work, the Ministry publishes responses to
requests for official information shortly after the response has been sent on our website at:
https://environment.govt.nz/about-us/official-information-act-requests/. If you have any
queries about this, please feel free to contact our Ministerial Services team at:
[email address].

Nāku noa, nā

Stephen Goodman
General Manager – Climate Change Mitigation
Ministry for the Environment | Manatū Mō Te Taiao

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Document schedule
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Document
Decision
Grounds
Notes
1  Form Submission – Beef + Lamb
Released in part  9(2)(a)
Some submissions had bespoke feedback in addition to the form submission. Only the form submission has been provided, as
per your refined request.
2  Form Submission – Federated Farmers
Released in part  9(2)(a)
Some submissions had bespoke feedback in addition to the form submission. Only the form submission has been provided, as
per your refined request.
3  Form Submission – Federation of Māori Authorities
Released in part  9(2)(a),
Some submissions had bespoke feedback in addition to the form submission. Only the form submission has been provided, as
9(2)(ba)(i)  per your refined request.
4  Form Submission – Groundswell
Released in part  9(2)(a)
Some submissions had bespoke feedback in addition to the form submission. Only the form submission has been provided, as
per your refined request.
5  Form Submission – Rangitikei River Catchment Collective  Released in part  9(2)(a)
Some submissions had bespoke feedback in addition to the form submission. Only the form submission has been provided, as
per your refined request.
6  Greenpeace submission on the government’s agricultural
Refused in full
18(d)
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/publication/ag-pricing-submission/
emissions pricing consultation
7  BusinessNZ – Pricing Agricultural Emissions submission
Refused in full
18(d)
https://businessnz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/221118-Pricing-Agricultural-Emissions1794.pdf
8  Dairy Holdings Ltd. – Pricing Agricultural Emissions
Released in full

This letter accompanied the DairyNZ submission in the row below.
submission
9  DairyNZ – Pricing Agricultural Emissions submission
Refused in full
18(d)
https://www.dairynz.co.nz/media/n4ngepdz/dairynz-submission-on-governments-agricultural-pricing-proposal-v3.pdf
10  DairyNZ Letter to Government re Pricing Agricultural
Released in full

Emissions submission
11  Fonterra – Pricing Agricultural Emissions submission
Released in full

12  He Waka Eke Noa primary sector and Māori agribusiness
Released in full

Partners’ Joint Pricing Agricultural Emissions submission
13  New Zealand Farm Forestry Association – Pricing
Released in part  9(2)(a)

Agricultural Emissions submission
14  Southern Pastures – Pricing Agricultural Emissions
Released in full

submission
15  Armer Farms N.I. Ltd. – Pricing Agricultural Emissions
Released in part  9(2)(a)

submission (Citizen Space)
16  Beef+Lamb NZ – Pricing Agricultural Emissions
Released in part  9(2)(a),
Attachment: https://beeflambnz.com/knowledge-hub/PDF/blnz-submission-consultation-proposals-price-agricultural-greenhouse-
submission (Citizen Space)
18(d)
gas
17  Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand – Pricing
Released in part  9(2)(a),
Attachment: https://dcanz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/22-11-18_DCANZ-submission_pricing_of_agricultural_emissions.pdf
Agricultural Emissions submission (Citizen Space)
18(d)
18  FarmRight – Pricing Agricultural Emissions submission
Released in part  9(2)(a)

(Citizen Space)
19  Federated Farmers – Pricing Agricultural Emissions
Released in part  9(2)(a),
Attachment: https://www.fedfarm.org.nz/Web/FFArchive-Public/FFPublic/Policy2/National/2022/Submission_on_the-
submission (Citizen Space)
18(d)
Pricing_Agricultural-Emissions-Consultation_Document.aspx
20  Food and Fibre Youth Network (Young Farmers) – Pricing  Released in part  18(d)
Attachment:
Agricultural Emissions submission (Citizen Space)
https://www.ffyouthnetwork.co.nz/hubfs/White%20Papers/FFYN%20Emissions%20Pricing%20Submission_October%202022.pdf
21  Fortuna Group Ltd. – Pricing Agricultural Emissions
Released in part  9(2)(a)

submission (Citizen Space)

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Document
Decision
Grounds
Notes
22  Future Farmers, Lake Hāwea Station, Carbonz – Pricing
Released in part  9(2)(a),
Attachment: https://www.futurefarmers.org.nz/hwen-submission
Agricultural Emissions submission (Citizen Space)
18(d)
23  Marton Young Farmers Club – Pricing Agricultural
Released in part  9(2)(a)

Emissions submission (Citizen Space)
24  Citizen Space Responses to 2022 Pricing Agricultural
Released in part  9(2)(a),
Does not include responses where consent was not provided to publish or supporting documentation, as per your refined
Emissions consultation
as an excerpt
9(2)(ba)(i),  request. Does not include metadata as this is out of scope of your request.
16(e)
25  Agricultural emissions consultation – meetings log
Released in full

26  CN0001 - Consultation Event Feedback Template (Deer
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

Industry 13 Oct 2022)
27  CN0002 - Consultation Event Feedback - 2022-10-18
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

ONLINE 1 FINAL
28  CN0003 - Consultation Event Feedback Template (Ag.
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

workshop 20.10)
29  CN0004 - Ag Sector Farmer Leaders discussion grp #4 -
Released in part  9(2)(a),

Palmerston North 25 Oct
9(2)(g)(ii)
30  CN0004b - Ag Sector Leaders Consultation Palmerston
Released in full

North
31  CN0005 - Ag Sector farmers & growers group (nationwide)  Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

#2
32  CN0006 - Ag Sector Leaders group – Napier -updated
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

33  CN0007 - Ag Sector Farmers and growers group
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

(Nationwide) #3 Online 31 October 2022
34  CN0008 - Consultation Event Feedback Template-
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

Ashburton
35  CN0009 - Consultation Event Feedback - Dunedin ag
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

leaders
36  CN0010 - Consultation Event Feedback Template
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

(Rotorua hui)
37  CN0011 - Consultation Event Feedback Template - NMT
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

Online
38  CN0012 - Consultation Event Feedback Template (Ag.
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

workshop Hamilton)
39  CN0013 - Consultation Event Feedback Template- ENGO  Released in part  9(2)(a),

Event
9(2)(g)(ii)
40  CN0014 - Consultation Event Feedback Template- Maori
Released in part  9(2)(a),

Hapori Hui
9(2)(g)(ii)
41  CN0015 - Consultation Event Feedback Template- West
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

Coast
42  CN0016 - Taipā notes
Released in full

43  CN0017 - Whangārei notes
Released in full

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Document
Decision
Grounds
Notes
44  CN0018 - Consultation Event Feedback Template- ETS
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

participants
45  CN0019 - Consultation Event Feedback Template
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

(Kaitaia)
46  CN0020 - Consultation Event Feedback Template _ Tainui  Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

hui_11.11
47  CN0021 - Consultation Event Feedback Template -
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

Kaitaia in person
48  CN0022 - Consultation Event Feedback Template
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

(Whangārei)
49  CN0023 - Consultation Event Feedback Template
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

(Chartered accountants) 14.11
50  CN0024 - Consultation Event Feedback Template-
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

Otorohanga
51  CN0025 Consultation Event Zespri Hui
Released in part  9(2)(a),

9(2)(g)(ii)
52  CN0026 - Consultation Event Feedback- Te Nehenehenui  Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

(Otorohanga 14 November 2022)
53  CN0027 - Consultation Event Feedback Template -
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

Merino Wool NZ Company
54  CN0028 - Consultation Event Feedback 15 Nov 2022
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

Whanganui hui
55  CN0029 - Consultation Event Feedback - Ngai Tahu
Released in part  9(2)(g)(ii)

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